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205December 1970
$0.15

Archie #205

Archie · December 1970 · on sale 1970-10-06

First appearance: Al Unser
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Identification plate

Series
Archie (Archie, 1959 series)
Issue
#205
Publication date
December 1970
Key date
1970-12-00
On-sale date
1970-10-06
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Al Unser - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Professor Flutesnoot
2Honor Boundcomic story6script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Marty Epp; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Pop Tate
4-letters page2pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); colors: ? (illustrations); letters: typesetArchie Andrews, Hot Dog, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Ethel Muggs
6Today I Am Matured!comic story6script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Harry Lucey; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
7Archie Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: ?; typeset
8The Big Bancomic story5script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Ricky Mantle
11It's a No Knowcomic story1script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe EdwardsGreg, Li'l Jinx
12The Gong's All Herecomic story6script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Marty Epp; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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Series context

‹ #204104 of 565#206 ›

Sources

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