Laugh Comics #113

(August 1960)

Does Father Know Best? (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Vincent DeCarlo

Colors

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Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie is desperate to request something from his father, but his constant foul-ups put Fred in too foul a mood to risk asking.

Hey Kids! Help John Wayne Defend the Alamo! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Music Notes (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie's saxophone practice is irritating Reggie.

Keywords

saxophone

Eye 'M' 'n' Pain (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Jughead sees a doctor about eye pain when drinking tea.

Home Run! (Table of Contents: 5)

Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Harold

Pencils

Joe Harold

Inks

Joe Harold

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Shrimpy; Daphne; Brando; (other unnamed characters)

Synopsis

The sandlot baseball game has to be done by a specific time, for a specific reason.

Keywords

baseball; nap

Gloria Goes Muu-Muu (Table of Contents: 6)

Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woggon (signed)

Pencils

Bill Woggon (signed)

Inks

Hazel Marten; Kathryn Bill

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fashion; teen

Characters

Katy Keene; Gloria Grandbilt; Randy Van Ronson; K.O. Kelly; Curly

Synopsis

Gloria throws a Hawaiian-themed party, with all of the women required to wear muu-muus. But K.O. gets confused, assumes the party is farm-themed and attends in overalls with a cow in tow.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #51 (March 1984)

Keywords

boxing; cow; jeep; luau; muu-muu

Indexer Notes

The splash page logo was done by reader Karen Ichishita (Honolulu, Ha.). Other fashions, etc., by Ronald Dias (Lanikai, Oahu, Ha.), Barbara Gorrecht (Lancaster, Pa.), Karen McSpadden (Beaumont, Texas), Sandy Cannaley (Indianapolis, Ind.), Hugh McSwain (Shelby, N.C.), Clyde Thomas (Bellaire, Ohio), Elizabeth Ann Hosch (Richmond, Ill.), and Barbara Hamamoto (Hilo, Ha.)

They Said It Couldn't Be Done! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Away We Go (Table of Contents: 8)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3.33 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Gaga; Hap Holiday

Synopsis

When Hap tells Jinx to take a bath, Jinx decides to run away from home.

Reprints

• in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #27 (December 1983)

Keywords

apple pie; bath; suitcase

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, girls and boys.

Characters

Li'l Jinx (cameo)

Indexer Notes

List of 40 persons (ages 6 to 17) desiring pen pals. All are from the United States.

Help! Help Wanted! (Table of Contents: 10)

Moose / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie helps Moose build a chair in shop class, if that's what you can call it.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #67 (August 1984)

Keywords

chair; woodworking

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Wayne Morinaga (Hilo, Hawaii) for article on the value of a human body. Second prize of $3.00 to Eden Wallman (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for article on personal grooming. Third prize of $2.00 to Jimmy Ognibene (Flushing, N.Y.) for article on fingerprints. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Carol Keller (Kansas City, Mo.) for article on goldfish. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Julia Zucker (Bridgeport, Conn.) for one joke.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Shattering Experience (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

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Letters

Marty Epp

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead must replace the glass in Mr. Weatherbee's office window, but events keep shattering the glass before they can get it installed.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #56 (December 1991)
• in Laugh (Archie, 2022 series) (2022)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #328 (May 2022)

Keywords

glass; mop; window