Archie #180
(March 1968)

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
1968-01-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 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
Archie, what do you think of my electric dress?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Keywords
dancing; fashion; music; sunglasses

They're Off! (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Betty, Archie, Moose and Midge conspire to make Veronica think there's a new fad for men to carry women around on their backs. She responds by donning a riding outfit and riding Reggie, complete with a crop.
Reprints

Blow Up (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
Archie annoys Veronica and her father by constantly taking and developing photographs, but one of his pictures turns out to contain the evidence of a major crime at Mr. Lodge's plant.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The title and the story are both references to the 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni film "Blow-Up."

Lullaby of Birdbrain (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
On a dare from Reggie, Archie comes to school wearing a birdcage on his head.

It Figures! (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
children; humor
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday
Reprints

Teaser for Caesar (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
In Ancient Rome, the evil Regibus and the treacherous daughter of Senator Lodge conspire to poison the Emperor Archie and remove him from the throne. They are stopped by the Emperor's new slave girl, Betty.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Archie, what do you think of my electric dress?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. They're Off!
    Archie
  3. 2. Blow Up
    Archie
  4. 3. Lullaby of Birdbrain
    Archie
  5. 4. It Figures!
    Li'l Jinx
  6. 5. Teaser for Caesar
    Archie
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