Laugh Comics
#359
(February 1981)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.50 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; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000696202
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed as
STAN G) - Inks
- Stan Goldberg (signed as STAN G)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These new microwave ovens are a big improvement!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Betty gets a dig in on Veronica's cooking.
- Reprints
-
in Archi (Editorial Novaro, 1956 series) #1041 (1 de agosto de 1983)
-
One Man's Gift Is Another Man's Garbage
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at this, Ron! 101 Christmas gifts to make for under ten dollars!
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Hearing that Betty is going to make homemade Christmas gifts for Archie, Veronica decides to do the same to show she's just as creative.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #6 (February 1988)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Film Flam
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Stan Goldberg
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, wow! Dig this photo of Archie ski jumping!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie fakes sports photos of himself.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #57 (March 1985)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #247 (February 2014), #305 (February 2020)
-
- Keywords
- ski jumping
Pop Tate's Christmas Sundae
Pop Tate / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pop Tate has made up a special season sundae.
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Cross the letters "Merry Christmas" out of the words to find out what type of sundaes Pop is serving.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #58 (February 1983)
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #2 (February 1987)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #34 (January 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Letter elimination puzzle.
The Insult That Made a Man out of 'Mac'
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Get the Message?
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as Saburo)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie makes Veronica mad, then hides behind Jughead.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #79 (March 1987)
-
Cool Yule
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Cousin Betty! I hope Santa has something for you!
- Feature Logo
Archie and the Gang [stacked, skinny letters]- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Three Christmas themed vignettes with Archie and his friends: Betty gets what she wants from Santa; Hot Dog gets his own Christmas tree; Archie and Veronica form a tunnel.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #82 (February 1987)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #139 (February 2003)
- in Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book (Archie, 2012 series) (2012)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #105 (February 2021)
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Winter Smarts
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards (signed as
J.EDWARDS!) - Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed as J.EDWARDS!)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed as J.EDWARDS!)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow, Li'l Jinx! It snowed while we were in the movies!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Gigi; Greg; Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx uses her wits to avoid being pelted with snowballs.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #82 (February 1987)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Archie Club News- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Ronnie Levi (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) First prize - $6.00 and Elaine Smith (Witless Bay, Newfoundland, Canada) Second prize - $4.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Svensen, why haven't you shoveled that white stuff off the walks?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Haggly; Jughead Jones; Miss Phlips; Mr. Svensen; Pop Tate; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Svenson borrows boots to shovel snow; Miss Haggly gives Jughead some cough drops.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX.
Indexer Notes
These are reprints of two Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Trick or Treat
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's it! Good boy, Rebel! Now sit! Stay! Roll over and play dead!
- Feature Logo
That Wilkin Boy- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Rebel; Samantha Smythe; Tough Teddy Tambourine; Bingo Wilkin
- Synopsis
- Bingo tries to teach Rebel to do tricks, but as usual, Rebel will only show his true abilities in front of Teddy, just to mess with his mind.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #36 (May 1976)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["These new microwave ovens are a big improvement!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
["Dominate others with fantastic brute strength!"]
Joe Nazario -
2.
One Man's Gift Is Another Man's Garbage
Betty and Veronica -
3.
["At last! A fabulous treasury covering all forty years of America's best-loved comic character!"]
Perigee Books -
4.
Film Flam
Archie -
5.
Pop Tate's Christmas Sundae
Pop Tate -
6.
The Insult That Made a Man out of 'Mac'
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
7.
Get the Message?
Archie -
8.
Cool Yule
Archie and the Gang -
9.
Winter Smarts
Li'l Jinx -
10.
["Get your act together with Jughead Jones Comics Digest #16 in full color!"]
The Jughead Jones Comics Digest -
11.
["You'll get it all together when you order Laugh Comics Digest #33"]
Laugh Comics Digest -
12.
["We're the toys that you fill with candy treats!"]
Pez -
13.
["Strong arms make all the difference!"]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System -
14.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
15.
["Svensen, why haven't you shoveled that white stuff off the walks?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
16.
["Not 2 but 3 for $1.00"]
Archie Comics -
17.
["Reward $3000.00 for this penny!"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
18.
["100 little dolls all for $5.00"]
100 Little Dolls -
19.
Trick or Treat
That Wilkin Boy -
20.
["Poster Spectacular #68"]
Mail-Away, Inc. Posters -
21.
["Earn famous name prizes or earn $1.00 a box cash"]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
22.
What Good Taste
Hostess Twinkies; Josie
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- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Igor Dybzinski
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Joey Sayer
- Douglas Sederberg
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