Archie #245
(July 1975)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [vertical]
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Victor Gorelick

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! They look real scrumptious!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Keywords
ice cream sodas; Pop's Chocklit Shoppe

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #52.

A previous indexer credited Bill Yoshida for letting, but the style of the lettering is a ringer for Gorelick's.

Inflation Vexation (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie tries to beat the soaring mid-'70s inflation by going on cheaper dates, but cheap dates with Betty or Veronica just wind up costing him more money.
Reprints

The Hold Up (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Archie; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Color Him Red (Table of Contents: 3)

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
Reprints

Spring Is Sprung (Table of Contents: 4)

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; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
Archie and Miss Grundy celebrate the coming of spring and encourage everyone to enjoy the spring weather, which turns out to be a bit colder than they anticipated.
Reprints

The Protectors (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie 1 / 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; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Having developed human civilization to its absolute peak of perfection, the prehistoric Archie gang decides to turn its attention to saving endangered animals.
Reprints

Meal Deal (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Ronnie invites the boys to a meal.

Indexer Notes

A previous indexer credited Jon D'Agostino for pencils, but the style of the artwork is much closer to Lemoine's.

Guest In the House (Table of Contents: 7)

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; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
While staying over at the Lodge home, Archie accidentally locks Mr. Lodge and Smithers out of the house in the pouring rain, and they're too proud to admit it.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Wow! They look real scrumptious!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Inflation Vexation
    Archie
  3. 2. The Hold Up
    Archie; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. Color Him Red
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. Spring Is Sprung
    Archie
  6. 5. The Protectors
    Archie 1
  7. 6. Meal Deal
    Archie
  8. 7. Guest In the House
    Archie
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  • Merlin Haas
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
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