Archie #181
(April 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
1968-02-20
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 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What?! Miss Grundy disciplined you because you're shy?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee

Indexer Notes

Redrawn as the cover to Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #14 (January 1978).

Money Makes the Scene (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Lacking the money for a ticket, Archie gets a job at the new swinging discotheque, and tries to sneak away from his work with the flashing lights to get a dance with Veronica.
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Indexer Notes

One of a number of stories from this period with references to discotheques, meditation, and other fads of the era.

Royal Dig (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
The gang thinks they've discovered the remains of an ancient American monarchy, and start digging on the school grounds to find more evidence.
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Young "Doc" Andrews (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look at the petals on my little buttercup! Suede jacket -- matching micro-mini mesh stockings!...
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
When Veronica is catching a cold due to her skimpy winter outfit, Archie gives her an elaborate remedy to stave off the cold.
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Hey, Big Spender! (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Dan
Synopsis
Archie manages to raise the money to take Veronica to a big ball, but doesn't have anything left over. He arranges a scheme with Jughead to prevent him from having to spend any more money without looking cheap.
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["What?! Miss Grundy disciplined you because you're shy?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Money Makes the Scene
    Archie
  3. 2. Royal Dig
    Archie
  4. 3. Young "Doc" Andrews
    Archie
  5. 4. Hey, Big Spender!
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Joey Sayer
  • Jaime Weinman