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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published 1965-1966
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "I wish we'd gone fishing"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Letters Mario Acquaviva

6 page Archie story "Rumor Has It"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie breaks up Archie's date with Veronica by revealing that Archie has been kissing Betty. But before Reggie can take Veronica out, he gets the impression that she's been stepping out with every man in sight.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Letters Mario Acquaviva

1 page Archie story "Funny Honey"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Veronica is uninterested in doing anything with Archie, until Betty shows up.
Genre teen; humor
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Clothes Conscious"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Betty goes over to Veronica's house to flaunt her new dress in front of Archie. Veronica retaliates by changing into one skimpy new outfit after another, but Archie, preoccupied with a jigsaw puzzle, doesn't notice any of them.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Look No Hands"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Archie story "Keep Cool"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis When Fred decides to invest in an air conditioner, Archie convinces him to get a second-hand unit so they can use the left-over money to buy a color TV.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Marty Epp
Letters Marty Epp

3 page Archie story "The Experiment"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee tries an experiment: teaching a class via video monitor. The kids take advantage of the fact that Weatherbee isn't physically there.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda

1 page Reggie story "Tough Talk"

Characters Reggie Mantle
Synopsis The father of Reggie's date tells Reggie to stand up for himself.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda

6 page Archie story "The Rejected"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis Archie and Veronica try to ditch their friends so they can get some time alone together, but they're disappointed to realize that no one actually wants to spend time with them.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Letters Mario Acquaviva

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "False Alarm!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Archie story "Rescue Work"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis Reggie tricks Archie into climbing up into a tree to rescue a cat that belongs not to a girl, but to Reggie.
Genre teen; humor

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Pass The Word"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis When Archie and Veronica aren't speaking, Archie asks Betty to give a message to Ronnie for him, consisting only of the words "You too." This leads to an endless chain of angry messages until finally none of the kids are speaking to each other.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Betty and Veronica cartoon "Beach Party"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Everyone except Jughead is having fun at the beach party.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

5 page Archie story "The Gentlemen"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie and Reggie fight over whose umbrella will shelter Veronica in the rain.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Big Ethel story "Boy Joy"

Characters Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Ethel explains her criteria for choosing a boy.
Genre teen; humor
Script George Gladir

5 page Archie story "Blow Hot Blow Cool"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis Pop Tate's new air conditioner makes the Chok'lit Shoppe so cold that everyone has to bundle up and buy hot chocolate instead of ice cream.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Letters Mario Acquaviva