Archie #172
(April 1967)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
nine times a year: February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
On-sale Date
1967-02-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty, everybody on the dance floor is copying your new dance!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Keywords
dancing; jewelry; mini-dresses; music

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine #1

Winter Wonderland (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
Archie tries to celebrate the beauty and innocence of winter, but everyone and everything is conspiring to make him hate the snow.
Reprints

Fully Equipped (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; Greg

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie Pin Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, Archie, I’m sorry I have to break our date for this afternoon..
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie isn't bothered by a broken date.

Trail's End! (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Archie sees a trail of dainty footprints in the snow, accompanied by bigger footprints, and becomes convinced that the prints are those of Veronica and Reggie.
Reprints

Sound Off (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily
Synopsis
Archie wants to tell Veronica off, but decides to spend a week practicing on other people first.

The Contract (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica tricks Archie into signing a contract that reads "The world has my permission to clobber me if I'm ever seen with any girl but Veronica Lodge."
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Betty, everybody on the dance floor is copying your new dance!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Winter Wonderland
    Archie
  3. 2. Fully Equipped
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. ["Gee, Archie, I’m sorry I have to break our date for this afternoon.."]
    Archie Pin Up
  5. 4. Trail's End!
    Archie
  6. 5. Sound Off
    Archie
  7. 6. The Contract
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jaime Weinman