Archie #210
(July 1971)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
9 times a year, in Feb., March, April, June, July, August, Sept., Nov., and Dec.
On-sale Date
1971-04-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Richard Goldwater

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 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
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty, aren't you interested in improving your rating?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Josie
Reprints
Keywords
tennis

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #37

Why Me? (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
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
While Archie complains about pollution, we see how his one thoughtless act of littering sets off a chain reaction that leads to massive environmental damage.
Reprints

Just Can't Bear It! (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
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx rips the arm off her teddy bear.

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It looks like a storm coming up, Archie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie would rather go out in a storm than eat Veronica's cooking.

Senior Hop (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; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Waldo Weatherbee; Mr. Svensen
Synopsis
The Riverdale High biology class tries to enter the class frog, Morty, in a jumping contest against the frog from Central High.
Reprints
Keywords
frog; frog jumping contest

The Backward Advance (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie I / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Prehistoric Reggie invents the bow and arrow (which he calls a "vine and stick"), but it only works when it's used backwards. Reggie stubbornly insists on using it the way he invented it.
Reprints

Pressure (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
At a party, Archie demonstrates why Mr. Lodge trusts him with Veronica: when rich boys try to get Veronica to go to a wilder party, Archie steps in and prevents it.
Reprints
Keywords
peer pressure
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Betty, aren't you interested in improving your rating?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Why Me?
    Archie
  3. 2. Just Can't Bear It!
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. ["It looks like a storm coming up, Archie!"]
    Archie Pin Up
  5. 4. Senior Hop
    Archie
  6. 5. The Backward Advance
    Archie I
  7. 6. Pressure
    Archie
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