Archie Annual #22

(1970-71)

The Brighter Side (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

?

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie gets ten dollars for a good report card, but circumstances eat it away before he can blow it on Veronica.

Test Case (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Rudy Lapick ?

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; R.N. Iris Swab; Miss Fondue; Svenson the janitor; Miss Beazley

Synopsis:

Tiring of students with imaginary illnesses designed to get them out of tests, Nurse Swab decides to go off on the next student with a fake excuse, and that student happens to be Archie.

Indexer Notes

Bob Bolling draws Svenson with black hair and mustache, rather than the usual balding and white mustache.

High Finance (Table of Contents: 3)

The Archies / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Bob White

Inks:

Mario Acquaviva

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Mario Acquaviva

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Professor Gasworth (villain)

Synopsis:

The Archies team up to stop Professor Gasworth from using his anti-gravity gas from robbing the Riverdale Bank, building and all.

Indexer Notes

A throwback to the late '60s stories where the Archies consisted of only three members and were involved in surreal Monkees-style adventures, this may be an unused or reprinted story from that era.

Pic Sick (Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Li'l Jinx

Synopsis:

In the art gallery, Jinx finds a picture that sickens her.

Call Me Irreplaceable (Table of Contents: 5)

Coach Kleats / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Bob White

Inks:

?

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; unnamed bodybuilder; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis:

The administration contemplates replacing Coach Kleats with an egotistical bodybuilder because he projects a more healthy image.

The Painting (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

?

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Silverdore Dilly

Synopsis:

Jealous of the attention Archie gives Betty over her landscape painting skill, Veronica invites him to the mansion to look at her paintings, then hires a professional painter to teach her how.

I Dig That (Table of Contents: 7)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday

Synopsis:

Jinx is unimpressed with the latest scientific discovery.

Search For A Bivalve Retreat (Table of Contents: 8)

Jughead / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

?

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Girtha Gooseby; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis:

Archie sells his share of an oyster boat, forcing Jughead to look for a legendary lost oyster bed with Girtha Gooseby. And when Ethel hears that Jughead is on a boat alone with another woman, she decides to inject herself into the situation.

Indexer Notes

The freighter Jughead and Ethel almost collide with is "The Pride of Walvis Bay," the boat that Mad Doctor Doom and Chester work on in Bolling's Little Archie stories.

Honest Tee (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Dick Malmgren

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

?

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie accidentally breaks one of Mr. Lodge's golf clubs and Veronica tries to take the blame for it.