Laugh
#12
(February 1989)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year in Feb., April, June, July, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Barcode
- 076956145096 02
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Jughead / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed as DD)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (signed as JD)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead, if Reggie is your second choice, who is your first choice?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- campaign; class president; election
![Cover Thumbnail for Laugh (1987 series) #12 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1334/w100/1334493.jpg?9031562573108261311)
[no title indexed]
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Health Education
- Synopsis
- PSA about AIDS featuring the Archie characters.
Beauty and the Beasty
The Mighty Archie Art Players / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper [Beauty]; Veronica Lodge [Beauty's sister]; Big Ethel Muggs [Beauty's sister]; Waldo Weatherbee [Beauty's Dad]; Archie Andrews [Beasty]; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Beauty goes to live with the Beast after her father steals some roses from the Beast.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #81 (February 2004) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #76 (April 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of Beauty and the Beast.
The Present
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie can't resist the temptation to open his present before Christmas.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #7 (December 2002)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #273 (December 2016)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree; gift; present
Gift-Rapped
Josie / comic story / 6 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; Alex Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alexandra only wants designer wrapped presents under her Christmas tree.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #132 (February 1995)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #156 (January 2008)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #246 (February 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
- in Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #7 (January 2017)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #10
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #14, #16 - Archie's Christmas Stocking (January 2024)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; present; tree
Christmas in New York
Sabrina & Esmeralda / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Golliher
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Esmeralda (Sabrina's cousin); Della
- Synopsis
- Della puts all the mortals in New York City to sleep for two days so Christmas passes them by.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #132 (February 1995)
-
- Keywords
- gift; present; shopping; suspended animation
Indexer Notes
parodies Macy's as "Lacey's." Features the World Trade Center.
Tree Travasty
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge puts up a giant tree in front of his business and Jughead walks off with one of the giant candy canes from the tree.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #145 (January 2009)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #44 (December 2014), #114 (December 2021)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #16 - Archie's Christmas Stocking (January 2024)
-
- Keywords
- candy; candy cane; Christmas tree; decorating
Indexer Notes
Title misspells "travesty."
Fair is Fair
Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog invites some of his dog friends over for a party since Jughead is having a party.
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #99 (February 1996)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #73 (February 2001)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
-
- Keywords
- caroling; Christmas songs; party; singing
If the Suit Fits!
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Svenson; Ms. Beazly; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee tries to lose weight to fit into his Santa suit.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #132 (February 1995)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010), #73 (December 2017)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Jughead, if Reggie is your second choice, who is your first choice?"]
Jughead -
1.
["Health Education"]
-
2.
Beauty and the Beasty
The Mighty Archie Art Players -
3.
["Scared Happy"]
Archie and His Friends -
4.
The Present
Archie -
5.
Gift-Rapped
Josie -
6.
Christmas in New York
Sabrina & Esmeralda -
7.
Tree Travasty
Mr. Lodge -
8.
Fair is Fair
Hot Dog -
9.
If the Suit Fits!
Mr. Weatherbee -
10.
Archie's Club News
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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