Archie #229
(September 1973)

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
1973-07-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [circular]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Richard Goldwater

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1974 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
Now there's a lad who takes his hobby seriously!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily
Keywords
beachballs; beaches; binoculars; mirrors; scoreboards; swimsuits; telescopes

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Laugh Comics Digest #49

Adventureland (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
drama; humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis
Archie and Chuck meet a boy who has run away from home in search of adventure, and team up to show him that the independent life isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Stranger in Town (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Gabe
Synopsis
A mysterious little boy arrives in town, spreading love and understanding to any person he talks to.
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Hi Strung (Table of Contents: 3)

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; Greg
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx ruins Greg's kite.
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Keywords
kite

Compulsion (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge puts out a duplicate of his priceless new vase, reasoning that Archie will break this vase and get his destructiveness out of his system, making it safe to display the real vase.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Now there's a lad who takes his hobby seriously!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Adventureland
    Archie
  3. 2. Stranger in Town
    Archie
  4. 3. Hi Strung
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. Compulsion
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Joey Beretta
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jaime Weinman