Archie #203
(September 1970)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
nine times a year: In February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
On-sale Date
1970-07-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Arch, what's the most difficult thing about being a lifeguard?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Reprints
Keywords
beachballs; beaches; ice cream; lifeguards; radios; swimsuits

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #32

Loser Take All (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
A despairing Reggie tries to figure out what Archie's got that makes all the girls prefer him.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Archie Club News

Horror-Scope (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Archie gets an urgent call from Betty asking to see him, and he causes massive property damage on the way to meet her.
Keywords
horoscope

Propaganda Pitch (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
While Archie borrows a kid's scooter to get to a date with Veronica, Jughead indoctrinates the kid in his view of women.
Reprints

A Tee Three (Table of Contents: 5)

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; Russ
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx is learning to play golf.
Keywords
golf

The Caretaker's Daughter (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge takes Archie and Jughead with him in his plane to help open up his new fishing lodge, and they accidentally get the plane destroyed.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Arch, what's the most difficult thing about being a lifeguard?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Loser Take All
    Archie
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  4. 3. Horror-Scope
    Archie
  5. 4. Propaganda Pitch
    Archie
  6. 5. A Tee Three
    Li'l Jinx
  7. 6. The Caretaker's Daughter
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jaime Weinman