Issue Details

Issue	#179
Published	February 1966
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Extra salt in the popcorn"

Characters	Archie; Jughead; Veronica
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo

1 page advertisement "Do You Need Extra Money?"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white; Illustrated ad for selling All-Occasion cards for Cheerful Card Company, White Plains, N.Y.

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Sisterly Love"

Characters	Betty; Veronica; Archie
Synopsis	Betty and Veronica use snowballs to scare off girls seen with Archie.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

1 page advertisement "Exclusive Fun Products by Mail"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Illustrated ad for novelties (x-ray specs, silent dog whistle, pepper gum, etc.) from Elbarr Distributing, Northridge, Calif.

1 page Betty illustration Fashions for the "Sweater Set"

Characters	Betty
Synopsis	Betty models five styles of sweaters.
Genre	fashion
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo?
Inks	Dan DeCarlo?

1 page Veronica's Fashions illustration "'The Leg Warmers'"

Characters	Veronica
Synopsis	Veronica models five styles of knee-high socks.
Genre	fashion
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo?
Inks	Dan DeCarlo?

1 page advertisement "Draw Any Person in One Minute!"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Illustrated ad for "Magic Art Reproducer" for $1.98 from Norton Products, New York, N.Y.

5 page Archie story "I Should Have Said"

Characters	Archie; Reggie; Big Moose; Betty
Synopsis	Archie decides to be more assertive, but the first person he tries this with is Big Moose.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	John Rosenberger

1 page [Big Ethel] illustration "Big Ethel's Pin-Up"

Characters	Big Ethel; Archie; Veronica
Synopsis	Big Ethel complains about short skirts.
Genre	teen humor

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Get This Raincoat Free!"

Characters	Archie (cameo); Veronica (cameo)
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Notes	Promo for subscriptions to various Archie titles. Premium is plastic all-weather raincoat. Ten issues for $1.00.

5 page Li'l Jinx story "That's the Ticket"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; her father
Synopsis	Jinx's father has a drawerful of old non-winning raffle tickets, but Jinx persuades him to buy one more.
Genre	children
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Notes	Bottom 2/3 of last page is "Li'L Jinx Pen Pals." 48 names are listed, ages 7 1/2 to 15 1/2. Foreign countries include Canada, England, Australia, The Philippines, and West Pakistan.

1 page advertisement "Grow 7 Monsters"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Illustrated ad for seven "monster" containers that grow plant "hair". Cost is $1.00 from Elbarr Distributors. Northridge, Calif.

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie Club News"

Characters	Archie (cameo)
Script	?; David Navrath
Letters	typeset
Notes	Full page promo detailing heavy positive response to the first story of Archie as "Pureheart the Poweful" in Life With Archie. The next four appearances of Pureheart are listed (Life With Archie #42, Pep #187; Life With Archie #44, and Life With Archie #46.) Top half of second page is Archie Club winner David Navrath, Denver, Colo., writing about Colorado floods. Bottom half is promo for Archie Club. Cost is 15 cents.

1 page advertisement 100 Little Dolls/"X-Ray" Vision

Letters	typeset
Notes	Two half-page ads. Top half is illustrated ad for 100 dolls made of Styrene plastic and hard synthetic rubber. Cost is $1.00 from The 100 Doll Co., Newark, N.J. Bottom half is for "X-Ray Specs" $1.00 from Slimline Co., Newark, N. J.

5 page Archie story "Model Mayhem"

Characters	Archie; Reggie; Betty; Veronica
Synopsis	Archie spends the day building a model "P.T." boat, but a little word play by Reggie sends Betty and Veronica after a girl named Pat Tompkins.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	John Rosenberger

1 page advertisement "Your Own Mongrammed Ring/Play Guitar in 7 Days"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Two half-page illustrated ads. Top half is ad for monogrammed chain-link ring for $1.00 from Ring - Merchandise Sales, Newark, N.J. Bottom half is ad for radio guitarist Ed Sales 66 page "Secret System" for learning the guitar. $2.98 from Ed Sale Studio, Avon By The Sea, N.J.

1 page advertisement "Beautiful Hairpieces"

Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white; Ad for synthetic pin-on hairpieces for women illustrated with photos. $4.99 each from Guild, New York, N.Y.

1 page advertisement "Everybody Needs a Cadet Bike Speedometer!"

Characters	Santa Claus
Notes	Back cover; color; Ad for Cadet bicycle speedometers featuring large illustration of Santa Claus riding a bicycle. Stewart-Warner Instrument Division, Chicago, Ill.