Laugh Comics #174

(September 1965)

The Fan (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle ?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Vincent DeCarlo

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica is a vociferous critic of the local sandlot baseball team, until she gets a look at the kids' dreamboat coach.

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #3 (August 1977)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #20 (August 1990)

Keywords

baseball; black eye; sandlot

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The Adventures of Patty & Andy the Popsicle Twins / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Vincent DeCarlo

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah'm so glad you all could come and meet mah new boyfriend, cousin Veronica.

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Sandra Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie is about five steps away from incurring Veronica's mighty wrath.

Keywords

cousin; Southern accent

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Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir ?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's very nice, Betty!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica models a new swimsuit for Betty.

Keywords

mirror; swim suit

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Rocky and Bullwinkle; General Mills / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Big Brain (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle ?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie surreptitiously uses the new prototype computer at Lodge Industries to do his homework, then gets the print out switched with the one for Mr. Lodge.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #23 (April 1977)
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #85 (June 2002)

Keywords

computer; homework

The World of Jughead Is a World of Laughs (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

The World of Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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How's Trix?; Trix Rabbit / advertisement / 0.75 page (report information)

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Life with Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Fine Line (Table of Contents: 10)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Bob White ?

Inks

Bob White ?

Colors

?

Letters

Bob White ?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Jughead takes up selling cosmetics door-to-door.

Keywords

cosmetics; door-to-door salesman

Smart Art (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; Greg; Hap Holiday

Synopsis

After a visit to an art museum, Jinx is inspired by pop art and op art. Jinx decides to invent her own art style--slop art!

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #23 (April 1977), #149 (August 1997)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #75 (July 2003), #123 (September 2008)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #262 (August 2018)

Keywords

art museum; op art; painting; pop art

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

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pen Pals from all over the world!

Characters

Li'l Jinx (cameo)

Indexer Notes

List of 48 persons (ages 7 to 13) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include England, Canada, Jamaica, and Australia.

Archie Gets All the Brakes (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Archie; Bendix / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Cuckoo Bird; Cocoa Puffs; General Mills / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Gayle Maggard (Glasgow, Ky.) for article on her vacation to Montana. Second prize of $3.00 to Becki Farno (Minster, Ohio) for article on the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Third prize of $2.00 to Donna Graziano (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) for three jokes. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Jacqualyn Hummel (Philadephia, Pa.) for two jokes. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Bonnie Krull (Lancaster, Pa.) for article on peacocks.

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

Old Soaks at Home (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie's watering the lawn and everyone else ends up getting doused waiting for him to mess up.

Reprints

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #31 (1977)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #301 (September 2019)
• in Archie Giant Comics Hop (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)

Keywords

water fights; water hose

Indexer Notes

Mrs. Andrews and the girls sing "We're going to wash those men right out of our hair!", a slightly-altered lyric from "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" from the 1949 musical "South Pacific."

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Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)