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Issue: Archie #218

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Publication Date: June 1972

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Issues: #218 of 565 Issues (689 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.20 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Richard Goldwater

Notes: With this issue, the price of the title was raised from 15 to 20 cents.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Professor Flutesnoot

First Line: Gosh! What blew up?

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Archie #6 published ?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #16.

Turning Over a New Leaf?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Harry Lucey

Inker(s): Marty Epp

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis: Archie vows to win Mr. Weatherbee over and do nothing but good things for him. But Mr. Weatherbee is driven crazy waiting for Archie to screw up.

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Pages: 11

Notes: The opening narration ("The rockies may tumble, Gibraltar may crumble") quotes from the Gershwin song "Love Is Here To Stay."

Stinging Words

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Edwards

Penciller(s): Joe Edwards

Inker(s): Joe Edwards

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Edwards

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Li'l Jinx

Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse

Synopsis: Jinx tells Charley he isn't invited to her birthday party.

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Pages: 1

Show and Tell

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Harry Lucey

Inker(s): Marty Epp

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis: When Archie is hired to deliver an expensive car, he hatches a scheme to use the car to impress Veronica's snobbish friends.

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Pages: 6

[untitled]

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie Pin Up

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

First Line: Ronnie, baby --- I like you in the long dress!

Synopsis: Veronica wears a long dress to dance with Archie.

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Archie Club News

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Pages: 2

The Dating Game

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Harry Lucey

Inker(s): Chic Stone

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis: Archie gets two tickets to a taping of the hit show "You Bet Your Buddy," and inevitably winds up making a date with both Betty and Veronica for the show.

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Pages: 5