Wilbur Comics
#76
(January 1958)
Archie,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-11-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1957, page 360, registration number B682906.
Mirthquake
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Slats Morgan; Red Wilson; Mr. Dripwaite
- Synopsis
- Slats goes to a store each day and buys a list of jokes for the day. However, he doesn't know that Red writes them. The jokes don't make sense, but Red tells the gang to laugh so that Slats will look like an idiot.
A Practical Girl!
Linda / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Linda Moore
- Synopsis
- Linda asks for a football helmet for Christmas so she won't get hit with snowballs.
Krazy Definitions
Wilbur / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Red Wilson
Indexer Notes
Humorous definitions for clothes, summer, teen-ager, football, and sneeze.
The Waiting Game!
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Mr. Lake; Slats Morgan; Linda Moore
- Synopsis
- Once again, Slats and Linda scheme to break up Wilbur and Laurie.
Chalk Talk
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx beats up the boy who calls her a tomboy.
[no title indexed]
Wilbur Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin
- Keywords
- puzzle
Indexer Notes
Contains a word ladder and a puzzle.
Pool Sharks
Wilbur / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Laurie Lake; Mr. Lake
- Synopsis
- Wilbur and Red are assigned to pick up chlorine and put it in Mr. Lake's pool. Instead, they put butterscotch pudding mix in the pool.
From Bath To Worse
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Merry Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx thinks her mother wanted a goldfish because she is bathed so much.
Future Indefinite
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Merry Holliday; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx doesn't have much of a choice: she can be an old maid like Aunt Agatha or marry someone like her father.
Wilbur Does It
Wilbur / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
Indexer Notes
Contains how to make a safety badge and party ideas.
Page tells readers to look for more puzzles and games in future issues of this book.
All ideas on page submitted by Laura and Betty Wilson of San Francisco.
Present Imperfect
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat Smith; Mrs. Smith; Mary
- Synopsis
- Pat gives a birthday present to Mary.
Fly Baby
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat Smith; Mr. Smith
- Synopsis
- Pat annoys another passenger on the plane.
[no title indexed]
Wilbur Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- Keywords
- puzzle
Indexer Notes
Contains a tangram puzzle and complete the picture.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Yup!... I paid a hundred bucks for this dog, Laurie! He's part terrier and part bull!"]
Wilbur -
1.
Mirthquake
Wilbur -
2.
A Practical Girl!
Linda -
3.
Krazy Definitions
Wilbur -
4.
["Hey kids!"]
Little Archie -
5.
The Waiting Game!
Wilbur -
6.
["This one has everything!"]
Archie -
7.
The 7 Cities of Gold
Our American Heritage -
8.
Chalk Talk
Li'l Jinx -
9.
[no title indexed]
Wilbur Puzzle Page -
10.
Pool Sharks
Wilbur -
11.
From Bath To Worse
Li'l Jinx -
12.
Future Indefinite
Li'l Jinx -
13.
Wilbur Does It
Wilbur -
14.
Present Imperfect
Pat the Brat -
15.
Fly Baby
Pat the Brat -
16.
[no title indexed]
Wilbur Fun Page -
17.
The Dress
Laurie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Luke A.
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Bill Devine
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Jim Van Dore
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