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Issue Details

Issue #210
Published July 1971
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Aren't you interested in improving your rating?"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Josie
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Why Me?"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis While Archie complains about pollution, we see how his one thoughtless act of littering sets off a chain reaction that leads to massive environmental damage.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Just Can't Bear It!"

Characters Li'l Jinx
Synopsis Li'l Jinx rips the arm off her teddy bear.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Archie Pin Up cartoon "It looks like a storm"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie would rather go out in a storm than eat Veronica's cooking.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Senior Hop"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Waldo Weatherbee; Mr. Svensen
Synopsis The Riverdale High biology class tries to enter the class frog, Morty, in a jumping contest against the frog from Central High.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie I story "The Backward Advance"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis Prehistoric Reggie invents the bow and arrow (which he calls a "vine and stick"), but it only works when it's used backwards. Reggie stubbornly insists on using it the way he invented it.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida