Laugh Comics
#155
(February 1964)
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
- Too bad we don't have any machines that exercise their brains!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy
- Keywords
- report cards; rowing machine; stationary bicycle
Winter Carnival!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Mr. Bigbottom
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to beat Reggie in a snow-sculpture contest by disguising an old weather balloon as a sculpture of the world.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #29 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- bicycle pump; snow sculpture; weather balloon
Sign Posts
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to find Jughead at his workplace.
- Keywords
- factory; roller skates
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?; Babs Kendall (idea)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't go to the costume ball in this outfit
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge hits the ceiling (literally) in disapproval of his daughter's skimpy costume.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #26 (June 1964)
-
- Keywords
- costume party
Indexer Notes
"Pin-up suggested by Babs Kendall, 311 Lockwood Ave., New Rochelle, N.Y."
The Evader
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty informs Veronica that Jughead will never give a straight answer to a woman. Veronica tries to put him in a position where he'll have to give her a straight answer.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #29 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- maple syrup
[no title indexed]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dig this crazy offer!
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 plus a bonus issue.
The Cheer Eater
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Ga Ga; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx gets some chocolates for a sick friend, but ends up eating them herself.
- Keywords
- candy
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's the greatest feeling to get mail from new friends!
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Listing of 44 persons (ages 8 to 16) requesting pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries listed include England, Canada, Australia, India, Trinidad, and Antigua.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Billy Borr (Helena, Mont.) for an article on his dog. Second prize of $3.00 to Kevin Kelly (Westbury, N.Y.) for article on archery. Third prize of $2.00 to Suzanne Lee Vance (Centralia, Wash.) for an article about herself. Fourth prize $1.00 to Ronnie Russell (McColl, S.C.) for an article about himself.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for membership in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
Take It Easel
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- When Alex raves about Melody's terrible abstract painting, Pepper and Albert try to humiliate them both by getting Melody's painting entered in an art show.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #20 (January 1979)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #20 (January 1986)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #33 (December 2013)
-
- Keywords
- abstract art; art show; painting
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #33, inks are credited to Vince DeCarlo. There's the standard abstract art gag about the painting being hung upside-down.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["Too bad we don't have any machines that exercise their brains!"]
Archie -
1.
Winter Carnival!
Archie -
2.
Sign Posts
Archie -
3.
["I can't go to the costume ball in this outfit"]
Veronica Pin Up Page -
4.
The Evader
Jughead -
5.
["Dig this crazy offer!"]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
6.
The Cheer Eater
Li'l Jinx -
7.
["It's the greatest feeling to get mail from new friends!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
10.
Take It Easel
Josie
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- Merlin Haas
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Jaime Weinman
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