Laugh Comics
#142
(January 1963)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-10-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, Ronnie! These new Bermuda coats really are short!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
-
in Archi (Editorial Novaro, 1956 series) #117 (15 de junio de 1964)
-
- Keywords
- coats; snow; wolf whistle
Guess Again
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie fight over who will take Veronica to a dance, and eventually decide to let a handsome stranger decide. But if we think we know how this story will end, we're mistaken.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Fourth Wall
The Big Cheer
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to cheer Archie on to victory in a big game.
- Keywords
- cheerleader; football; newspaper
Block that Calory
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The girls take up Archie's football obstacle course when they find out how much weight it lost him.
- Keywords
- diet; football
Terror of the Jungle
Jaguar / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Jaguar [Ralph Hardy]; Kree-Nal
- Synopsis
- A hunter gets revenge for having his hunting license revoked by pouring chemicals into Wabuto Creek. The chemicals will cause any animal to go mad and even the Jaguar can't control them.
- Keywords
- chemicals; elephants; giraffe; gorilla; helicopter; jungle; magic; rhinos; safari; tiger
The Time of the Year for the Book of the Year!
Archie Giant Series Magazines / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
It's Nothing at All!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx wants an expensive Captain Comet yo-yo like Greg's.
- Keywords
- yo-yo
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hong Kong! New Zealand! Australia!
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 47 persons (ages 6 to 16) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Australia, Bermuda, Canada, and England,
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Joyce Henderson (Detroit, Mich.) for article on forest fires. Second prize of $3.00 to Nadine Papallo (Yalesville, Conn.) for article on dolls. Third prize of $2.00 to Jeanne Hageneister (Coos Bay, Ore.) for article about comets. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Susan Kearns (Monongah, W. Va.) for article on dogs.
Lend a Hand
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Reggie makes a lot of mischief with a big novelty hand.
- Keywords
- novelty
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?; Gail Friedman (idea)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, I'm not doing anything right now, Ronnie. Just reading a book on how to relax!
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty does every form of teen-age relaxation (television, records, the telephone, junk food) at once while reading a book on how to relax.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #26 (June 1964)
-
- Keywords
- record player; telephone; television
Indexer Notes
"Betty's Pin-Up suggested by Gail Friedman, 333 Grove St., East Lansing, Mich."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Gosh, Ronnie! These new Bermuda coats really are short!"]
Archie -
1.
Guess Again
Archie -
2.
The Big Cheer
Archie -
3.
Block that Calory
Betty and Veronica -
4.
["Did you know this-"]
Archie; U. S. Royal Bike Tires -
5.
Terror of the Jungle
Jaguar -
6.
The Time of the Year for the Book of the Year!
Archie Giant Series Magazines -
7.
It's Nothing at All!
Li'l Jinx -
8.
["Hong Kong! New Zealand! Australia!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
11.
Lend a Hand
Archie -
12.
["Oh, I'm not doing anything right now, Ronnie. Just reading a book on how to relax!"]
Betty Pin Up
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Jaime Weinman
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