| Issue | #247 |
| Published | September 1975 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Richard Goldwater |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
| Inks | Rudy Lapick |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge |
| Synopsis | Archie's parents are planning to spend less because of the recession, but Archie argues that the only way to get out of a recession is for people to spend more, not less. Mr. Andrews sees through this as just a plea for a higher allowance. Later, when Archie explains his theory to Veronica, she says that the American way is to spend, spend, spend, whether there's a recession or not -- and let Daddy pay the bill. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Frank Doyle |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey |
| Inks | Chic Stone |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Notes | A topical story about the mid-'70s recession and inflation. |
| Characters | Li'l Jinx; Greg |
| Synopsis | Li'l Jinx comes over to see what Greg has done with his model plane kit. |
| Genre | children; humor |
| Script | Joe Edwards |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Notes | In this issue and most issues that followed, Li'l Jinx is reduced from a page to half a page, with the other half taken up by "Archie's Gag Bag." |
| Characters | Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Two newspaper comic strips with color added. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Bob Montana |
| Pencils | Bob Montana |
| Inks | Bob Montana |
| Notes | This was the first issue of this title to feature "Archie's Gag Bag," which (under different character names) would be a regular feature in many comics and digests for the next few years. The feature simply consists of strips from the "Archie" newspaper comic, colored in. The feature was introduced shortly after Bob Montana died and was replaced on the daily strip by Dan DeCarlo, and may have been a way of finding a use for the old Montana strips now that the look of the strip had changed -- though the DeCarlo strips would eventually replace Montana's in "Gag Bag" as well. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mabel |
| Synopsis | Despite Jughead's warnings that the plan will be a total failure, Archie asks the new girl in school to help him make Veronica jealous. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Frank Doyle |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey |
| Inks | Chic Stone |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle |
| Synopsis | Door-to-door salesman Archie tries to sell Reggie a vacuum cleaner. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Frank Doyle |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey |
| Inks | Chic Stone |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Reprinted | in Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #115 |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers |
| Synopsis | Archie tries to get Mr. Lodge the Siberian dog known as a samoyed, but winds up getting him a salamander instead. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Frank Doyle |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey |
| Inks | Chic Stone |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |