Laugh Comics
#394
(April 1986)
Archie,
1946 Series
- Price
- 0.65 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
- 0271000696204
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'd better stay over, Archie! In this weather you'll never get home!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is faced with a choice: face a blizzard or Archie staying over.
- Keywords
- snow
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Join the Campaign for a Smoke-Free America
Archie & Friends / public service announcement / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Examples of the benefits derived by not smoking cigarettes.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Portrait Perfection
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mark Esposito (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Laslo Weteena
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge forbids Veronica from seeing Archie until a portrait of her by a famous painter is finished. But that's not going to stop Archie.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #93 (March 1991) - in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #17 (March 1996)
-
Mister Weather
Dilton Doiley / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Use the code key to decode the weather conditions.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Filed October 1, 1985; listed owners Close-Up Inc, Michael I. Silberkleit, Richard H. Goldwater, all of 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY, 10543; Publisher Close-Up Inc; Editor Richard H. Goldwater; Managing Editor Victor Gorelick; Total paid circulation, 12 month avg: 60,568.
Take Out Order
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead can't finish his meal.
The Playmates
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
- Synopsis
- Sensing that Sabrina feels isolated in school because of her heritage, Hilda and Zelda transform themselves into teens and befriend her in school.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #62 (January 1997)
-
Heart Art
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie sweats out the process of baking Veronica a Valentine's Day cake, then gets the impression she won't be impressed.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Valentine's Day
Doggone
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited as Jon D.)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- The kids all perform stunts to try to win a wacky video contest, but Hot Dog and Jughead end up unintentionally winning.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #93 (March 1991)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #17 (March 1996)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["You'd better stay over, Archie! In this weather you'll never get home!"]
Archie -
1.
Join the Campaign for a Smoke-Free America
Archie & Friends -
2.
Portrait Perfection
Archie -
3.
Mister Weather
Dilton Doiley -
4.
[no title indexed]
-
5.
Take Out Order
Jughead -
6.
The Playmates
Sabrina -
7.
Heart Art
Archie -
8.
Doggone
Jughead
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