Archie#242
Cover: Dan DeCarlo & Rudy Lapick
Archie #242
“Barrel of Fun”
writer Frank Doyle · artist Harry Lucey · inker Chic Stone · colorist Barry Grossman · letterer Bill Yoshida · cover Dan DeCarlo, Rudy Lapick
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Full credits
writer Frank Doyle
artist Harry Lucey
inker Chic Stone
colorist Barry Grossman
letterer Bill Yoshida
cover pencils Dan DeCarlo
cover inks Rudy Lapick
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All the adults are speaking in what they think of as youth slang ("It turns me on," "Far out"), horrifying the kids, who think that's no way for grown-ups to talk. It turns out the parents were told to be more with-it in a lecture by the eminent psychologist Dr. Branewosch.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).