Laugh Comics
#136
(July 1962)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-04-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Jug! The mole man wants us to go into the hole!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; The Mole Man
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead are reluctant to follow a mutated humanoid mole into its hole.
- Keywords
- mole; monster
Indexer Notes
The mole man on this cover is no relation to the Marvel Comics villain.
One of a series of monster covers with no relation to any of the interior stories.
Everybody's Doin' It
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica decides to cure Archie of his superstitious tics by hiding his lucky items.
- Keywords
- bad luck; superstition
Nice Advice
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Midge wants to buy Moose a book on extra-sensory perception.
- Keywords
- book store
Wear and Tear
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica breaks her neck getting prepared for a gorgeous business associate her father is having over for dinner.
- Keywords
- dress shop
Indexer Notes
The Veronica Lodge and Hiram Lodge faces in panel five are paste-ups of Dan DeCarlo's work.
The Mystery Trio
Fly Girl / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fly Girl [Kim Brand]; Jean Duval (villain)
- Synopsis
- Kim Brand is stunned when a fake Fly Girl appears on "The Mystery Trio" television program and appears to do super feats. She finds the stunt was part of a plan to lure the richest people in Capitol City to a post-program party where they are overcome by sleeping gas. Fly Girl transports a TV cameraman and his camera to the scene for a live broadcast of her crashing the party.
- Keywords
- disguise; magnet; sleeping gas; television broadcast
Indexer Notes
"The Mystery Trio" TV program is based on the "To Tell the Truth" TV game show.
Public Opinion
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Greg; Gigi
- Synopsis
- Jinx organizes a groundswell telephone protest among the neighborhood kids when the "Cuckoo Koko the Clown Show" TV program is cancelled.
- Keywords
- telephone; television
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, girls and boys--
Indexer Notes
List of 48 persons (ages 8 to 14) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, Canada, Australia, and Northern Ireland are represented.
Special Assignment for Archie Club Reporters
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
Request for stories of 100 words or less on "Why My Bike is Important to Me." The 12 best will each receive a new bicycle.
The Race
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie are set to run off for a position in a cross-country race. However, they learn the winner will have to accompany Miss Grundy to the opera in the summer. So they each do everything they can to throw the race.
- Keywords
- cross country; opera; race; rain
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hey, Jug! The mole man wants us to go into the hole!"]
Archie -
1.
Everybody's Doin' It
Archie -
2.
Nice Advice
Veronica -
3.
Wear and Tear
Veronica -
4.
Fun with the Popsicle Kids
Popsicle Kids; Popsicle -
5.
The Mystery Trio
Fly Girl -
6.
The Secret Is Out!
Archie Annual -
7.
Public Opinion
Li'l Jinx -
8.
["Hi, girls and boys--"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
9.
Special Assignment for Archie Club Reporters
Archie Club News -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
11.
The Race
Archie
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- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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