Laugh Comics
#116
(November 1960)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-09-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Veronica! How can I leave you?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from Pep Comics #84 and later redrawn and used for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #15
The Flower Pickers
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Reggie tell Archie they're going to pick flowers for Veronica. Archie decides he'd better buy some flowers for Veronica and ends up getting a delivery job to pay for a bouquet. When he gets to Veronica's house, he finds that Jughead and Reggie are picking flowers from the Lodge greenhouse.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #15 (December 1975)
-
- Keywords
- flowers; Fourth Wall; greenhouse
Indexer Notes
Betty breaks the Fourth Wall on page four and talks directly to the reader.
Last Ounce of Strength
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee orders a cup of coffee, but the restaurant is out.
- Keywords
- coffee
The Price Is Right
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead can't afford the "super-giant economy bargain" package of cereal.
- Keywords
- breakfast cereal; grocery store
The Big Switch
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie trades his guitar for a set of bongo drums.
- Keywords
- bongo drums; guitar
Many Happy Returns
Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon
- Pencils
- Hazel Marten (signed as Bill Woggon)
- Inks
- Hazel Marten (signed as Bill Woggon)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Cassie Bill
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; K. O. Kelly; Randy Van Ronson; Officer O'Brien
- Synopsis
- Katy gets a boomerang from a fan in Australia. The others refuse to believe it will come back and keep getting hit in the back of the head when it does.
- Keywords
- boomerang
Indexer Notes
Woggon dedicates the story to the fans in Australia and lists 12 of them, with addresses. One outfit design by Gilbert Lopez, Jr. (Tucson, Ariz.).
The World of Jughead Is the World of Fun!
The World of Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Promo for The World of Jughead #9 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art.
The Bells Are Ringing
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Hap is waiting for an important business phone call, but Jinx keeps tying up the line.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #5 (July 1976)
-
- Keywords
- telephone
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, girls and boys--
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 45 persons (ages 7 to 16) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include South Korea, Jamaica, North Borneo, Bahamas, St. Maarten, and Australia.
Chart Chatter
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie makes a chart to show his father why he deserves an increase in his allowance.
- Keywords
- allowance
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Ed Conner (Eufaula, Ala) for article on the human heart. Second prize of $3.00 to Lewis Bagnall (Ephraim, Utah) for article on exercise. Third prize of $2.00 to Cheryl Dragotto (Utica, N.Y.) for paragraph on her hobby of collecting stones. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Billy Johnstone (Kearny, N.J.) for article on lions. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Joseph Casciano (West Roxbury, Mass.) for three jokes.
[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.
Two for the Show
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica try to get some solitude on a date, but Jughead, Betty, and Reggie keep finding them.
- Keywords
- movie theater
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Gee, Veronica! How can I leave you?"]
Archie -
1.
The Flower Pickers
Archie -
2.
Last Ounce of Strength
Mr. Weatherbee -
3.
The Price Is Right
Jughead -
4.
On the House
Archie -
5.
The Big Switch
Archie -
6.
Many Happy Returns
Katy Keene -
7.
The World of Jughead Is the World of Fun!
The World of Jughead -
8.
The Bells Are Ringing
Li'l Jinx -
9.
["Hi, girls and boys--"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
10.
Chart Chatter
Archie -
11.
Lucky Lad
Moose -
12.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
13.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
14.
Two for the Show
Archie
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- Steve Coates
- Igor Dybzinski
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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