Life with Archie #47

(March 1966)

Deadly Delivery! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bob White

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Marty Epp

Feature Logo

The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.

Genre

adventure; humor; teen; spy

Characters

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

Synopsis

C.R.U.S.H. agents R.E.G.G.I.E. and V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A. booby-trap the dry-cleaning establishment that serves as P.O.P. headquarters, hoping to stop agents A.R.C.H.I.E. and J.U.G.H.E.A.D. from getting their top-secret microfilm to their London office. The good guys decide to give the film to Betty, their innocent, inept clerk.

Reprints

• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #252 (August 2014)
• in Archie The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. (Archie, 2019 series) (March 2019)

Indexer Notes

One of the early stories in this series where Reggie and Veronica are members of C.R.U.S.H.; in later stories they would become part of P.O.P. and fight new villains.

Stores on the street include "Vic's Trading Post," referring to colorist Victor Gorelick, and "Dexter Tailor," a reference to Little Archie artist Dexter Taylor.

The Looker (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bob White

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Marty Epp

Genre

adventure; humor; superhero; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews [as Pureheart the Powerful]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; The Looker

Synopsis

Pureheart the Powerful battles The Looker, a gorgeous woman who has the power to turn men to stone with one glance -- unless she chooses to look them directly in the eye, in which case they turn into bubbling hot chicken fat. But how can Pureheart fight this fiendish femme fatale when his superhero code forbids him to hit a woman?

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #142 (October 1966)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #50 (August 2000), #105 (October 2006)
• in Archie: Pureheart the Powerful (IDW, 2010 series) #1 (July 2010)
• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #32 (December 2013)