Archie (1959) #252

Archie 1959–2015 series Cover date Apr 1976

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

Value history

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About this issue

Archie #252 (1959) is issue #252 of Archie's Archie (1959–2015), with a cover date of April 1976. Written by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards, Dick Malmgren and others and drawn by Joe Edwards, Harry Lucey, Bob Montana and others.

Creators

Writers: Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards, Dick Malmgren, Bob Montana
Pencillers: Joe Edwards, Harry Lucey, Bob Montana, Chic Stone
Inkers: Jon D'Agostino, Joe Edwards, Bob Montana, Chic Stone
Colorist: Barry Grossman
Letterers: Joe Edwards, Bill Yoshida
Cover artist: Dan DeCarlo

The stories

“Retirement Blues”

Archie decides his father needs to retire from working around the house and takes over doing his chores. As usual, things don't quite work out as expected.

“No Schooling!”

Charley's thoughts on school.

Oscar is Archie's living alarm clock.

“On Thin Ice”

Archie offers to teach Midge how to ice skate, but Moose is less than happy with the idea.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.