Laugh Comics
#145
(April 1963)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-01-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Starting in this issue, "Josie" (created by Dan DeCarlo and Frank Doyle) becomes the main backup feature for this title. The feature would continue in both "Laugh" and "Pep" through 1965. On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Sitting Duck
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Pop Tate; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Reggie fails at getting Archie pummeled by Moose and, to his regret, manages to lose his evil reputation.
- Keywords
- perfume; telephone booth
Video Variety
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's class watches educational TV programs, complete with commercials.
- Keywords
- biology; educational TV; math
The Tomboy
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Albert; Josie's father
- Synopsis
- Josie argues with her father that he raised her as a tomboy. In order to win the argument she gets Albert to treat her like one of the boys.
- Reprints
-
in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #43 (December 2014)
-
- Keywords
- football; tomboy
Money Business
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Greg
- Synopsis
- Jinx says she and Greg found some money in the woods and buried it there. Hap goes with her to dig up the money and see what it is.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Haven't you ever wished to meet new friends from distant places?
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 44 persons (ages 6 to 15) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Panama Canal Zone, India, Canada, and Jamaica.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Lois Cuccinello (Paterson, N. J.) for article on the Suez Canal. Second prize of $3.00 to Jane Engelman (Columbus, Ohio) for article about the Moon. Third prize of $2.00 to Marcy McCann (San Diego, Calif.) for article on surfing.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Think
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Jokes
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Three cartoons: A "Think" sign on a ski lift; Archie does the Twist on ice skates; and Archie gives a wrong answer to Miss Grundy.
- Keywords
- ice skating; ski lift; skiing; Twist
Indexer Notes
In the first cartoon, a background gag uses the Charles Addams classic "tracks around a tree" from 1940.
How America Was Really Discovered
Professor Jughead / comic story / 4 pages
- Feature Logo
- History a la Jughead
- Genre
- satire-parody; teen; humor
- Characters
- Professor Jughead (cameo); Christopher Columbus; Christopher O'Houlihan
- Synopsis
- Parody of Columbus discovering America has a rowboat operator from England getting there first.
- Keywords
- Columbus; England; icebergs; rowboat; Statue of Liberty; Thames
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I don't care how they do it on TV!"]
Archie -
1.
The Sitting Duck
Reggie -
2.
Billy Wins with Bendix
Bendix Corporation -
3.
Video Variety
Archie and the Gang -
4.
The Tomboy
Josie -
5.
Buy 4! Get 5!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
6.
Money Business
Li'l Jinx -
7.
["Haven't you ever wished to meet new friends from distant places?"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
10.
["Think"]
Archie -
11.
How America Was Really Discovered
Professor Jughead
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