Life with Archie #116

(December 1971)

Feast or Famine (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; un-named Chinese restaurant delivery boy

Synopsis

Mr. Andrews is complaining to his wife that he's hungry, when a delivery person appears at the door with Chinese food. Just as Mr. Andrews accepts the delivery, Archie runs in to grab the food which he and the gang ordered, and Jughead pays the delivery boy. Mr. Andrews tries to devise a way to get some food, finally getting some soy sauce from the kitchen figuring that he'll be offered food in return. But the gang has eaten everything! Mr. Andrews storms off and boards up the kitchen doorway.

Home on the Range! (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Greg; Hap Holliday

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx and Greg are playing cowboys. Li'l Jinx calls her friend Gigi and asks her to come over and play as well. Gigi arrives shortly, also dressed as a cowboy, and asks what ranch they belong to. Li'l Jinx's dad, who is tied to a chair in the other room, yells "Bar Nothing". Two suction-cup darts are also seen on the wall in this room.

You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

adventure; non-fiction; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; un-named police officers

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead are pulled over by a police officer for running through a flashing red light. Two officers search Archie's car for drugs. Jughead and Archie then complain about how the officers treated them, police brutality, etc. They then see an ambulance and a large crowd, and find that a kid tried to rob a candy store and a policeman walked in and got shot trying to stop the robbery. Archie and Jughead feel bad for complaining about having their car searched earlier. They realize the cops were just doing their jobs and people tend to take policemen for granted.

Indexer Notes

This story is rather unusual for Archie comics - it's about twice as long as a typical Archie story, and there's nothing humorous about it. It was just a serious story meant to remind people not to take police officers for granted.

Archie's Double Giant Christmas Special (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Lucey ?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews (jack-in-the-box); Li'l Jinx (on the cover of one of the comic books); Sabrina (also on the cover of a book)

Synopsis

An ad for the year's Christmas specials - Li'l Jinx Christmas Bag and Sabrina's Christmas Magic.

Indexer Notes

This ad actually appears after page 4 of "You Never Miss The Well ..." (page 5 of the story is on the back of the ad). Both comics were 50 cents each. The offer never expired.

Archie Club News (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Debbie MacNaughton; Francine Doxtador; Kenneth Clark; Janis Sealander; Joe Ann Kem

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrwes; Jughead Jones; Miss Geraldine Grundy; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

The regular feature that showcased winning articles from Archie Club members. This month's winners are Debbie MacNaughton from Montreal, Quebec [$5US First Prize - Haiku]; Francine Doxtador from the Six Nations Indian Reserve (in Ontario) [$4US Second Prize - Indian reserve]; Kenneth Clark from Chicago [$2 Third Prize - Archie Club]; Janis Sealander from Escanabe, Michigan [$1 Fourth Prize - encounter with a dog on a family camping trip] and Joe Ann Kem from Bowling Green, Kentucky [finding the good things in life]

Indexer Notes

The first page contains the first-, second- and third-prize winning articles. The top half of the second page contains the fourth- and fifth-prize winners. The bottom half of the second page was an offer to join the Archie Club for 25 cents.

First Things First (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie convinces Veronica to take him to a tea dance, promising to be careful and not goof up so he won't embarrass her. On the night of the big date, Archie gets all dressed up, not realizing it's his parents' anniversary. His parents don't realize that he has a big date and think he's getting all dressed up to go to dinner and a show with them. Archie, not wanting to disappoint his parents, decides to go with them and sends Jughead to take his place at the dance with Veronica. Jughead of course is only there for the buffet, and thoroughly embarrasses Veronica.

Indexer Notes

original indexer thought this the artwork of Harry Lucey, but clearly the pencils of Bob Bolling; information via Steven Rowe July 4, 2009