Laugh Comics Digest
#200
(April 2005)
Archie,
1974 Series
- Price
- 2.39 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Jan., Apr., May, June, July, Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 2005-03-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 762816468527 20011
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
On-Sale date from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest #92.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! They sure are great!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
- Keywords
- cheerleaders
Getting the Spirit
Betty & Veronica / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Jack Morelli (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Agnes Bancroft; Svenson; Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Sabrina Spellman; Josie; Melody; Valerie
- Synopsis
- A donor offers the school enough money for a new science building but with one catch: the cheerleading squad must win an award.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cheerleading
Indexer Notes
Cover story.
Lip Service!
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darn! Harvey's here and I'm out of lipstick!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Zelda; Harvey; Salem
- Synopsis
- Sabrina needs lipstick for her date with Harvey.
- Reprints
-
from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #87 (May 1999)
-
Just a Beginner
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Midge tells Moose he is a procrastinator.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #81 (January 2000)
-
Guest Distress
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Gaston the chef; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Veronica invites the gang to the mansion during renovation of the Chok'lit Shoppe, making Mr. Lodge an outsider in his own home.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #147 (May 2000)
-
Check It Out
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Hilda go shopping at Witch-mart.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #37 (September 1999)
-
- Keywords
- grocery shopping; grocery store
Behind the 8-Ball
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Cheryl thinks her 8-ball is psychic. She gets mad when her 8-ball keeps telling her Betty is prettier.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #29 (February 2000)
-
- Keywords
- 8-ball; fortune telling; makeover; mask; spa
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #253.
What A Workout
Hilda & Zelda / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Hilda; Zelda; Salem
- Synopsis
- Salem tries to give Hilda and Zelda incentive to work out.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #28 (August 1999)
-
Fad-Tastic
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Floyd Clayton; Prof. Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty holds a demonstration of various fads from the past.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #85 (May 2000)
-
Home Sweet Home
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx invites Charley to go to the candy store with her.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #31 (January 1975)
-
Gypsy Woman
Salem / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Salem; Sabrina; Carmella; Conrad
- Synopsis
- Salem become smitten with an injured female cat while chasing other stray cats out of the neighborhood.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #29 (September 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #282, no credits listed in this digest.
Betty Models Fashions of the 50's
Betty / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty models fifties-era fashions and hair styles.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #147 (May 2000)
-
Advice from Above
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica beats traffic tie-ups the Lodge way.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #145 (March 2000)
-
Now That's Scary Part One
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- On edge after seeing "Screech 3" with Archie -- and being scared by Jughead-- Veronica gets a chance to explore an old house that the Lodges were given as an inheritance. Once there, scared and alone, she calls the gang to join her.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #99 (May 2000)
-
- Keywords
- haunted house
Now That's Scary Part Two
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- One by one, the kids mysteriously disappear in the old house-- until only Veronica is left.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #99 (May 2000)
-
- Keywords
- haunted house
Book Boo-Boo
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't concentrate on my studying!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Salem
- Synopsis
- Sabrina tries to use magic to help her concentrate on her studies.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #90 (August 1999)
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Stuffed Situation
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Ethel has a different concept of "stuffed".
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #147 (May 2000)
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Cold Wash
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica discovers that the face full of snow from Archie that she's been strenuously avoiding is actually good for her pores.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #147 (May 2000)
-
Most Happy Della
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Della; Salem; Sabrina; Enchantra; Mr. Kraft
- Synopsis
- Della is fired by Enchantra and ends up working for Sabrina's high school principal.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #32 (December 1999)
-
Sure Lure
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel tries to get Jughead to join her in a game of checkers or dancing but finally finds something that Jughead will say "yes" to joining her in.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #3 (January 1968)
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Not-So-Private Eye
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty imagines herself as a hard-bitten noir detective.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #85 (May 2000)
-
Team Theme
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Gladys Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's mom won't let him go play basketball.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint appearance.
Brood Mood
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead knows there's only one thing that will get rid of his Monday morning blues.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint appearance.
New Old Fad!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Pat Kennedy (credited as P. Kennedy)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- A yo-yo fad sweeps the school until Mr. Weatherbee shows the kids how good he was back when he was a kid.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #2 (March 2011)
- in Archie Giant Comics Roll (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #74 (February 2018)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #4 (October 2019)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Wow! They sure are great!"]
-
1.
Getting the Spirit
Betty & Veronica -
2.
Lip Service!
Sabrina -
3.
Just a Beginner
Moose -
4.
Guest Distress
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Check It Out
Sabrina -
6.
Behind the 8-Ball
Cheryl Blossom -
7.
What A Workout
Hilda & Zelda -
8.
Fad-Tastic
Betty -
9.
Home Sweet Home
Li'l Jinx -
10.
Gypsy Woman
Salem -
11.
Betty Models Fashions of the 50's
Betty -
12.
Advice from Above
Betty and Veronica -
13.
Now That's Scary Part One
Veronica -
14.
Now That's Scary Part Two
Veronica -
15.
Book Boo-Boo
Sabrina -
16.
Stuffed Situation
Betty and Veronica -
17.
Cold Wash
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Most Happy Della
Sabrina -
19.
Sure Lure
Jughead -
20.
Not-So-Private Eye
Betty -
21.
Team Theme
Jughead -
22.
Brood Mood
Jughead -
23.
New Old Fad!
Archie
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Scott Marshall
- Keith Alan Morgan
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