Archie #179
(February 1968)

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
1967-12-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh, Archie! I'm just wild about stripes!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Keywords
candy canes; fashion; mini dresses

Trust in Me (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Gary Golden
Synopsis
On a date with Betty, Archie first spends most of his time trying to avoid being spotted by Veronica, then stalking Veronica on her date with another boy.
Reprints

Pharaoh Foul (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
On a trip to an Egyptian tomb, Jughead and Veronica discover a room full of ancient treasure, and dress up as the Pharaoh and his Queen Ah Shetup.
Reprints
Keywords
Egypt

From Bad to Verse (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
Archie annoys everyone at school by speaking in rhyme all the time.
Reprints

Ready But Unsteady (Table of Contents: 4)

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; Gigi
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx experiments with wearing high heels.
Reprints

Line Drive (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie attaches a can of paint with a hole in it to the back of Reggie's car, so he can tail Reggie and Veronica on their date.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Gosh, Archie! I'm just wild about stripes!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Trust in Me
    Archie
  3. 2. Pharaoh Foul
    Archie
  4. 3. From Bad to Verse
    Archie
  5. 4. Ready But Unsteady
    Li'l Jinx
  6. 5. Line Drive
    Archie
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