Life with Archie #172 (1976) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Birth of a Nation	cover	1	pencils: Stan Goldberg; colors: Barry Grossman	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
1	The Birth of a Nation	comic story	21	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Benjamin Franklin, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, George Washington
2	The Bicentennial Spell	comic story	1	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Hap Holliday, Li'l Jinx
3	Bicentennial Name Game	activity	1	pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Archie Andrews

Collection	Year
Archie: The Best of Stan Goldberg #1 ISBN 978-160010-736-8	2010	On eBay ›
Archie Comics Celebrates America's 250th #1	2026	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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