Archie's Joke Book Magazine, Issue #186

Publisher: Archie

Series Title: Archie's Joke Book Magazine

Issue: #186

Publish Date:	July 1973
type:	cover
Genre:	humor; teen

Cover Characters:	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Comics.org:	Review Issue

Assigned Artwork

Page: 20
published

Issue Breakdown

Type	Title	Creators	Characters	Synopsis
cover			Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
advertisement		Letters: typeset
comic story	Hic Trick!		Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones	Archie can't stop hiccupping.
comic story	Cheer Sphere		Rthrl Muggs; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge	The girls talk about what cheers them up when they are blue.
comic story	Switch Hitch!		Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews	Moose is blocking Mr. Weatherbee's view, so he asks Moose to move over.
comic story	Shake Flake		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge	Veronica makes a special health drink for Archie.
comic story	Group Scoop		Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones	Miss Grundy's class is making various projects based on Indian lore.
comic story	Girl Whirl		Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Al; Sue	Moose wants to meet a girl he doesn't feel inferior to.
advertisement		Letters: typeset
comic story	You Know You're Lucky When...		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Al; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
advertisement	Honor House Prod. Corp.	Letters: typeset
comic story	Satisfaction Action		Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (picture); Mr. Lodge	Veronica never wants to have anything to do with Archie again, and then calls him.
cartoon	Candle Power		Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily (candle); Mr. Weatherbee (candle); Betty Cooper (candle); Moose Mason (candle); Veronica Lodge (candle)
comic story	Oh Double Rats		Archie Andrews	Archie wonders why he's always in the principal's office.
comic story	News Muse		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge	Archie thinks the country has licked the inflation problem.
comic story	Juvenile Guile		Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Leroy	Leroy's dentist couldn't find a single cavity.
comic story	Joy Decoy		Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper	Betty's new neighbor has a lot of sports equipment and trophies.
comic story	Ear Sneer		Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews	Veronica wants Betty to pierce her ears.
comic story	Itching to Please		Hot Dog; Jughead Jones	A man with a circus is interested in Hot Dog.
promo (ad from the publisher)			Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
comic story	Milk Ilk		Mr. Lodge	A friend of Mr. Lodge's complains about the amount of milk his daughter's boyfriends drink every day.
comic story	Swipe Gripe		Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge	Veronica is sad that a new girl has stolen Archie.
comic story	Lunch Hunch		Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Beazly	Archie has a choice of what he wants for lunch.
comic story	Alarm Qualm		Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle	Archie thinks Reggie will never suffer from an inferiority complex, but Reggie disagrees.
comic story	Fame Aim!		Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper	The Coach retires the number Reggie has been wearing for the last three years.
comic story	Call Gall		Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper	Betty answers the phone and talks for a while, but it's not for her.
comic story	Globe Probe!	Pencils: Joe Edwards Inks: Joe Edwards Letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Russ	Russ is pointing out the features of a globe.
advertisement		Letters: typeset
advertisement		Letters: typeset
letters page		Letters: typeset	Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
advertisement		Pencils: ? (photograph) Inks: ? (photograph) Letters: typeset
comic story	The Surefire Remedy		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge	Archie and Veronica are going to watch TV, when Reggie calls.
comic story	Funky Proverbs		Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews	Proverbs with humorous twists.
comic story	Weather Tether		Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones	Archie has hooked a microphone up to Mr. Weatherbee's radio and tries to con him into calling off school for the day.
comic story	Concern Yearn		Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews	Archie finds parents are a pain, always wanting to know where he is and when he'll be back.
cartoon			Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazley
advertisement		Letters: typeset
advertisement		Letters: typeset
advertisement		Letters: typeset

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