Archie #177

(November 1967)

Messenger Service (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

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Letters

Marty Epp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gotcha!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Archie tries to get revenge on Reggie by asking Moose to deliver a "message" to him.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #177 (September 1970)
• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #33 (1978)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #49 (August 1981)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #31 (November 1987), #36 (September 1988), #102 (September 1998)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #263 (September 2015)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Some beach party, just the two of us!!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie and Betty are at a beach party for two.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #177 (September 1970)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #225 (September 2014)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Shirley Callahan (1st prize), Juliet Petreings (2nd prize), Denice Korinek (3rd prize), Patsy Fedun (4th prize), and Judy Sharlin (5th prize), plus instructions for joining the Archie Club.

Destruct (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie's on vacation, hurray, hurray...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge and Smithers celebrate the fact that Archie is away on vacation, until they become gripped by the fear that he could return any minute and break everything.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #177 (September 1970)
• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #7 (August 1978)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #48 (June 1981)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #29 (July 1987), #31 (November 1987)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #36 (October 1998)
• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Hoopla (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #69 (July 2017)
• in Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #3 (August 2021)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #69, lettering is credited to Mario Acquaviva.

Poetic License (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look! Isn't that lovely?...Footprints in the sands of time!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

When Veronica accuses him of lacking poetry and romance, Archie brushes up on poetry and starts talking in flowery language all the time.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #177 (September 1970)
• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #7 (August 1978)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #49 (August 1981)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #36 (September 1988), #88 (October 1996), #162 (August 2005)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #20 (September 2012), #79 (July 2018)

Indexer Notes

Poems referred to in the story include Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life" ("Footprints on the sands of time"), Kipling's "The Female of The Species" and Kipling's "The Vampire" ("A rag and a bone and a hank of hair").

All Wet! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wheeee

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis

Jinx has to get out of her wading pool to take a bath.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #177 (September 1970)
• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #39 (1981-82)
• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #51 (October 1991)

Range Finder (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No!...Stop! What if you miss!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

After Betty replaces Veronica as the model for Archie's photography, Veronica uses violent techniques to teach Betty how to pose.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #177 (September 1970)
• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #8 (November 1978)
• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #36 (September 1981)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #15 (October 1989), #52 (August 1995)