Issue Details

Issue	#129
Published	January 1973
Cover Price	0.20 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Nostalgia Gets Ya!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily
Genre	teen; humor; fantasy
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

20 page Archie story "Nostalgia Gets Ya!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis	The nostalgia craze of the early '70s transports Archie and the gang back in time to "Nostalgia Land," where they live out the lives of typical teenagers at the turn of the century. They discover that people back then had stronger moral values and kept the air and water cleaner, and conclude that the people of the modern world can find the same kind of spirit if they "look up."
Genre	teen; humor; fantasy
Script	Al Hartley
Pencils	Al Hartley
Inks	Joe Sinnott
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	One of many examples of Al Hartley working religious themes into a mainstream Archie comic, with the characters arguing that life was better when people had "unity" and religious values were stronger.

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Rhymes and Times"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis	Li'l Jinx creates updated feminist versions of nursery rhymes.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards; Bill Yoshida
Notes	The final punchline and the footnote at the bottom ("That's women's lib for you!") appear to have been added by Archie's regular letterer, Bill Yoshida.

1 page Reggie story "Reggie's Family Tree"

Characters	Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	A look at Mantle ancestors throughout history.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Gus LeMoine
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida