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Issue Details

Issue #145
Published May 1974
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "A Gem of a Game"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Life With Archie story "Bench Warmer"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Archie and Jughead buy a bench and try to pull a practical joke on a cop by fooling him into thinking they've stolen an actual park bench.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "A Way With Words"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Archie story "The Method"

Characters Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis To prepare for a speech, Archie comes up with a secret method of expelling all anxiety and negative energy from his body. This causes him to emit an aura that makes everyone around him incredibly agitated, while Archie remains incredibly calm.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

11 page Life With Archie story "A Gem of a Game"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Clotswell; Clipsnort
Synopsis To prevent his enemies from stealing the priceless Rubin Ruby, Mr. Lodge hides the ruby in a football which he gives to Archie, while sending one of his employees out with an empty jewel case as a decoy.
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida