Laugh Comics
#46
(August 1951)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-07-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie and Jughead do wonderful bird imitations, daddy! What bird would you like them to imitate?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the covers of Pep #142 and Jughead with Archie Digest #17
I Wanna Do Homework
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty! What happened? Speak to me!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Alice Cooper; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is forced to break a date with Betty to get his grades up. Then he's forced to conceal the fact that Veronica invites herself over to help him study.
[no title indexed]
Don't Let It Puzzle You! / activity / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes rebus, two riddles, drawing clown, and fun facts.
[The Poodle]
Katy Keene / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed); Hazel Marten
- Inks
- Hazel Marten; Floyd Norman (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Hazel Marten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After patiently waiting months in Hollywood for a break in the movies...
- Genre
- domestic; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis; Randy Van Ronson III
- Synopsis
- To pick up her spirits over her flagging movie career, Katy buys a new hat. Then she has a disastrous meeting with Randy's new trained poodle.
Indexer Notes
Costume, pose, etc. for Katy by Beverly Richardson (Hedrick, IA), Elfrieda Melvin (Huron, CA), William Boddy (Bryn Mawr, PA), and Mrs. George A. Staley (Grand Island, NY); dress by Kenneth Maniha (Houston 5, TX); jewelry by Phyllis Balton (Wall, PA); Sis's dress by Carolyn Kirby (San Francisco, CA); slip by Marguerite Le Parmentier (Coraopolis, PA); shoes by Sherry Dobbins (Gassaway, WV); dress and pose by Gertrude Fessler (Tampa, FL); Katy's suit by James Favreau (Springfield, MA); pose by "many other Katy fans"; dogtail car by Carrol Brandan (Lennon, CA); Randy's sport outfit by Steve Katchmer (Niles, OH); Katy's hat by Barbara Edwards (Norfolk 4, VA).
[no title indexed]
Super Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's tops with all the kids!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
Indexer Notes
Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Super Duck spinning a giant top on the globe.
Class Mates
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Briefer (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Briefer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Students, I have been called to to Washington help on a certain aspect of the war effort.
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Uncle George; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead mistakes Veronica's uncle for a prowler.
[no title indexed]
Hollywood Gossip / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cochran's dollar not acceptable
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Various Hollywood anecdotes and rumors.
Root of all Evil
Suzie / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! Your father's really angry this time!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Ferdie; Suzie's father
- Synopsis
- Ferdie offers to help Suzie's father remove a large fallen tree from the front yard, with disastrous results.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes learning to draw various water scenes and tots corner.
It's in the Bag
Wilbur / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on Wilbur! Give it to me! They're mine!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Mr. Dripwaite; Miss Jones; Red
- Synopsis
- Mr. Dripwaite takes a page out of Wilbur's book when making a speech to the school.
Feed Up
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That was a tasty appetizer.
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead ignores Archie's warning about swimming after eating and nearly drowns.
[no title indexed]
Debby / Taffy / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed); Hazel Marten
- Inks
- Hazel Marten; Floyd Norman (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Hazel Marten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I guess I made a mistake picking out this gown!
- Feature Logo
- Debby
- Genre
- domestic; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Debby Twist; Oliver Twist; Lotta Twist; Betsy Ross
- Synopsis
- Debby wants new wallpaper for her room. Oliver decides to save money and do it himself.
Indexer Notes
Debby's flower gown by Delora V. Walker (New York 30, NY); Debby's skirt and blouse by Ruth Wog (Hackensack, NJ); Debby's outfit by Leona Olsen (Moses Lake, WA); Debby's wallpapering outfit by Marcia Miller (Moses Lake, WA); Debby's slack suit by Leonor Bonilla (Lima, Peru).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie and Jughead do wonderful bird imitations, daddy! What bird would you like them to imitate?"]
Archie -
1.
["This is the house that Archie built!"]
-
2.
I Wanna Do Homework
Archie -
3.
[no title indexed]
Don't Let It Puzzle You! -
4.
["The eyes have it"]
Suzie -
5.
[The Poodle]
Katy Keene -
6.
["It's tops with all the kids!"]
Super Duck -
7.
Class Mates
Jughead -
8.
["Cochran's dollar not acceptable"]
Hollywood Gossip -
9.
Root of all Evil
Suzie -
10.
["The big shot"]
Reggie -
11.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page -
12.
It's in the Bag
Wilbur -
13.
Feed Up
Archie -
14.
["I guess I made a mistake picking out this gown!"]
Debby / Taffy -
15.
["Hey, kids! Katy Keene is out again!!"]
Katy Keene -
16.
["Hello kids! We're back with a brand new Archie Annual #3"]
Archie
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