Archie #222
(November 1972)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
9 times a year in Feb., March, April, June, July, August, Sept., Nov., and Dec.
On-sale Date
1972-08-15
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
?

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1972 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
Wow! Archie, you sure know how to kiss!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Keywords
amusement parks; kissing; Tunnels of Love

Indexer Notes

Basically a gender-flipped redraw of the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #3.

Choice Location (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica reluctantly agrees to go to a public beach, but brings along a luxurious private tent.
Reprints

A Fight Sight (Table of Contents: 2)

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 Holliday; Hap Holliday

Tee'd Off (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie and Mr. Lodge play golf with Betty and Veronica, whose skimpy golfing outfits drive the entire course into a frenzy.
Reprints

The Terrific Ten (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

NBC / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Art Project (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie does the household chores, but he keeps cutting and painting everything in the shape of Veronica.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie Club News / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Archie news reports from Victor Kleiner, Gwenda Wilson, Marilyn Houlton, and Karen Washam.

Movie Magic (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Junior Jackson; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
The gang unsuccessfully tries to cool off on a scorching hot day.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Wow! Archie, you sure know how to kiss!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Choice Location
    Archie
  3. 2. A Fight Sight
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. Tee'd Off
    Archie
  5. 4. The Terrific Ten
    NBC
  6. 5. Art Project
    Archie
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  8. 7. Movie Magic
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jaime Weinman