Laugh
#19
[Canadian]
(February 1990)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.20 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year in Feb., April, June, July, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1989 ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Barcode
- 0718964675702
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor in chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #19 [Newsstand].
There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed as DD)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (signed as RL)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Happy Holidays!! Did you guys get the turkey stuffed yet?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Keywords
- casserole; christmas tree; corn; stuffed; stuffing; thanksgiving; turkey
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Ratman
The Mighty Archie Art Players / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper [Libby the Librarian]; Archie Andrews [Ashly Ashford and Ratman]; Reggie Mantle [The Punster]; Jughead Jones [His Faithful Manservant Godfrey]
- Synopsis
- Ashley Ashford takes on the identity of Ratman and stops the Punster.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #133 (April 1995) - in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #12 - Best of the Nineties Book 2 (2011)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #266 (April 2016)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #13 (June 2023)
-
- Keywords
- bank robber; batman; cheese; clown; mouse; rat; superhero
Indexer Notes
Ratman is a parody of Batman, including Batman's origin.
"You don't need drugs..."
public service announcement / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Midge Klump; Hot Dog; Reggie Mantle
- Keywords
- dating; popularity; problems
Archie's Club News
text article / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Reader reports by: Gillian Schike from Scotia, NY about the praying mantis and Jennifer Halpern Birmingham, MI about gymnastics.
The Meaning of Life
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill 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 and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Smith]; Alexandra Cabot; Mr. Cabot (Alexandra's dad); Alex Cabot
- Synopsis
- Melody thinks she sees the meaning of life in a statue at a museum.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #79 (February 1996)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #1 (February 2021)
-
- Keywords
- art; museum; statue
Indexer Notes
Archie interrupts the story to remind people to buy their 1990 calendar now.
Terrorvision
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina's aunts get a TV for witches and things come out of the TV.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #119 (March 1995)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #130 (March 2005) [Original title for this comic story is “Terrorvision”], #291 (April 2021) [Original title: Terrorvision ]
-
- Keywords
- game show; hurricane; weather; witches' brew
Winter Sports
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Synopsis
- word scramble
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #119 (March 1995)
-
Prize Present
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie gives Veronica and a bunch of other girls his picture for Christmas.
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; present; self portrait
Tis Der Season to be Yolly
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Ms. Phlips; Svenson the Janitor; Jughead Jones; Ms. Beazley
- Synopsis
- When Svenson gets injured and can't play Santa Claus for the local orphanage, Mr. Weatherbee volunteers to step in. But Svenson insists that Mr. Weatherbee also talk like Svenson, so Mr. Weatherbee practices a Swedish accent all day.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Happy Holidays!! Did you guys get the turkey stuffed yet?"]
Archie -
1.
Ratman
The Mighty Archie Art Players -
2.
"You don't need drugs..."
-
3.
Archie's Club News
-
4.
The Meaning of Life
Josie -
5.
Terrorvision
Sabrina -
6.
Winter Sports
Archie -
7.
Prize Present
Reggie -
8.
Editor's Notebook
-
9.
Tis Der Season to be Yolly
Mr. Weatherbee
This issue was modified by
- Aaron Gullison
- Ramon Schenk
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