Archie #171
(March 1967)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
nine times a year: February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
On-sale Date
1967-01-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard Goldwater

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Behave, Archie... or I'll put you in the half of the class that's using the wrong toothpaste!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
Keywords
books; classrooms; reading; student desks

Indexer Notes

The student sitting to the right of Betty is a caricature of Dan DeCarlo.

Remember the Daze (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
A blow to the head gives Archie amnesia, which leads him to kiss Midge.

In the Bag (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie and Veronica try to open Archie's bag to see what he's got in there, despite Betty's warnings that they're violating the Constitutional protection against search and seizure.

The Name Game (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie discovers that the town is haunted by the spirit of the ugly Malarky McGurk, who brings grave misfortune to anyone who utters his name. Don't say "Malarky McGurk!"

Thin Think! (Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Rise and Shine (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
The kids complain to the Mayor about his failure to keep the park clean, but he gets in trouble for hiring his brother-in-law to do the cleaning.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Behave, Archie... or I'll put you in the half of the class that's using the wrong toothpaste!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Remember the Daze
    Archie
  3. 2. In the Bag
    Archie
  4. 3. The Name Game
    Archie
  5. 4. Thin Think!
    Li'l Jinx
  6. 5. Rise and Shine
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jaime Weinman