Archie
#197
(February 1970)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year: In February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dad, can I borrow one of your ties?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fashion; neckties
in 
A Fair Shake
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Betty is feeling sad because everyone thinks her tambourine playing is useless in the Archies' numbers. Moose tells Archie to make Betty feel useful -- or else.
The Yule Fool
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to cut down a real tree for Christmas, while Reggie and Veronica prefer the greater convenience of store-bought artificial trees.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #240 (December 1975) - in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #100 (February 1990)
- in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #304 (January 2020)
-
Student Rebellion
Archie I / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- In Prehistoric Riverdale, the dissident students decide to stage a sit-in and set up their own school.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #244 (March 1976)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #44 (January 1983)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #33 (March 1988)
-
Gift Rap
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #240 (December 1975)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #17 (February 1990)
-
Latecomer
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee castigates Archie for being late as usual, only to realize that Archie was actually early for school. The principal is horrified at the prospect of having to apologize to Archie.
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Dad, can I borrow one of your ties?"]
Archie -
1.
A Fair Shake
Archie -
2.
The Yule Fool
Archie -
3.
Student Rebellion
Archie I -
4.
Gift Rap
Li'l Jinx -
5.
Latecomer
Archie
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