Laugh Comics Digest
#34
[Canadian]
(May 1981)
Archie,
1974 Series
- Price
- 0.95 CAD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699705
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Laugh Comics Digest Magazine".
This issue is a variant of Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #34 [Newsstand].
This issue is a variant of Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #34 [Newsstand].
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dilton, what's the world's most powerful magnet?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Li'l Jinx; Josie; Bingo Wilkin; Little Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Katy Keene; Randy Keene
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #78
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The Learning Process
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is too frequently careless at home so his father decides that anyone who breaks the dishes next will have to wash all the windows. Of course Archie's father is next to break some dishes.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #233 (March 1974)
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[Money Pile]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie makes a comparison of Mr. Lodge's wealth in a way Jughead can understand.
Roof Goof or Goofy Roofer
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead help Archie's dad fix the roof.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #206 (June 1967)
-
Forget-Me-Not
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- a maze
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #136 (October 1979)
-
Walking The Dog!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
- Synopsis
- Jinx is sick so her father walks a neighbor's dog, discovering where Jinx goes when the dog leads him.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #117 (March 1961)
-
Who Blew The Brew?
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Della
- Synopsis
- Sabrina refuses to take up the deviltry of witchcraft as practiced by her family. The Head Witch, Della, attempts to discipline her, but Sabrina is protected by love.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #12 (June 1973)
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[Metric Gas]
Mr. Flutesnoot Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Flutesnoot; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Archie Andrews (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Dilton uses Archie's gasoline buying habits as an example when converting metric units.
The Unwanted
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jodie; Jodie's father; Jodie's grandfather
- Synopsis
- Jodie's family is found camping on the Lodge's property and during a scuffle to get them to move out, their van careens down a hill with Jodie inside. But Archie saves the day with a daring jump.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #158 (June 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
In two Parts.
Teased Hair
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Antoinne; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The girls get new hairdos but the boys don't notice.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #201 (December 1967)
-
Daddy's Little Grown Up
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Sampson Smythe; Samantha Smythe; Shiela Smythe; Bingo Wilkin
- Synopsis
- Samantha is tired of her dad treating her like a little girl and accidentally scares her dad when he overhears her conversation with Bingo and misinterprets it as a marriage proposal.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #25 (October 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
In one panel, Samantha's shirt loses its color.
In Step
Sampson Smythe / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sampson Smythe; Samantha Smythe; Bingo Wilkin (cameo); Mr. Wilkin
- Synopsis
- Sampson tries to show how connected he is with his daughter by dancing, but he dances a waltz to a boogaloo song.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #12 (April 1971)
-
Parting Gesture
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; student; professor
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy gets a new job at a private school, but Archie finds a way to show her she won't fit in, before she makes the final decision.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #25 (June 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #36, no credits listed in this digest.
[Procrastinating]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Svenson has let maintenance backlog too long.
That Settles It
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- In trying to help Betty and Veronica settle an argument, Archie and Reggie come to blows.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #78 (July 1973)
-
It's A Draw!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
- Synopsis
- Variation on the old "draw a horse and the horse will draw the wagon" gag.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #226 (June 1973)
-
The Challenge
Sabrina's Aunt Hilda / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Hilda; Pushy Products salesman; Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Hilda resorts to witchcraft and even physically throws out a salesman who won't take no for an answer... and Sabrina walks in and buys from him.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #12 (June 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
In one panel, Hilda's hat loses its color.
[Belle Vista]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews (cameo); farmer
- Synopsis
- Fred walks into a farm field thinking a sign offers it for sale, only to find it is the farmer's bull that's for sale.
Freddie The Finder
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Freddy; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- Freddy wants attention, so he grabs things when no one is looking and then claims to "find" them, to accolades from everyone.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #18 (August 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
In final panel, Freddy's shirt is missing some black lines.
Plots To You
Archie / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is acting strangely, not speaking to Archie. He discovers it's a plot of Betty's to keep Veronica from going to the dance this weekend.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #59 (October 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes two illustrations.
To Her Credit!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
- Synopsis
- Jinx refuses to throw out a broken doll and claims to sell it to Gigi to prove its value.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #1 (October 1964)
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To Grandmother's House
Josie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M. Mayberry (cameo); club owner
- Synopsis
- Valerie goes away to take care of a sick grandmother but the girls don't believe her and blame her leaving on a club owner, so they play poorly on purpose.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #64 (September 1972)
-
Something To Crow About
Big Ethel / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Big Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Ralph; Flabbus Lippum; Hi Jacks
- Synopsis
- Ethel's new parrot, Ralph, flies away each night and one night lays an egg in an abandoned house used by crooks. Ralph makes such a ruckus repeating crime show scenes that the crooks fall into the basement of the house and are trapped.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #55 (December 1969)
-
Auto-Magic
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie shines up his old jalopy but it's still just as noisy as ever so Veronica refuses to ride in it. But Betty both sees the beauty and welcomes any excuse to be with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #210 (September 1968)
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Randy's Rocket
Katy Keene / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis; Billy; Randy Van Ronson
- Synopsis
- Sis buys Billy a space helmet for his birthday and uses a fishbowl for a helmet for herself, becoming stuck and unable to enjoy the birthday goodies.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #54 (December 1952)
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Statement of Ownership
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Louis H. Silberkleit (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
For October 1, 1980. Editor: John L. Goldwater, Managing Editor: Richard H. Goldwater, Publisher: Close-Up Inc., Sales through dealers (average copies each issue): 132,167, Subscriptions (average copies each issue): 17.
3 On A Date
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica accidentally invites both guys on a date, where Reggie shows off so much that she finally sneaks away with just Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #147 (August 1967)
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Stuck With Luck
Pat The Brat / comic story / 4.67 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pat; Susie; Blinky; Pat's mother
- Synopsis
- Pat believes in superstitions such as walking under a ladder being bad luck, but gets the worst end of things trying to avoid them.
- Reprints
- from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #26 (May 1958)
-
Easy Does It!
activity / 0.33 page
- Synopsis
- Plans to build a ball toss target, and a vocabulary quiz.
Delay Action
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie delays Archie from an appointment with Veronica, only to find they were planning his surprise birthday party.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #55 (December 1969)
-
Fed Up!
Rebel / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rebel; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin
- Synopsis
- Rebel believes the statistics on accidents in the kitchen refer to the meals-gone-bad that he has to eat.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #12 (April 1971)
-
Homework Happy
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie fails a test and Miss Grundy recommends he study with Betty and Veronica, who both aced it. But Betty spends the time playing house and Veronica becomes angry, so the only subject he does well in is war.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #60 (July 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the printed credits in the reprint in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #222
On The Prowl
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Herbie; woman; police officers; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead dress up in some old Scottish costumes, accidentally scare a neighbor, and pay off Herbie with ice cream so he won't tell the police who scared the neighbor.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #234 (April 1974)
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Go Go Go...
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's friend
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx has trouble spelling Mississippi.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #163 (August 1969) which is reprinted
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #96 (January 1966)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Dilton, what's the world's most powerful magnet?"]
Archie -
1.
[Blank Pages]
-
2.
The Learning Process
Archie -
3.
[Money Pile]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
Roof Goof or Goofy Roofer
Archie -
5.
Forget-Me-Not
Veronica -
6.
Walking The Dog!
Li'l Jinx -
7.
Who Blew The Brew?
Sabrina -
8.
[Metric Gas]
Mr. Flutesnoot Gag Bag -
9.
The Unwanted
Archie -
10.
Teased Hair
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Daddy's Little Grown Up
That Wilkin Boy -
12.
In Step
Sampson Smythe -
13.
Parting Gesture
Archie -
14.
[Procrastinating]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
15.
That Settles It
Archie -
16.
It's A Draw!
Li'l Jinx -
17.
The Challenge
Sabrina's Aunt Hilda -
18.
Don't Let It Puzzle You!
-
19.
[Belle Vista]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag -
20.
Freddie The Finder
Archie -
21.
Plots To You
Archie -
22.
To Her Credit!
Li'l Jinx -
23.
To Grandmother's House
Josie -
24.
Something To Crow About
Big Ethel -
25.
Auto-Magic
Archie -
26.
Randy's Rocket
Katy Keene -
27.
Statement of Ownership
-
28.
3 On A Date
Veronica -
29.
Stuck With Luck
Pat The Brat -
30.
Easy Does It!
-
31.
Delay Action
Archie -
32.
Fed Up!
Rebel -
33.
Homework Happy
Little Archie -
34.
On The Prowl
Archie -
35.
Go Go Go...
Li'l Jinx -
36.
[Airports]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
37.
["Get Your Act Together..."]
Jughead Jones Comics Digest #17 -
38.
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