Laugh #24 [Direct]
(October 1990)

Archie, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.00 USD; 1.20 CAD; 0.75 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year in Feb., Apr., June, July, Aug., Oct. and Dec.
On-sale Date
1990-08-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Scott Fulop (credited) (editor); Victor Gorelick (credited) (managing editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

Archie Salutes "Artist of the Month" Mike Esposito in place of barcode.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Salem; Super Duck / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Garcia (signed)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Introducing the adventures of the cat and the duck!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; teen; fantasy-supernatural; humor
Characters
Super Duck; Salem; Roboduck; Sabrina; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Keywords
forest; jetpack; pond; superhero

Chocolate Crunchville (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cocoa Puffs / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Cat and the Duck, Roboduck, Too! Chapter I (Table of Contents: 2)

Salem; Super Duck / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Rovin (credited)
Pencils
Dave Garcia (credited)
Inks
Bob Downs (credited as Robert Downs)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited as M. Eisman)

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sabrina Spellman; Salem; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Roboduck; Houseless Mouse; Merle and Meryl (twin squirrels)
Synopsis
Salem is partying away at home after Sabrina goes out to a picnic. His animal friends come over and convince him to go to the pond to see Roboduck.
Keywords
robot

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ellen Leonforte (signed as El) (illustrations); ? (logo illustration)
Inks
Ellen Leonforte (signed as El) (illustrations); ? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Archie's Club News
Keywords
Alaska; American Revolution

Indexer Notes

Reports by: Jennifer Walford from Bronx, NY about Sybil Lundington and Antje Famer from APO, NY about Aklavik, Canada.

The Cat and the Duck, Roboduck, Too! Chapter II (Table of Contents: 5)

Salem; Super Duck / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Rovin
Pencils
Dave Garcia
Inks
Bob Downs
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Mindy Eisman

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mr. Clifton Webfoot; Salem; Crazylegs; Moley Vanolli; Delta Duck; Houseless Mouse
Synopsis
Various animals live in Riverdale Marsh. Clifton Webfoot is the animals' professor and son of Super Duck. Salem arrives and asks Clifton to protect the world from Roboduck.
Keywords
bird; bumblebee; duck; frog; marsh; mole

The Cat and the Duck, Roboduck, Too! Chapter III (Table of Contents: 6)

Salem; Super Duck / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Rovin
Pencils
Dave Garcia
Inks
Bob Downs
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Mindy Eisman

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Owlbert Einstein; Clifton Webfoot; Delta Duck; Salem; Houseless Mouse; Roboduck; Crazylegs
Synopsis
Clifton puts on his father Super Duck's old suit and becomes a superhero.
Keywords
flying carpet

The Cat and the Duck, Roboduck, Too! Chapter IV (Table of Contents: 7)

Salem; Super Duck / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Rovin
Pencils
Dave Garcia
Inks
Bob Downs
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Mindy Eisman

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Clifton Webfoot; Salem; Roboduck; Delta Duck; Houseless Mouse; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Sabrina Spellman; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Clifton gets sent into orbit by Roboduck and lands in a marsh in China. Salem disconnects a battery powering Roboduck and all his metal falls away.
Keywords
astronaut; Chinese; marsh; recycling; robot

The Taste of Adventure Part 3 (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Archie & Friends; Capri Sun Juice Drinks / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Cool Rules (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Chee-tos / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Introducing the adventures of the cat and the duck!"]
    Salem; Super Duck
  2. 1. Chocolate Crunchville
    Cocoa Puffs
  3. 2. The Cat and the Duck, Roboduck, Too! Chapter I
    Salem; Super Duck
  4. 3. ["1991 will mark the 50th Anniversary of Archie Comics."]
    Editor's Notebook
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  6. 5. The Cat and the Duck, Roboduck, Too! Chapter II
    Salem; Super Duck
  7. 6. The Cat and the Duck, Roboduck, Too! Chapter III
    Salem; Super Duck
  8. 7. The Cat and the Duck, Roboduck, Too! Chapter IV
    Salem; Super Duck
  9. 8. The Taste of Adventure Part 3
    Archie & Friends; Capri Sun Juice Drinks
  10. 9. Cool Rules
    Chee-tos
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Kristin Kavanagh
  • Clint Maxwell