Laugh Comics
#172
(July 1965)
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
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's nothing to be jealous about, Ronnie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dolores
- Keywords
- braids; freckles
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Laugh Comics Digest #18
Pencils previously credited to Dan DeCarlo.
Suits Me
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge throws every roadblock he can think of in front of Archie to keep him from making his date with Veronica.
- Keywords
- armor; fence; hoops; movie theater
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It took you a week to get Marty interested in you...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica knows how to treat a boy once she lands him.
Switch Pitch
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica asks Archie for a loan.
- Keywords
- loan
Healthy Advice
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose starts a health club.
Indexer Notes
weight-lifting
Betty and Veronica's Picnic
Betty and Veronica / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty agrees to give Veronica directions to the location of the picnic with Archie. She didn't agree to write the directions in English.
- Keywords
- hieroglyphics; picnic
Indexer Notes
A two-panel story.
Ballet Ruse
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie consider Veronica's ballet instructor effeminate until he proves there's more to him than meets the eye.
- Keywords
- ballet; dance teacher; fight
Indexer Notes
Later remade as "The First Step" in Betty and Veronica #119 (November 1965). Both stories are partly based on a scene from the 1957 movie "Designing Woman," where a dancer/choreographer played by Jack Cole beats up a bunch of thugs who are threatening Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall.
Ring a Ding
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Ga Ga
- Synopsis
- When Hap accidentally breaks the ring Jinx got out of a gumball machine, she just doesn't want another ring. She wants another ring exactly like that one.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- gumball machine; ring
in [no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Girls and boys have been writing in to tell me...
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 42 persons (ages 8 to 13) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include South Africa, British Honduras, Canada, Australia, Scotland, Egypt, and Mexico.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Karen Eschmann (Kirksville, Mo.) for article on her trip to Girl Scout camp. Second prize of $3.00 to William Girdlestone (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) for article on the naming of Rome. Third prize of $2.00 to Jane Friedmann (Indianapolis, Ind.) for article on the California vole. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Jo Ellen Scott (Albia, Iowa) for four jokes.
Miss Wilson
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Wilson; Mr. Dumond
- Synopsis
- All the boys are mooning over the hot new botany teacher and the girls can't stand it -- until the handsome new French instructor arrives.
- Keywords
- crush; flowers; slap
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["There's nothing to be jealous about, Ronnie!"]
Archie -
1.
Suits Me
Betty and Veronica -
2.
["It took you a week to get Marty interested in you..."]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up -
3.
["Dig this, gang!"]
Archie; Bendix -
4.
Switch Pitch
Archie -
5.
Healthy Advice
Moose -
6.
Betty and Veronica's Picnic
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Ballet Ruse
Archie -
8.
Here Comes Summer Fun #34
Betty and Veronica Summer Fun -
9.
Ring a Ding
Li'l Jinx -
10.
["Girls and boys have been writing in to tell me..."]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
11.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
12.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
13.
Miss Wilson
Archie
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