Archie
#218
(June 1972)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Feb., March, April, June, July, August, Sept., Nov., and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1972-03-14
- 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 H. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
With this issue, the price of the title was raised from 15 to 20 cents. On-sale date from 1972 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh! What blew up?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Professor Flutesnoot
- Reprints
- Keywords
- beakers; chemistry; laboratory benches; test tubes
in 
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #16.
Turning Over a New Leaf?
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Today I'm going to win Weatherbee over!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie vows to win Mr. Weatherbee over and do nothing but good things for him. But Mr. Weatherbee is driven crazy waiting for Archie to screw up.
Indexer Notes
The opening narration ("The rockies may tumble, Gibraltar may crumble") quotes from the Gershwin song "Love Is Here To Stay."
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Stinging Words
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Charley Hawse... You're stupid and ugly...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx tells Charley he isn't invited to her birthday party.
Show and Tell
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If I could fall into some heavy bread --- I mean really heavy bread, I know I could cut Ronnie out of that herd of snob friends she hangs out with!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Al Newins
- Synopsis
- When Archie is hired to deliver an expensive car, he hatches a scheme to use the car to impress Veronica's snobbish friends.
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, baby --- I like you in the long dress!
- Feature Logo
Archie Pin Up [slanted]- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica wears a long dress to dance with Archie.
- Reprints
-
in Archie 1000 Page Comics Gala (Archie, 2015 series) (2015) - in Archie Comics Spectacular Block Party (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #17 (January 2016)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #325 (January 2022)
-
[no title indexed]
N.I.D.A. / National Independent Distributors Association Vista Bicycles / advertisement / 0.5 page
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie Club News- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Pop Tate; Waldo Weatherbee
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Gary Fournier (Eldorado, Kansas) First prize - $5.00, Michele Renee Moore (Rockford, Illinois) Second prize - $3.00, Bernard Feldman (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Third prize - $2.00, and Mary Beth Herring (Germantown, Tennessee) Fourth prize - $1.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.
The Dating Game
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She's not home? Well I want to leave a message, Smithers! Make sure that she gets it!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie gets two tickets to a taping of the hit show "You Bet Your Buddy," and inevitably winds up making a date with both Betty and Veronica for the show.
Indexer Notes
Includes the following promotional blurb at the bottom of the first page: 'You've seen Archie on TV! Watch for announcements about Archie in the movies! Live!'
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Gosh! What blew up?"]
Archie -
1.
["Famous name prizes or cash"]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
2.
Turning Over a New Leaf?
Archie -
3.
["Hey, Ding-a-Ling!"]
Topper Toys -
4.
["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
5.
Stinging Words
Li'l Jinx -
6.
["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in! Fill out the coupon below and order the comics of your choice!"]
Archie Comics -
7.
Show and Tell
Archie -
8.
["Ronnie, baby --- I like you in the long dress!"]
Archie Pin Up -
9.
["Are you ready for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 speeds?"]
N.I.D.A. / National Independent Distributors Association Vista Bicycles -
10.
["These 3 big drafting kits given to you!"]
North American School of Drafting -
11.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
12.
["Monster s-i-z-e monsters"]
Honor House Products -
13.
["50 little dolls with clothes"]
50 Little Dolls -
14.
The Dating Game
Archie -
15.
["Prepare now for a successful future!"]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools -
16.
["Pick a pack of prizes or cash"]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
17.
["Make money get prizes"]
American Seeds
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