Laugh Comics #164

(November 1964)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Eyes Have It! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

No one will believe Archie when he says that he got his black eye because he "walked into a door," since that's the corniest old excuse in the book.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #31 (August 1978), #112 (January 1992)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #89 (December 1996)

Keywords

black eye

[You called for a piano tuner?] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bendix Bicycle Transmission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Play Guitar in 7 Days (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Ed Sale Secret System / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

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Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

C'mon, Betty...have another hot dog!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Jughead offers Betty another hot dog. Betty does a bathing-suit pose while worrying about her weight.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #32 (June 1965)
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #96 (September 2003)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #282 (August 2020)

Keywords

beach; hot dogs

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

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Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But we're not picnicing!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

A policeman tries to get Archie and Veronica off the grass.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #32 (June 1965)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #279 (July 2017)

Keywords

motorcycle; picnic; police

Stop Watch / X-Ray Specs (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Famous Military Medals / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

As Others See You (Table of Contents: 9)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert

Synopsis

Josie and Pepper pick Albert as the model for their outdoor art class, a big disappointment to all the boys who signed up thinking they were going to draw Melody.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #25 (November 1980)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #12 (September 1984)

Keywords

art class; model; sketching

Indexer Notes

The shortest of the three boys on page 3 is a self-caricature of Dan DeCarlo.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Color-Full! (Table of Contents: 11)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis

To stop her from making noise, Daddy tells Li'l Jinx to color with crayons.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #176 (August 1970)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #30 (June 1978)
• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #37 (November 1981)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #15 (December 1995)

Keywords

coloring; crayons; felt tip markers; noise; spanking

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's always fun to meet new and exciting friends from all over the world!

Characters

Li'l Jinx (cameo)

Indexer Notes

List of 44 persons (ages 8 to 17) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, there is one from Canada.

100 Little Dolls (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Archie Andrew (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Barbara Loughlin (Wilton, Conn.) for "The Most Memorable Day of My Life." Second prize of $3.00 to Pat Driscoll (Florence, Mass.) for an article about her town. Third prize of $2.00 to Carol Adams (Genoa City, Wis.) for article about her cat. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Audrey Kardell (Pittsburgh, Pa.) for article on her new neighbors. Includes previously-published head shots of the four Archie characters.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

Just Answer this Advertisement... (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shell Shock (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Victor Gorelick

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Maurice (chef)

Synopsis

To get in good with Mr. Lodge, Archie brings him a basket of live crabs. The twist is that the crabs don't bite him this time.

Reprints

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #33 (1978)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #117 (August 2000)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #291 (October 2018)
• in Archie Giant Comics Bash (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)

Keywords

basket; crabs; tickling

Indexer Notes

Archie's line "I got some seafood, momma!" is a reference to the Andrews Sisters song "Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)."

If you know just 20 people... (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Insure Your Future with an I. C. S. High School Diploma (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Give Me Just One Evening... (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Guide to Hypnotism / advertisement / 1 page (report information)