Laugh Comics
#154
(January 1964)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's an idea I got from watching those teen-age TV programs!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doily; Geraldine Grundy
The Egyptian
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (as Archierunatdames); Jughead Jones (as Attu the Glut); Betty Cooper (as Bettapeni); Veronica Lodge (as Veronicapet); Reggie Mantle (as Reggileptimen)
- Synopsis
- In ancient Egypt, the lovely peasant girl Bettapeni warns her beloved Captain of the guards Archierunatdames of a plot to poison the Pharaoh, cooked up by the evil Grand Vizier Reggileptimen and the Queen's handmaiden Veronicapet.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #30 (1977) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #201 (October 2009)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #80 (September 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Ancient Egypt; baths; crocodiles; parody; Pharaoh; poison
Indexer Notes
A takeoff on the ancient Egypt craze sparked by the then-recent movie "Cleopatra."
Archie Says: Nylon Means Strength
U. S. Royal Bike Tires / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Illustrated ad for U. S. Royal Bike Tires with small head shot of Archie. U. S. Rubber Tire Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
Neckless Driving
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie installs power windows in his father's car, and Mr. Weatherbee gets his neck stuck in one of them when it gets stalled.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- power windows
Holiday Confusion
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty's been Christmas shopping and the store is a madhouse.
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift-wrapped; shopping
Dapper Date
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Big Ethel says her blind date wasn't as ugly as Betty describes him.
- Keywords
- blind date
Indexer Notes
Dan DeCarlo uses a different design for Big Ethel than the design (by Samm Schwartz) that eventually became the standard.
Open Before Christmas (and Long After)
Archie's Christmas Stocking / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie's Christmas Stocking #25 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted along with original art.
Fancy Footwork
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx doesn't want to replace her old white sneakers with new blue ones.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- sneakers
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You can meet new friends from all over the world!
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 45 persons (ages 7 to 16) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, Bahamas, Guatemala, Canada, New Zealand, Kenya, Australia, Guam, Hong Kong, South Iran, and Jamaica are represented.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Cathy Maron (Sepulveda, Calif.) for article about herself. Second prize of $3.00 to Dona Tackis (West Covina, Calif.) for paragraph on her first time golfing. Third prize of $2.00 to Laurie A. Luhrs (Traverse City, Mich.) for article on her dog. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Kenneth Herskovits (Bergenfield, N.J.) for article about himself. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Irene Daniels (Woodside, N.Y.) for three jokes.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for joining the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
Fly-Over Chicane
Gilbert Auto-Rama / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Multi-panel ad for Gilbert Auto-Rama featuring the Fly-Over Chicane. A. C. Gilbert Co., New Haven, Conn.
Next In Line
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Mr. Jones; Pepper
- Synopsis
- After her father insinuates that she's a slob because of her constantly messy room, Josie tries to figure out why she can't help being sloppy.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #42 (October 2014)
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- Keywords
- wood-working
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["It's an idea I got from watching those teen-age TV programs!"]
Archie -
1.
The Egyptian
Archie -
2.
Archie Says: Nylon Means Strength
U. S. Royal Bike Tires -
3.
Betty's Christmas Card
Betty -
4.
Veronica's Christmas Card
Veronica -
5.
Neckless Driving
Archie -
6.
Say It with Flowers
Veronica -
7.
Holiday Confusion
Betty -
8.
Loose Snooze
Betty -
9.
Dapper Date
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Open Before Christmas (and Long After)
Archie's Christmas Stocking -
11.
Fancy Footwork
Li'l Jinx -
12.
["You can meet new friends from all over the world!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
13.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
14.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
15.
Fly-Over Chicane
Gilbert Auto-Rama -
16.
Next In Line
Josie -
17.
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