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Issue Details

Issue #41
Published December 1976
Cover Price 0.30
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Deep, Dirty and Dangerous"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Clean City Carl
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Victor Gorelick

11 page Archie at Riverdale story "Panic in the Park"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Tommy
Synopsis Veronica and Reggie pay a boy to wear a flashlight under his shirt to fool Betty into thinking he's an alien, "Nazda from the Planet Cylvania." The boy turns out to be Archie's cousin, and he and Archie plot to turn the tables on Ronnie and Reggie.
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Putting His Finger On It!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis Li'l Jinx complains of fuzzy picture on the TV.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

11 page Archie at Riverdale story "Deep, Dirty and Dangerous"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Clean City Carl
Synopsis Clean City Carl, a rabble-rousing environmental activist, is trying to get Mr. Lodge's plant shut down by claiming that it's dumping poisonous chemicals into the river. Archie and Jughead suspect that for once, the rich businessman may not be the bad guy.
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Clean City Carl appears to be partly a take-off on Ralph Nader, whose campaigns against river pollution were big news in the '70s.