Laugh Comics
#104
(November 1959)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Issue Notes
One issue has a purchase date of 1959-09-13, which is a Sunday, so the on-sale date is earlier than that.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last night Archie told me I was the only girl he ever loved!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (photograph)
- Reprints
-
in Archi (Editorial Novaro, 1956 series) #60 (1° de noviembre de 1961)
-
Like Real Gone
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead become beatniks, and, like, drive everyone crazy with their way-out slang, daddy-o.
- Reprints
-
in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #3 (December 1977) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #19 (November 1985)
- in Archie: His First 50 Years (Abbeville Press, 1991 series) (1991)
- in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #2 - Best of the Fifties (1992)
- in Best of Archie Americana (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - Golden Age 1940s-1950s (2017)
-
- Keywords
- beatnik; slang
All Balled Up
Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy; Daphne
- Synopsis
- Shrimpy's baseball team made one mistake in the game--they showed up.
- Keywords
- baseball
Countless Numbers!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday; Greg's father
- Synopsis
- Jinx and Greg asked their fathers how many stars are in the sky. After receiving varying answers, Greg decides to count them himself.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #1 (August 1965)
-
- Keywords
- stars
You're Stuck with It
Katy Keene / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Randy; Jeeves
- Synopsis
- Randy has a new cactus garden. He invites Katy over, but it turns into a sticky situation.
- Keywords
- armor; cactus
Indexer Notes
Several varieties of cactus are identified. The story veers into fantasy with the inclusion of an anthromoporphic saguaro cactus. Fashions, etc., by Donna Ferries (Kent, Wash.) and Kathy Kay (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Sis and Billy's Matching Fashions
Sis and Billy / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion
- Characters
- Sis; Billy
Indexer Notes
Paper dolls of Sis and Billy with matching outfits. Fashions by Ellen Knudsen (New York, N.Y.)
A Real Sockeroo
Katy Keene / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Randy; K. O. Kelly
- Synopsis
- Randy says if both he and K. O. stand on a sheet of newspaper, K. O. can't touch him.
- Keywords
- door; newspaper; trick
Indexer Notes
Fashions, etc., by Mary Ann Faulstich (St. Louis, Mo.).
We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 with a free bonus issue.
Pot o' Gold
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3.33 pages
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's the greatest!
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 47 persons (ages 8 to 14) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, Jamaica, Canada, and India are represented.
Recipe Messipe
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty reads a recipe that requires onions, chives, celery, and tomato paste, then decides it's not the right recipe for lemon meringue pie.
- Keywords
- cooking; pie; recipe
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Diane Wickenhauser (Omaha, Nebr.) for an article on her pet chameleon. Second prize of $3.00 to Carol Cosgrave (Hallandale, Fla.) for article about sleeping out in a tent. Third prize of $2.00 to Claire King (Hattiesburg, Miss.) for a poem about her dog. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Maryanne Hanak (Union City, N.J.) for article about being a Girl Scout. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Bob Kinney (Tacoma, Wash.) for five jokes. Sixth prize of $1.00 to Jacqueline Manseau (Hartford, Conn.) for an article on her visit to a castle in Germany.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
Bumper Crop
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Alec; Sheldon
- Synopsis
- The girls go to see a phrenologist. Wilbur goes to have his head read to prove she's a phony, but what she tells him comes true.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #262 (August 2015)
-
- Keywords
- fortune; loan; phrenologist; phrenology; raffle
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Last night Archie told me I was the only girl he ever loved!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Like Real Gone
Archie -
2.
Rainy Daze
Shrimpy -
3.
All Balled Up
Shrimpy -
4.
Countless Numbers!
Li'l Jinx -
5.
You're Stuck with It
Katy Keene -
6.
Sis and Billy's Matching Fashions
Sis and Billy -
7.
A Real Sockeroo
Katy Keene -
8.
We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
9.
Pot o' Gold
Li'l Jinx -
10.
["It's the greatest!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
11.
Recipe Messipe
Betty and Veronica -
12.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
13.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
14.
Bumper Crop
Wilbur
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