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Issue Details

Issue #144
Published April 1984
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick

Cover Details - "Mr. Weatherbee goes fishing, Dilton goes sailing, and Archie goes flying! "

Characters Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle
Genre humor; adventure
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

11 page Archie and Me story "The Plight of the Perilous Pike"

Characters Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee goes ice fishing on Logger's Pond, trying to catch the legendary Perilous Pike. At the same time, Dilton, Archie and Reggie arrive to test out Dilton's new high-speed ice boat. Dilton's test run leads to Mr. Weatherbee taking an unexpected ride on the boat, while Archie and Reggie wind up struggling with the Perilous Pike.
Genre humor; adventure
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Reprinted in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #206

1 page Josie filler "The Fame Game"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alexander Cabot III; Alan M.; un-named agent
Synopsis An agent offers to make the Pussycats as famous as the Go-Gos.
Genre humor
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page activity "Mr. Weatherbee's Perilous Pike Puzzle Page"

Characters Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
Synopsis A game based on the events of "The Plight of the Perilous Pike."
Script Rod Ollerenshaw
Pencils Rod Ollerenshaw
Inks Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw
Notes The credit reads "By Rod Ollerenshaw, inspired by the fabulous Bob Bolling!"

6 page Archie and Me story "Hi Diddle Diddle"

Characters Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Spotty; Snowball; un-named bus driver; un-named little girl; un-named teenaged girl
Synopsis Archie takes up playing the bass fiddle in the school orchestra while the Feebly twins are out sick. But he can't get on the bus with the huge instrument, and has to try and carry it down Thrill Hill himself. Instead, it winds up carrying him. When he crashes at the bottom of the hill, he meets a little girl who has lost her cat.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie and Me story "Havin' a Ball"

Characters Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Superintendent Stone
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee assigns Archie and Reggie to clear away the snow before the Superintendent arrives. Archie comes up with an idea to clear the snow by sponsoring a school-wide snowball fight.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Superintendent Stone is named after Chic Stone, the inker of this issue.