Archie #220
(August 1972)

Archie, 1959 Series
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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
1972-05-30
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 1972 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
Sigh! I'd go through anything for you, Ronnie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper
Reprints
Keywords
ice cream; Pop's Chocklit Shoppe

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #15.

The Natural Thing (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge has become so used to seeing Archie have accidents that he doesn't even notice when Archie is writhing in pain on the floor.
Reprints

Collide Slide (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Someone has been injured in a school baseball game.
Reprints

The Hang Up (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Beazly
Synopsis
After Miss Grundy and Miss Beazly complain about their wearing overalls to school, Archie and Jughead think the two women are old biddies who don't like anyone to have fun.

Sad Dad (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
After midnight, Mr. Lodge orders Archie and Veronica off the front steps and into the house.

Weather or Not! (Table of Contents: 5)

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; Hap Holliday

Summer Fun... and Summer Not (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie I / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Prehistoric Veronica declares that the summer season has begun, and convinces everyone except Jughead that the civilized thing to do in summer is to go to the shore to get a tan.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Sigh! I'd go through anything for you, Ronnie!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. The Natural Thing
    Archie
  3. 2. Collide Slide
    Archie
  4. 3. The Hang Up
    Archie
  5. 4. Sad Dad
    Archie
  6. 5. Weather or Not!
    Li'l Jinx
  7. 6. Summer Fun... and Summer Not
    Archie I
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jaime Weinman