Laugh Comics Digest
#108
(July 1993)
Archie,
1974 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Nanci Tsetsekas; Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
ISSN 1059-1907
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reggie! The idea is you have to pay me!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Shoe Shoe, Baby
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey
- Inks
- Rex Lindsey
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Rex Lindsey
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Sexy Susie; Diane; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to scam Jughead out of $10 with a fake famous horseshoe, but Jughead turns the tables and gets $50 from Reggie.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #96 (September 2003), #152 (September 2009) - in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #26 (September 2017)
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- Keywords
- good luck; horseshoe
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #26, Craig Boldman is credited as the writer.
Spat Chat
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica try to stop an argument they are having, but remembering the cause gets them started again.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #462 (October 1977)
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Milking It!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx has a creative answer for a homework question.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #136 (May 1969)
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It's in the Stars
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Big Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate (cameo); Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; the Baxter twins; Mrs. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to follow a horoscope but seems to get bad results until Archie apologizes for ignoring her.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #166 (May 1988)
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- Keywords
- astrology; horoscope
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #255, no credits listed in this digest
Sly Guy
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead tricks Dilton to win a chess match.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #49 (July 1976)
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Wag Gag
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (cameo); Big Ethel Muggs (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Jughead insults Veronica's cooking.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #49 (July 1976)
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Blooming Beauties
Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Mrs. Van Meer; Baron John Von Laren; Lucki Lorelei; Flowera Potts; Gloria Granbilt
- Synopsis
- Flowera tries to wreck a fashion show because it was held at her neighbor's estate instead of hers, but fails.
Indexer Notes
Fashions submitted by: Amber Chester; Heather Shannon; Margaux Butardo; Courtney Cowan; Jenna Filippi; Lauren Quagliaroli; Reagan Toler; Charles Ventura; Inez O. Diaz; Lynn Shoemaker
Canadian Snaps
Archie and The Gang / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Photos with captions, of Archie and the gang visiting Canada.
- Reprints
- from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #9 (August 1988)
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A Real Foul Ball
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Carew; unnamed Riverdale police officer; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Stan; unnamed thieves
- Synopsis
- Thieves in the neighborhood break a window with kids' sports balls and rob the house while the owner chases the kids, but Archie stops them when they try to rob the Lodge home.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #182 (June 1977)
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[The Judge]
Little Veronica & Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Orrrder in my courrrt!!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Veronica; Little Archie; a dog
- Synopsis
- Little Archie accidentally hits a ball at Little Veronica, so she throws it into a yard guarded by Killer. However, the owner has replaced Killer with a nicer dog and Little Veronica gets angry that it likes Little Archie.
You Can Make A Difference!
Jughead / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reminder that Romaine Lettuce has more Vitamin A than Iceberg Lettuce.
Litter Titter
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Moose believe a cat broke a No Littering law when it had kittens.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #251 (December 1978)
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Request Jest
Dilton / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Dilton uses too large a vocabulary when asking a girl for a dance.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #251 (December 1978)
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Fashion Passion
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina tells her aunts that their fashion sense is too 1600's, but when they try current fashion they look even more ridiculous, so Sabrina fools them back into their old clothes.
- Reprints
- from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #9 (August 1988)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting of this story in Betty and Veronica Double Digest #200.
Tell Us About Recycling PET Plastic Containers
Archie And The Gang / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Recycling Pete
- Synopsis
- Archie exhorts you to recycle PET drink containers, and Recycling Pete lists an address for free stickers.
Conversation Frustration
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie can't get his two cents worth into a conversation with the girls, so he lays two pennies on the table.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #235 (August 1977)
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The Song Is You
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Pop Tate (cameo); Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper (cameo); music teacher
- Synopsis
- For a music class assignment, Archie must write a song about Midge and Moose must write one about Veronica. Archie complains about the task, so Moose switches songs with him.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #136 (July 1988)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #29.
Stress Struck
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Big Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy (cameo); Pop Tate (cameo); Midge Klump; Roger; Moose Mason; Mrs. Cooper; Mr. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty describes other people's stress and how easy her life is, and finds her stress is worrying about something coming along to mess it up.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #17 (June 1988)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the credits printed in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #228.
Twin Din
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Mrs. Jones; Mr. Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's mom sends Hot Dog to wake Jughead, but the dog goes to sleep instead.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #49 (July 1976)
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Wag Gag
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a doggie bag at a restaurant...for Jughead waiting outside.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #49 (July 1976)
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Player Plight
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jim; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- The coach tells Archie he has to cut Jim from the team and Archie argues so well to keep Jim that the coach tells Archie its either Jim or him.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #355 (November 1979)
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Today’s Kids
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie is caught behind a traffic accident and is late coming home, while his parents worry about him.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #135 (May 1988)
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Indexer Notes
Includes a flashback to when Archie's parents were much younger.
The Ups And Downs Of Life
Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1; Betty 1; Reggie 1
- Synopsis
- Archie invents a ladder but Reggie steals it and strands Archie and the rest of the gang in a high cave while using the ladder as a bridge.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #135 (May 1988)
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Indexer Notes
This story features the caveman versions of the Archie characters.
Sub Snub
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Big Ethel has invited Jughead to a party but he feigns sickness, so Big Ethel asks him to send a substitute and he sends Hot Dog.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #49 (July 1976)
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Praise Daze
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie faints when praised by Mr. Weatherbee.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #235 (August 1977)
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Up the Creek
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; unnamed fisherman
- Synopsis
- While canoeing a river, Veronica capsizes the canoe to get the attention of a fisherman because she wants some male company. But when she is invited for lunch if she cleans his fish, she goes back to canoeing with Betty.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #12 (August 1988)
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- Keywords
- canoe
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #275, no credits listed in this digest.
Beatnik Beach Bash
The Mighty Archie Art Players / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; teen
- Characters
- The Surf Tones (Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Jughead Jones [as The Big Kahuna]); The Devil Dragsters (Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump); Betty Cooper [as The Singing Teen Sensation]
- Synopsis
- The Devil Dragsters challenge the Surf Tones to a surfing contest to establish the summer's use of Beatnick Beach, with the Surf tones winning.
- Reprints
- from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #9 (August 1988)
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Indexer Notes
Parody of 1960's beach movies.
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Reggie! The idea is you have to pay me!"]
Archie -
1.
Shoe Shoe, Baby
Jughead -
2.
Spat Chat
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Milking It!
Li'l Jinx -
4.
It's in the Stars
Betty -
5.
Sly Guy
Jughead -
6.
Wag Gag
Jughead -
7.
Blooming Beauties
Katy Keene -
8.
Canadian Snaps
Archie and The Gang -
9.
A Real Foul Ball
Archie -
10.
[The Judge]
Little Veronica & Little Archie -
11.
You Can Make A Difference!
Jughead -
12.
Litter Titter
Moose -
13.
Request Jest
Dilton -
14.
Fashion Passion
Sabrina -
15.
Tell Us About Recycling PET Plastic Containers
Archie And The Gang -
16.
Conversation Frustration
Archie -
17.
The Song Is You
Archie -
18.
Stress Struck
Betty's Diary -
19.
Twin Din
Jughead -
20.
Wag Gag
Jughead -
21.
Player Plight
Archie -
22.
Today’s Kids
Archie -
23.
The Ups And Downs Of Life
Archie 1 -
24.
Sub Snub
Jughead -
25.
Praise Daze
Mr. Weatherbee -
26.
Up the Creek
Betty and Veronica -
27.
Fans Want Archie In Their Local Newspaper
Editor's Notebook -
28.
Beatnik Beach Bash
The Mighty Archie Art Players
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