Laugh Comics #138

(September 1962)

Unavailable (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica consider Jughead a challenge because he won't let them kiss him. They play "good cop-bad cop" to try to gain his confidence.

Keywords

television

To Be or Knot to Be (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie goes sailing with Mr. Lodge on a very windy day.

Keywords

sailboat

The Crooked Fly (Table of Contents: 3)

The Fly / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

John Giunta

Inks

John Giunta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Fly Girl [Kim Brand]; Sheriff Grack

Synopsis

Sheriff Grack of the small town of Laketown keeps arresting The Fly on minor charges like flying without a license. It's all part of a plan to capture a gang of gamblers.

Keywords

jail; slot machines

Indexer Notes

Fly Girl only appears in the splash panel.

Wanted (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The World of Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Dollars and Sense (Table of Contents: 5)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx Holiday; Hap Holiday; Greg; Ga Ga

Synopsis

Hap starts giving Jinx an allowance, but Jinx spends it all on ice cream the first day.

Keywords

allowance; ice cream

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Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi girls and boys--

Indexer Notes

List of 48 persons (ages 8 to 17) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, England, Jamaica, Australia, Trinidad, and Korea are included.

Fun with the Popsicle Kids (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Popsicle Kids; Popsicle / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

? [as MLG] (signed)

Inks

? [as MLG] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Karen Kozlesky (Latrobe, Pa.) for article on the Rock of Gibraltar. Second prize of $3.00 to Philip Drenick (Millington, N.J.) for article on automobile speed records. Third prize of $2.00 to Candy Cline (Canton, Ohio) for article on swans. Fourth prize to Elizabeth Klein (Los Angeles, Calif.) for article on the sun.

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Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

A Sticky Business (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Reggie has a girl write a love note to Archie. He then puts glue on the paper and slaps it on Archie's hand. Archie has to find a way to get rid of the sticky note before Veronica sees it.

Keywords

glue; love note