Laugh Comics
#208
(July 1968)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's almost three o'clock and Archie hasn't been down to my office once today!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is pleased that Archie hasn't been in the office all day, until the boy crashes though the window chasing a baseball.
- Keywords
- baseball; high school; humor; teen
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Save time, trouble, money!
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for address labels from Writewell Co.
Lucky Me
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Board of Education
- Synopsis
- Students and teachers spruce up Riverdale High School for an inspection by the Board of Education, but Veronica panics when she misses her diamond clip. She and Betty tear through all the trash, even dumping some on board members, until they realize that they were lucky -- Veronica hadn't worn her clip that day after all.
- Keywords
- high school
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Psychedelic Poster Covers
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for psychedelic book covers from Studio 52.
- Keywords
- op art
Stick With It!
Archie / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Ad, in comic story form, for Bendix Stick Shift
- Keywords
- bicycle
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stamp collectors!
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for stamps from Zenith Co.
- Keywords
- philately; stamp collecting; stamps
The "Grown-Up"
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is high-spirited, but Veronica complains that he's acting immaturely. He cleans up his act, but she throws a tantrum when her father requires her to stay home and finish homework. Left to his own devices, Archie returns to enjoying himself.
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Annual # 20 is out of sight
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Promo, with order coupon, for Archie Annual # 20
- Keywords
- Baseball
Indexer Notes
Thumbnail of cover
Weather or Not
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Li'l Jinx's dad
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and Greg have been told to save their money for a rainy day. Now that it's raining, they want to spend.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #30 (September 1980) - in Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #33 (November 1988)
-
- Keywords
- piggy bank; rain
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.66 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 35!
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Names and addresses of readers seeking pen pals
- Keywords
- pen pal
Indexer Notes
Spot illustration of Li'l Jinx
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Groovy Stationery Kit
- Characters
- Archie; the Archies
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for stationery kits from Archie Groovy Stationery
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Electric split-level, fully-furnished doll house with complete doll family
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for doll house from Honor House Prod. Corp.
- Keywords
- doll; doll house
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Tim Sika; Amy Lundin; Teresa Williamson; Heather Lisitza
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Club members, send in your news reports and win cash prizes in the Archie Series Magazines.
- Characters
- Archie
- Synopsis
- Reports from readers
Indexer Notes
Spot illustrations of membership card and buttons, with the likeness of Archie
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Missile Firing Tank
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for play tank from Honor House Products Corp.
- Keywords
- tank
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 10 Way Hairpiece
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for girl's hairpiece from Beauty Aids Co.
Two Please
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica wants Archie to take her to the football game, but Reggie buys the last two tickets. Archie convinces Veronica they should go to the ballet instead, but the man ahead of him in line buys the last two tickets.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #33 (March 1981)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #62 (November 1992)
-
- Keywords
- ballet; football; high school
Buried Alive!
advertisement / 2 pages
- Characters
- Jim; Jane; Mr Walsh
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for information on Interational Correspondence Schools
Indexer Notes
Ad is in comic story form. Jim is buried alive on the job, and sees it as a metaphor for the job itself. While recovering he takes an ICS correspondence course, and soon moves into a better job for the same company. First page in color, second in black and white.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're looking for people who like to draw.
- Characters
- Norman Rockwell
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for information from Famous Artists School
- Keywords
- art; Boy Scout
Indexer Notes
Illustration of Norman Rockwell is signed, but the signature is illegible. Rockwell works on the 1966 Boy Scout calendar painting, "Growth of a Leader."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["It's almost three o'clock and Archie hasn't been down to my office once today!"]
Archie -
1.
["Save time, trouble, money!"]
-
2.
Lucky Me
Mr. Weatherbee -
3.
["Psychedelic Poster Covers"]
-
4.
Stick With It!
Archie -
5.
["Stamp collectors!"]
-
6.
The "Grown-Up"
Archie -
7.
["Archie Annual # 20 is out of sight"]
Archie -
8.
Weather or Not
Li'l Jinx -
9.
["35!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
10.
["Archie Groovy Stationery Kit"]
Archie -
11.
["Electric split-level, fully-furnished doll house with complete doll family"]
-
12.
["Archie Club members, send in your news reports and win cash prizes in the Archie Series Magazines."]
Archie Club News -
13.
["Missile Firing Tank"]
-
14.
["10 Way Hairpiece"]
-
15.
Two Please
Archie -
16.
Buried Alive!
-
17.
["We're looking for people who like to draw."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kirk House
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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