Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #47

(August 1968)

It's Ornamental (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob White

Inks:

Mario Acquaviva

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mario Acquaviva

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

After Mr. Lodge kicks him out, Archie sneaks back in and hides in Mr. Lodge's precious artifacts just as people from the museum are coming over to inspect them.

Hurts Aid! (Table of Contents)

Li'l Jinx / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Re-Group and Attack! (Table of Contents)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Mario Acquaviva

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

Word gets out that Mr. Weatherbee is planning to retire. While Miss Grundy recalls his past as an air force aviator and an athlete, the kids decide to be nice to him until he retires, but they inadvertently make him angry at being treated like a "doddering old man."

["What are you doing in the fish pond?"] (Table of Contents)

Reggie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

The Flame Game (Table of Contents)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Mario Acquaviva

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump

Synopsis:

Beetty tries to make flaming shashlik for the gang.

Future Bet (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Mario Acquaviva

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Veronica tells Archie that he can get on her father's good side by talking about his plans for the future.

Ethel Sees Plenty (or ESP Can Do For You What It Did For Big Ethel, So Lookout!) (Table of Contents)

Big Ethel / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Bob Bolling

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

While working at Pop Tate's, a bump on the head gives Ethel E.S.P.

A Sticky Subject! (Table of Contents)

Li'l Jinx / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Greg

It Doesn't Pay to Keep It To Yourself (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Vincent DeCarlo

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vincent DeCarlo

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis:

Archie announces that he has no homework today.

["You're trying on bikinis now?"] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica tests out a skimpy bikini even though it's only spring.

Man of the Year (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Bob Bolling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis:

Archie shows up just as Mr. Lodge is preparing to be photographed for a men's fashion magazine.

The Surprise (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Mario Acquaviva

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy

Synopsis:

The kids try to prepare a birthday surprise for Mr. Weatherbee.

To the Rescue (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Vincent DeCarlo

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vincent DeCarlo

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie tries to get tough with a bully on the beach.

How Sweet It Is (Table of Contents)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Violet Sweetditch

Synopsis:

A new girl makes a play for Jughead.

Gasser (or "He Got His Lumps By the Pumps") (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Feely Pincher

Synopsis:

Archie goes to pick up the object of Mr. Lodge's latest merger attempt, the wealthy miser Feely Pincher. Meanwhile, Mr. Lodge has to take Archie's place as an attendant at a Dreggs gas station.

Reprints:

• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #15 (June 2012)

Keywords:

gas station

Indexer Notes

First appearance of "Dreggs," the chain of "low-quality gas stations" owned by Mr. Lodge. They would recur in many subsequent Bob Bolling stories.

The credits printed in Archie & Friends Double Digest #15 list D'Agostino (presumable on inks) and Grossman on colors.