Laugh #18 [Direct]
(December 1989)

Archie, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.95 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year in Feb., Apr., June, July, Aug., Oct. and Dec.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #18 [Newsstand]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Girls, I've decided to turn over a new leaf--
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews
Keywords
autumn; fall; fence; rake; raking leaves
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Sir Ivan Hoho (Table of Contents: 1)

The Mighty Archie Art Players / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Sir Ivan Hoho [Archie Andrews]; Maid Gwendolyn [Betty Cooper]; Sir Rodent [Reggie Mantle]; Squire Jousthead [Jughead Jones]; King Richard [Mr. Weatherbee]
Synopsis
Sir Ivan Hoho enters a jousting tournament to win the money to free King Richard.
Reprints
Keywords
armor; catapult; horse; jousting; knights; mandolin; minstrel; parody

Indexer Notes

parody of Ivanhoe

Archie's Club News (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Synopsis
Reader reports from: Valory Banister from Glendora, CA about cooking class and David Kolodny-Nagy from Washington, DC about school science fairs.

Maid of Money or Here Comes the Million Dollar Melody! (Table of Contents: 3)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Webb (credited as William Webb)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Feature Logo
Josie and the Pussycats
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alexandra
Synopsis
Melody shows up to the dance in a dress made of one and five dollar bills and starts giving out money to the boys. Alexandra gets jealous and makes her own dress out of hundred dollar bills.
Reprints
Keywords
dance; dollar; money dress

Sprite Plight (Table of Contents: 4)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Feature Logo
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Sarah (Hilda's witch friend); Esmeralda (Sabrina's cousin)
Synopsis
Sabrina babysits Esmeralda and takes her to the Metro Museum of History while she does research for a school report. Esmeralda wrecks havoc.
Keywords
centaur; Egypt; Greek mythology; mummy

Editor's Notebook (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Ding-Dong! (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Archie takes on a side job selling men's cosmetics at school.
Reprints
Keywords
cologne; cosmetics; salesman
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Girls, I've decided to turn over a new leaf--"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Sir Ivan Hoho
    The Mighty Archie Art Players
  3. 2. Archie's Club News
  4. 3. Maid of Money or Here Comes the Million Dollar Melody!
    Josie
  5. 4. Sprite Plight
    Sabrina
  6. 5. Editor's Notebook
  7. 6. Ding-Dong!
    Archie
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