Laugh Comics Digest
#182
(May 2003)
Archie,
1974 Series
- Price
- 2.39 USD; 2.89 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896468526 82
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard US digest size
- Paper Stock
- cardstock cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- squarebound
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Bug-Busters
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Hal Smith
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Professor Flutesnoot; Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson; Miss Phlips
- Synopsis
- Dilton and Professor Flutesnoot create a mechanical bug that Archie accidentally causes to go out of control.
- Reprints
Food for Thought
Salem / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Golliher
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Salem
- Synopsis
- Salem cons his way into a fish snack.
- Reprints
-
from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #120 (February 1998)
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Ready But Unsteady
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Gigi
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx experiments with wearing high heels.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #179 (February 1968)
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Germ Warfare
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Amy
- Synopsis
- To stop Amy from annoying her, Sabrina reduces her to microscopic size.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #4 (August 1997)
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Gowns of Renown
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz ?
- Inks
- Al Milgrom ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica auctions off her expensive gowns for pennies on the dollar for charity.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #75 (May 1998)
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Quick Quiz
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge tries to hint to Archie that it's getting late.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #131 (December 1968)
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Male Travail
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hear a girl over at Lakeville High is trying out for the basketball team!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Bonnie
- Synopsis
- Dilton believes in total equality for girls trying out for boy's sports, but then he loses access to a lab because a girl student has reserved it.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #278 (May 1974)
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Horn Scorn
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #284 (March 1982)
-
Sight Plight
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Geraldine Grundy
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #284 (March 1982)
-
The Worry-er Princess
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Angelo DeCesare (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, you didn't tell me your cousin Aliza was here!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Cousin Aliza; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty's little cousin Aliza thinks she's a warrior princess.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #61 (May 1998)
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Cat Call
Sabrina’s Cat Salem / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Golliher
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Salem
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #471 (May 1998)
-
Taste Disgrace
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge thinks he's caught Archie taking something out of his refrigerator.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #233 (June 1977)
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Game Plan
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Golliher
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #470 (April 1998)
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Undercover Blossom
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom [as herself and as Shirley Merriwether]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Jason Blossom; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Using her Shirley Merriwether identity, Cheryl enrolls in Riverdale High in order to sow discontent between Archie, Betty and Veronica, hoping to break the triangle up and move in.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #11 (April 1998)
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The Hole Truth
Archie / comic story / 2.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, how'd you like to earn a fast dollar!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie delivers a suit to a vaudeville performer but it gets dropped in mud and tar and then soaked in acid when he tries to clean it. He pays Jughead to buy a replacement but when Archie finally delivers the suit the performer cuts holes in it and pours acid on in to use as a tramp costume.
- Reprints
Stuck on You
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Cousin Esmeralda; Salem
- Synopsis
- Sabrina has to babysit Esmeralda and keep her from performing magic in front of Harvey.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #4 (August 1997)
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Fair Is Fair
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Al Hartley
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is upset because Archie spends too much time in his house.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #46 (June 1968)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #277.
Plant One On Me!
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Golliher
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Characters
- Sabrina; Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman; Sabrina; Fern; Amy
- Synopsis
- Cousin Fern comes to visit.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #11 (March 1998)
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Empress Veronica
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica compare the dreams they had the previous night.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #123 (May 1998)
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- Keywords
- dream
Flip Flop!
Dilton / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Pat Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Vickie Williams (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Dilton takes Reggie to his martial arts class.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- martial arts
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Veronica, have you worked out with dumbbells before?"]
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1.
Bug-Busters
Archie -
2.
Food for Thought
Salem -
3.
Ready But Unsteady
Li'l Jinx -
4.
Germ Warfare
Sabrina -
5.
Gowns of Renown
Veronica -
6.
Quick Quiz
Archie -
7.
Male Travail
Archie -
8.
Relatively Speaking
Sabrina -
9.
Horn Scorn
Reggie -
10.
Sight Plight
Reggie -
11.
Clothes Minded!!
Archie -
12.
The Worry-er Princess
Betty -
13.
Cat Call
Sabrina’s Cat Salem -
14.
Taste Disgrace
Archie -
15.
Game Plan
Sabrina -
16.
Undercover Blossom
Cheryl Blossom -
17.
The Hole Truth
Archie -
18.
Stuck on You
Sabrina -
19.
Fair Is Fair
Archie -
20.
Plant One On Me!
Sabrina -
21.
Empress Veronica
Betty and Veronica -
22.
Flip Flop!
Dilton
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