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Publishers / Archie / Archie (1959) / #227

227July 1973
$0.20

Archie #227

Archie · July 1973 · on sale April 24, 1973

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Identification plate

Series: Archie (Archie, 1959 series)
Issue: #227
Publication date: July 1973
Key date: July 1973
On-sale date: April 24, 1973
Indicia publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
1	Success At Last	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
2	Mizspel!	comic story	1	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
3	The Brand New Archie Annual #25 Is Out-a-Site!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Stan Goldberg	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
4	The Floor Plan	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Mr. Svensen
5	Two Worlds	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Archie I; Jughead I; Moose I; Reggie I; Betty I; Veronica I; Fido (dinosaur)
6	-	letters page	1.6	letters: typeset	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper (cameo)
7	Archie Club	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.4	letters: typeset	Archie Andrews (cameo)
8	Cold Comfort	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Mary Andrews

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Jokebook Comics Digest Annual #4	1979	On eBay ›
Archie Annual Digest #34	1979	On eBay ›
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #45	1990	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #226126 of 565#228 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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