Laugh Comics
#147
(June 1963)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Maybe you could tell your dad that our TV school is in a bad reception area!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Keywords
- educational TV; report card
Name Dropper
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Jinx Molloy
- Synopsis
- The guys discover that Jinx Molloy's bad luck aura is so powerful that he can jinx anyone just by mentioning their name, even if he's not anywhere near them. Reggie takes advantage of this by getting Jinx to mention Archie's name a few times.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #1 (June 2005) - in Archie 1000 Page Comics Digest (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #192 (July 2013)
-
- Keywords
- bad luck; record player
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #192, inking is credited to Vince DeCarlo.
My Heart Burns
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Betty dumps Archie because she's in love with TV's Dr. Kildare.
Belle Telephone System
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Ronnie resents her father's complaints about her telephone usage.
- Keywords
- telephone
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?; Lorraine Lapick (idea)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just drooling, thank you
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty admires a fur coat that she can't afford.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #26 (June 1964)
-
- Keywords
- fur coat
Indexer Notes
Reader "Lorraine Lapick" from Yonkers, NY is credited with suggesting this pin-up. Lorraine Lapick is the daughter of Dan DeCarlo's inker Rudy Lapick.
Torrid Text
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alex has gotten hold of a notebook with all the reports from the girls' sorority meetings, and the girls split up and try to get it back before he reads it. Josie and Pepper's attempts just make things worse, but Melody's unsubtle approach works like a charm.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #39 (March 1982)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #33 (December 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #33, inks are credited to Vincent DeCarlo.
Rock and Gold
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Hollday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx finds an old rock, which turns into a rumor that's she's struck gold.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #26 (October 1977) [minus one page]
-
- Keywords
- gold; rock; rumor; television
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's great to get mail from new friends...
Indexer Notes
List of 48 persons (ages 8 to 16) desiring pen pals.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
Winners of the "Why My Bike Is Important to Me" contest and publicity for the in-progress Archie TV pilot with a letter from Wayne Adams, who plays Reggie. Contest winners are James Houghton (Fairfield, Calif.), Michael Goldblatt (Chicago, Ill.), John L. Glaze (Hillsboro, Ohio), John B. West (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.), Richard Bernstein (Norfolk, Va.), Eddy Alger (Providence, R.I.), Penny Span (Phoenix, Ariz.), Helen Ann Burton (Albany, Ga.), Nanci Newman (North Bergen, N. J.), Patricia Kirksey (La Marque, Texas), Carolyn Reid (Brooklyn, N.Y.), and Iris Barnes (Detroit, Mich.)
Pearls of the Orient
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to play pranks on Reggie, justifying all his risky actions with old Chinese proverbs.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Chinese proverbs; glue; prank; typewriter
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Maybe you could tell your dad that our TV school is in a bad reception area!"]
Archie -
1.
Name Dropper
Archie -
2.
Billy Wins with Bendix
Bendix Corporation -
3.
My Heart Burns
Archie -
4.
Belle Telephone System
Betty and Veronica -
5.
["Just drooling, thank you"]
Betty Pin Up -
6.
Torrid Text
Josie -
7.
["Riding a wave of popularity!"]
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Rock and Gold
Li'l Jinx -
9.
["It's great to get mail from new friends..."]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
11.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
12.
Pearls of the Orient
Archie
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