Laugh Comics #122

(May 1961)

Patch Work (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Archie needs to fix an inner tube from his car in order to run an errand for his mom, provided he doesn't kill himself in the process.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #14 (October 1975)

Keywords

fire hydrant; gas station; inner tube; telephone booth

Love in Bloom (Table of Contents: 2)

Dilton / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Gladys; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie finds a way for tongue-tied Dilton to ask out a hot redhead.

Keywords

telephone booth

Indexer Notes

The logo spells Dilton's last name "Doily", although later appearances spelled his name as "Doiley".

Gadget Conscious (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie has a gadget installed in the jalopy specifically for Reggie.

Keywords

ejection seat

There's Gold in Them Thar Hills! (Table of Contents: 4)

Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woggon (signed)

Pencils

Bill Woggon (signed); Hazel Marten ?

Inks

Kathryn Bill ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

domestic; fashion; teen

Characters

Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly; Burro Bill

Synopsis

K.O. has a line on a gold strike and he and Katy dream of what they'll do with the wealth they anticipate receiving.

Keywords

burro; gold; guitar; prospecting; rainbow

Indexer Notes

Fashions, etc., by Barbara Rausch (Flint, Mich.), Janet Smith (Grantford, Ontario, Canada), Kathy Hibbard (Brooklyn, Pa.), Mary Swatley (Lenoir, N.C.), Armando Cosio (Los Angeles, Calif.), Lynn Griffin (Syracuse, N.Y.), Linda Ewell (Cape Charles, Va.), Frank Mullen (Duquesne, Pa.), Joanne Maguire (Bayshore, L.I., N.Y.), Sharon Dutkus (Long Beach, Calif.), Jake Jones (Forest City, N.C.), Elmer Cavender (Pearsall, Texas), Rita Rosenbloom (Philadelphia, Pa.), Pam Pussey (Collinswood, N. J.), and Jane M. Odmeda (Astoria, L.I., N.Y.),

Write and Wrong (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; Hap Holiday

Synopsis

Hap teaches Jinx how to write her name.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #14 (October 1975)

Keywords

writing

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, girls and boys--

Characters

Li'l Jinx (cameo)

Indexer Notes

List of 48 persons (ages 7 to 14) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include England and Canada.

Make a Date (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Betty and Veronica Spectacular / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Archie Andrew (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)

Indexer Notes

List of eight winners of "Why I Like to Ride a Bike" contest: Richard Pidgeon (Norfolk, Va.), Carmack Daugherty (Parsons, Tenn.), Sidney Hollender (Dorchester, Mass.), Donald Rumbaugh (Tucson, Ariz.), Reesa Lasky (Haddonfield, N.J.), Patricia Glinska (Buffalo, N.Y), Carla Sue Cane (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), and Eva Norton (Hazelwood, Mo.). First prize of $5.00 to Elaine Bermanke (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for an article on etiquette. Second prize of $3.00 to Gregg R. Narber (Des Moines, Iowa) for article on the human heart. Third prize of $2.00 to Ruby Kaye West (San Antonio, Texas) for four jokes. Also head shots of Archie, Betty, and Veronica from previously-published art.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

The Final Test (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

Terry Szenics

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge takes Veronica and Archie on a tour of the toy factory he's just acquired. Archie manages to break everything he comes in contact with.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #14 (October 1975)
• in Laugh (Archie, 2022 series) (2022)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #328 (May 2022)

Keywords

factory; toys; welding