Laugh Comics
#160
(July 1964)
Archie,
1946 Series
- 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
- Betty... aren't those Beatle haircuts just adorable on the boys!?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- Beatle haircuts; sheep dog
The Bitter End
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Everything goes wrong with Archie's jalopy when he tries to get to a date with Veronica.
- Reprints
-
in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #324 (December 2021) - in Laugh (Archie, 2022 series) (2022)
-
- Keywords
- black cat; fan belt; flat tire; gas; groceries; spark plug
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's cutting the grass again?!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is always out mowing the lawn so he can ogle the beautiful, scantily-clad neighbor.
- Keywords
- lawn-mowing; sun-bathing
Photo Finish
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Pepper
- Synopsis
- Josie, Melody and Pepper risk life and limb to get spectacular pictures for a "most unusual photo" contest.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #38 (January 1989)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #42 (October 2014)
-
- Keywords
- camera; flagpole; helicopter; manhole; train
Indexer Notes
The final panel of Melody appears to have been drawn by a different artist, possibly Bob White.
Costume Bawl
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Gigi; Greg; Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Daddy objects to Li'l Jinx's scary costume and makes her a nicer one.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #176 (August 1970)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #28 (May 1980), #37 (November 1981) [minus one page]
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #52 (December 1991)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #274 (November 2019)
-
- Keywords
- butterfly; costume party
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / letters page / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are so many girls and boys just waiting to meet you!!!
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 49 persons (ages 7 to 16) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Jamaica, Northern Ireland, and Canada.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Philippa Boucher (Fort Edward, N.Y.), for article on road runners. Second prize of $3.00 to Valerie Warren (La Mesa, Calif.) for article on sea otters. Third prize of $2.00 to Andrea Goodman (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) for article on herself.
Shell Shock
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- After Reggie pulls a prank on him, Archie gets revenge with the help of his new organization ARPA (Anti-Reggie Protective Association).
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #32 (1978)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #116 (July 2000), #161 (July 2005)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #16 (May 2012)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #318 (May 2021)
-
- Keywords
- ARPA; eggs; juggling; practical joke; wrist radios
Indexer Notes
An early example of the '60s spy-story craze working its way into Archie Comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Betty... aren't those Beatle haircuts just adorable on the boys!?"]
Archie -
1.
The Bitter End
Archie -
2.
["Is that your bicycle?"]
Bendix Bicycle Transmission -
3.
Fad Fare
Betty and Veronica -
4.
["Archie's cutting the grass again?!"]
Archie Pin Up -
5.
Photo Finish
Josie -
6.
Liven Up Your Laughin'
Betty and Veronica Summer Fun -
7.
Costume Bawl
Li'l Jinx -
8.
["There are so many girls and boys just waiting to meet you!!!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
11.
Shell Shock
Archie -
12.
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