Laugh Comics
#76
(August 1956)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, Ronnie! I never saw such dreamy eyes, before!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Reprints
-
in Archi (Editorial Novaro, 1956 series) #1 (Diciembre 1956)
-
Kissing Cousin
Archie / comic story / 4.75 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie catches Reggie kissing Veronica. When confronted, Veronica declares herself to be her French cousin. Veronica gets Betty to help her with the scheme by disguising herself as Veronica's cousin, but Betty gets the best end of the deal.
- Keywords
- cousin; disguise
[no title indexed]
Archie / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Arch, did I tell you my latest joke?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie wants to tell Archie a joke.
- Keywords
- joke
Moving Target
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat
- Synopsis
- Pat hits a large lady with his slingshot.
- Keywords
- slingshot
Ahem!
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat; Mophead
- Synopsis
- Pat is staying home from school with a sore throat, but that doesn't stop him from yelling at his friend from his room.
- Keywords
- sore throat
By Design
Wilbur / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Wilbur's father
- Synopsis
- Wilbur gets good marks in art by copying the screen patterns on their broken television set.
- Keywords
- art; television
Cram Jam
Wilbur / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
- Synopsis
- Red stays overnight with Wilbur to help him cram for a test. While he's doing that, he empties the refrigerator.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- refrigerator; test
Chubby Chuckles Dream Cars
Katy Keene / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Chubby Chuckles; K. O. Kelly; Sis
- Synopsis
- Chubby has a dream of all the unique cars he would design for he and Katy.
- Keywords
- automobiles; cars
Indexer Notes
Fashions, car designs, etc., from Donna Guss (Girard, Kan.), Arthur S. Piehl (Sturgis, S. D.), Ruth Birch (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Claudia Mann (Lyons, N.Y.), Thana Sue Norris, (Mathis, Texas), Edna Standley (Lincoln, Calif.), Evelyn Algarotti, (Weehawken, N.J.), Helen Wain (Huntsville, Ontario, Canada), Karen Krieger (Bronx, N.Y.), Patricia Carr (Cicero, Ill.), Kathy Dombrowski, (Detroit, Mich.), Sheran Matson (Ft. Meade, S.D.), Ross Todd (Valentine, Nebr.), Cheryl Spector (Detroit, Mich.), Karen Hutson (Fairfield, Ind.), Sue LeForce (South Euclid, Ohio), Elaine Sikorska (East Newark, N.J.), and Sandra Lougheed (Buffalo, N.Y.).
Word Game!
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead tells Archie that Veronica said he was perfect--a perfect idiot.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club / letters page / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 10 cents. Also first prize winner of $5.00 to Jerome Meltzer (Fair Lawn, N. J.) for a paragraph on his friend, a recent immigrant from Germany. Second prize winner of $3.00 to Sharon Lee Kennedy (Nunda, N.Y.) for a paragraph on raising animals.
Ail and Farewell
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Gus Grype
- Synopsis
- Jerry has to listen to Gus Grype list all his ailments.
Indexer Notes
Text story with 1/3 page cartoon illustration.
Beat It!
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie picks the wrong place to hide when his mother is beating rugs over a clothesline.
Flower Girl
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty gets Archie to play "she loves me, she loves me not" with the petals of a daisy. Archie, as usual, misses the point.
- Keywords
- daisy
Trying for Sighs
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty buys a dozen lipsticks on sale for 10 cents each. She tells Archie she's doing an experiment and kisses him with a sample from each one.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #8 (October 1960)
-
- Keywords
- lipstick
Family Affair
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- A newspaper reporter interviews the Andrews family when Archie is voted Riverdale's athlete of the year. Archie's father says his ability runs in the family and asks his mother to show the reporter her medals.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- medals; newspaper; reporter
Mind Over Platter!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.25 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Merry Holiday; Ga Ga Zabor
- Synopsis
- Merry tells Hap he needs to lose some weight. Hap doesn't believe her until he can't fit into his old Army uniform. Hap goes to the doctor to get a diet, but Jinx loses it. She replaces it with the diet the vet gave Ga Ga's dog Rover.
- Keywords
- Army uniform; diet
Indexer Notes
The "Li'l Jinx" feature already appears regularly in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 Series), and will now appear in Laugh Comics too.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Golly, Ronnie! I never saw such dreamy eyes, before!"]
Archie -
1.
Kissing Cousin
Archie -
2.
["Hey Arch, did I tell you my latest joke?"]
Archie -
3.
Moving Target
Pat the Brat -
4.
Ahem!
Pat the Brat -
5.
By Design
Wilbur -
6.
Cram Jam
Wilbur -
7.
["Hurry! Hurry! Don't be late for your copy of Archie Annual #8!"]
Archie Annual -
8.
Chubby Chuckles Dream Cars
Katy Keene -
9.
Word Game!
Jughead -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
11.
["There's fun in your future!"]
Archie Comics -
12.
Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Confidence!
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
13.
Ail and Farewell
-
14.
Beat It!
Reggie -
15.
Flower Girl
Betty -
16.
Trying for Sighs
Betty and Veronica -
17.
Family Affair
Archie -
18.
Mind Over Platter!
Li'l Jinx -
19.
["Hi, Pen Pals!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
This issue was modified by, among others
- Igor Dybzinski
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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