Laugh Comics
#316
(July 1977)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-05-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Barcode
- 0271000696207
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #143.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie was the only one who didn't scream!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the covers of Laugh Comics Digest #77 and Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #101.
Gumshoe Gambit
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Frankie; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie's friends are concerned and annoyed because he's walking around imagining he's detective Spam Slade and narrating his life.
- Reprints
-
in Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #127 (June 1981) - in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #43 (April 1986)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #92 (January 1991)
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #9 (March 2015)
-
Green Scene
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Big Moose
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Betty gives Moose advice on Midge's birthday present.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #74 (October 1985)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #81 (June 1996)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #6 (August 2014)
-
Wordy Birdy
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Henry
- Synopsis
- Jughead's parrot has laryngitis.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, what happened, Miss Beazly?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Beazly; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Two Archie newspaper strips, with color added.
Training Session
Chuck / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Floyd Clayton; Mrs. Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Chuck's parents are concerned that he and Nancy are getting too serious, so his dad comes up with a plan--which works too well.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #60 (September 1985)
-
Gift Zipped
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley gives Jinx a rock for her birthday, so she ruins the joke by pretending she loves it.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #75 (December 1985)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #29 (January 1992)
-
Miss Beazly and the Candy Man Puzzle
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Miss Beazly; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- A maze with letters that spell out a sentence.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #73 (August 1985)
-
The Latest Thing
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Harry
- Synopsis
- Veronica starts a local fashion trend by wearing her father's paint-splattered coveralls.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #90 (June 1988)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie was the only one who didn't scream!"]
Archie -
1.
Gumshoe Gambit
Archie -
2.
Green Scene
Moose -
3.
Wordy Birdy
Jughead -
4.
["Now, what happened, Miss Beazly?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
Training Session
Chuck -
6.
Gift Zipped
Li'l Jinx -
7.
Miss Beazly and the Candy Man Puzzle
-
8.
The Latest Thing
Archie
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- Joey Beretta
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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