Laugh Comics
#379
(October 1983)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct. and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000696210
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Indicia states published date as Oct. and Dec. 1983.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed as
Dan DeCarlo) - Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed as Dan DeCarlo)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you like most about summer, Mr. Weatherbee?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
- Keywords
- beach; swimsuits
![Cover Thumbnail for Laugh Comics (1946 series) #379 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/224/w100/224095.jpg?1100812190666264240)
A Cracker Jack Story
Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Scottie, the score is tied, time has run out, but you've got two foul shots. Show 'em your stuff.
- Genre
- children; sports
- Characters
- Scottie; Coach; Scottie's team; Rival team
- Synopsis
- With the score tied, no time on the clock, Scottie hits a foul shot to win the big basketball game.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Cracker Jack snack food from Borden Foods.
Inside front cover.
Fair Fare
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How come you're not at the fair today, Reggie?
- Feature Logo
Archie and the Gang- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Sheila [Miss Lakeview; Queen Of The Fair]; Unnamed chili contestants; Unnamed judges; Mr. Ranson; Unnamed farmer; Fairground Information Center girl
- Synopsis
- Reggie has a bad day when he goes to the fair where Jughead works.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #86 (October 1987) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #62 (November 1992)
-
[no title indexed]
Kool-Aid / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get my exciting new Kool-Aid Man video game free!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Kool-Aid, offering the Kool-Aid Man video game as a premium.
Split Bit
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I was in Spain I saw this magnificent bullfight!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Reggie's date
- Synopsis
- Archie runs from Reggie's bull.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #51 (1987)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #136 (September 1997)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #262 (August 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credit based on artist's distinctive style.
[no title indexed]
Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed as
Dan DeCarlo [stacked]) - Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed as Dan DeCarlo [stacked])
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get the latest Archie comics at home... and save money, too!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the following comics: Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #326; Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #391; Life With Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #239; Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #166; Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #136; Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #330; Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #108; Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #91; Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #530, #531, #532, #533.
[no title indexed]
1001 Things You Can Get Free / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Large corporations and U.S. Government agencies want to give you 1001 free presents!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the book 1001 Things You Can Get for Free from Mirobar Sales Corp.
Rescue Mission
Dilton / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hate to tell you this, Dilton, but it's not original! The cannon was invented years ago!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Unnamed life guard; Unnamed beachers; Unnamed boat couple
- Synopsis
- Dilton creates a rescue machine out of a cannon designed to replace lifeguards at the beach.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #51 (1987)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #46 (September 1997)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #133 (September 2009)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #7 (October 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits given for story.
Writer/Artist credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #7.
[no title indexed]
Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unscramble the fun and discover why everyone's scrambling for new pink lemonade Bubble Yum.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Pink Lemonade Bubble Yum, featuring an acrostic puzzle.
Money Mania
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The jeans I picked up at the sale were reduced from $59 to $22.95!
- Feature Logo
Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Gaston; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge bets Veronica fifty dollars if one of her friends doesn't mention money for five minutes.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #51 (1987)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #71 (January 2003)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #236 (December 2013)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #9
-
Indexer Notes
Writer and inker credits from B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #239.
[no title indexed]
MPC Model Kit / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Build this Star Wars squadron. And let your imagination fly.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Star Wars Return of the Jedi model kits from MPC.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor ?; ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
Archie's Club News- Characters
- Archie Andrews (in title header); Betty Cooper (in title header); Veronica Lodge (in title header); Michelle Hammerer; Unnamed scuba divers
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Tammi Brown (Lima, Ohio, on her scuba diving dad) First prize - $6.00 and Michelle Hammerer (Tahsis, British Columbia, Canada, on bird feeding) Second prize - $4.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Double Digest Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All-star, all-fun, all-great reading from...
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pat the Brat; Sabrina Spellman
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #8.
[no title indexed]
Jughead With Archie Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's Jughead and Archie
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Jughead With Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59.
[no title indexed]
100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 100 little dolls all for $5.00
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for miniature plastic toy dolls from the 100 Doll Co.
Some You Win
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, I see Melody is here!
- Feature Logo
Josie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Valerie Brown; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Waldo; George; Unnamed Riverdale boys
- Synopsis
- The boys at the beach compete for a date with Melody.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #98 (October 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #239.
[no title indexed]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Earn famous name prizes or earn $1.00 an item cash
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the greeting cards and stationery sales kit from Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A feast of an arcade game to go!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Burger Time home video game from Mattel Electronics.
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Dungeons & Dragons; Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The video game where danger lurks around every bend in your quest for the Golden Crown!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons home video game from Mattel Electronics.
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["What do you like most about summer, Mr. Weatherbee?"]
Archie -
1.
A Cracker Jack Story
Cracker Jack -
2.
Fair Fare
Archie and the Gang -
3.
["Get my exciting new Kool-Aid Man video game free!"]
Kool-Aid -
4.
Split Bit
Archie -
5.
["Get the latest Archie comics at home... and save money, too!"]
Archie Comics -
6.
["Large corporations and U.S. Government agencies want to give you 1001 free presents!"]
1001 Things You Can Get Free -
7.
Rescue Mission
Dilton -
8.
["Unscramble the fun and discover why everyone's scrambling for new pink lemonade Bubble Yum."]
Bubble Yum -
9.
Money Mania
Veronica -
10.
["Build this Star Wars squadron. And let your imagination fly."]
MPC Model Kit -
11.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
12.
["All-star, all-fun, all-great reading from..."]
Archie's Double Digest Magazine -
13.
["It's Jughead and Archie"]
Jughead With Archie Digest -
14.
["100 little dolls all for $5.00"]
100 Little Dolls -
15.
Some You Win
Josie -
16.
["Earn famous name prizes or earn $1.00 an item cash"]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
17.
["A feast of an arcade game to go!"]
Mattel Toys -
18.
["The video game where danger lurks around every bend in your quest for the Golden Crown!"]
Dungeons & Dragons; Mattel Toys
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthias Hofmann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Joey Sayer
- Jim Van Dore
- Terry Watkins
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