(April 1976)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Feb., March, April, June, July, Aug., Sept., Nov. & Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Music Corp.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Potion Problems
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's this, Dilton?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Svenson; Miss Beazly; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Dilton mixes up a love potion that Archie spills on himself and becomes irresistible to women.
- Reprints
-
in Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #83 (May 1980) - in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #40 (November 1996)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #149 (March 2004)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #12 (April 2015)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #115 (February 2022)
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- Keywords
- love potion
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #12.
Tint Stint
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why the shades?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones; Forsythe Pendleton Jones, Jr
- Synopsis
- Jughead wears shades to school.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #69 (July 1980)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #190 (April 2004)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #155 (January 2010)
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High Goals
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, I'd love to go to Japan, Li'l Jinx!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley would like to go to Japan and watch them play football.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, what does it take to get a light bulb replaced...an act of congress?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- From Archie daily ? (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX?
Statement of Ownership
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Act of Aug. 12; 1970: Section 3685. Title 39. United States Code).
1. Title of publication: Archie's TV Laugh-Out.
2. Date of filing: Oct. 1, 1975.
3. Frequency of issue: 9 times a year in Feb., March, April, June, July, Aug., Sept., Nov. and Dec.
3A. Annual Subscription price: $2.25.
6. Names and addresses of publisher, editor and managing editor:
Publisher: Archie Music Corp, 1116 First Ave., New York. N.Y. 10021
Editor: John L. Goldwater, 1116 First Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021.
Managing editor: Richard H. Goldwater, 1116 First Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021.
11. Extent and nature of circulation:
Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 Months: 320,820
Actual no. of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date, 321,416
Hairpiece Hassles
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you think of my new hairpiece, Miss Grundy?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Prof. Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; unnamed female students; Big Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee buys a new hairpiece that the teachers laugh at, so Archie arranges to have the girls swoon over it to rebuild his confidence. Mr. Weatherbee decides that it is inappropriate for so many girls to be in love with the principal and ditches the hairpiece.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #350 (May 1980)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #71 (July 1987)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #101 (July 2006)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #6 (June 2011), #78 (June 2018)
-
- Keywords
- wigs
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #78.
Historic Firsts
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who was the first U.S. Postmaster?
I Remember Melody
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn't that awful?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
- Synopsis
- The miniskirted Melody is monopolizing all the boys' attention, so Josie and Valerie convince her to dress more warmly -- and cover up her figure.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #54 (April 1971)
-
Horrible Harvey
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whoops! Look at that boy go down!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie begins to notice that whenever Reggie is mean or insulting to Harvey, freak accidents suddenly start happening to him.
- Reprints
- in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #59 (May 1980)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #101 (April 1990)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #77 (March 1995)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #82 (April 2004), #129 (April 2009)
- in Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #2 (May 2013)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #239 (February 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie, have you seen the bells?"]
Archie -
1.
Potion Problems
Archie -
2.
Tint Stint
Jughead -
3.
Josie and the Cup Cakes
Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie -
4.
High Goals
Li'l Jinx -
5.
["Say, what does it take to get a light bulb replaced...an act of congress?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
6.
Statement of Ownership
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7.
Hairpiece Hassles
Mr. Weatherbee -
8.
Historic Firsts
Archie -
9.
I Remember Melody
Josie -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
11.
Horrible Harvey
Sabrina
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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