Archie Comics #173

Cover by Dan DeCarlo & Vincent DeCarlo. Stories by Frank Doyle and Joe Edwards. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Vincent DeCarlo and Mario Acquaviva. Mr. Weatherbee doesn't want to get involved in any punishments in the hours before he goes on his vacation, and Archie and Reggie realize that this leaves them free to do whatever they want in "Lost Weekend"! Plus: Archie becomes a well-dressed, completely obnoxious "Man About Town"; Veronica and Reggie are going on a bus trip that's exclusively for athletes and cheerleaders in "Fare Enough"; Li'l Jinx protects a butterfly from Greg's net in the 1-pager "Using Her Head!" by Joe Edwards; and the narrator introduces us to a typical day in the lives of the five core members of the Archie gang in "Take a Day... Any Day!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.