Laugh Comics
#83
(October 1957)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Spoil Sport
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Editing
- Harry Shorten ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uh, oh! The ol' ball and chain is objecting to your baseball practice again, eh?
- Genre
- humor; sports; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Overhearing that the boys see her as "one of the boys", Betty decides to embrace her tomboy nature and joins the baseball team, outplaying Archie.
- Reprints
-
in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #25 (June 1983) - in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #7 - Best of the Fifties Book 2 (2003)
- in Archie Comics Spectacular: Sports Time (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #37 (May 2014)
- in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #3 (December 2016)
- in Best of Archie Americana (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - Golden Age 1940s-1950s (2017)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
To Half and Behold
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead! Did you say one half of nine equals four?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #27 (December 1994)
-
Hats the Spirit
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd like to see something in a size seven!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
Little Double Crosser!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can I help you across the street, lady?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
The Old Bawl Game!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mommy!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
Bank Guards
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tell me, Li'l Jinx, why are your friends following us?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
[no title indexed]
Wacky Witch / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bubbly! Bubbly! Simmer and Boil!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Wacky Witch
Indexer Notes
Only appearance of this "Wacky Witch" feature, which is not to be confused with the more successful 1971 "Wacky Witch" feature.
Cut Out!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is a frantic number!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
The Brave One
Wilbur / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aha! So there you are Miss Laurie Lake!!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin
On the Movie Set
Katy Keene / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before our story begins, let's introduce Ramon Ricardo...
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene, Ramon Ricardo; Errol Swoon
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["'Cause you look sweet... upon the seat..."]
Archie -
1.
Spoil Sport
Archie -
2.
To Half and Behold
Jughead -
3.
Hats the Spirit
Jughead -
4.
Little Double Crosser!
Li'l Jinx -
5.
The Old Bawl Game!
Li'l Jinx -
6.
Bank Guards
Li'l Jinx -
7.
["Bubbly! Bubbly! Simmer and Boil!"]
Wacky Witch -
8.
Cut Out!
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Archie Club News
Archie Club -
10.
The Brave One
Wilbur -
11.
Crazy Definitions
Wilbur -
12.
On the Movie Set
Katy Keene
This issue was modified by, among others
- John
- Thomas Johnson
- Bob Kopman
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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