Laugh Comics Digest
#193
(August 2004)
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 93
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Only the chicken-hearted won't ride this a second time!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Keywords
- roller coaster
Spring Fever
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy reads Archie's poem about spring to the class.
- Reprints
Woman's Work
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Salem; Zelda; Enchantra; Della; Flim Flam Foom (dragon); Mr. Brindle
- Synopsis
- Sabrina has to write a paper on a high-powered female executive.
- Reprints
-
from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #27 (July 1999)
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- Keywords
- boss; homework; school assignment
Boys Will Be Boys
Archie & Friends / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The girls think the boys have a one track mind.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #27 (July 1999)
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- Keywords
- food; girls; sports
Sugar World Part 1
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Clifford Blossom; The Sugar Girls; Marvin
- Synopsis
- Cheryl auditions to be a member of the girl band The Sugar Girls and lies about her age.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #21 (April 1999)
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Indexer Notes
The Sugar Girls are a spoof of The Spice Girls. Their redheaded member Ginger Spice also infamously left the band though they never replaced her.
Sugarworld is a spoof of the movie Spice World.
Record on the wall in the background spoofs the song Wannabe as "Wanna."
Cheryl is reading a gossip mag that mentions the Side-street Guys (spoof of Backstreet Boys).
Sugar World Part 2
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Clifford Blossom; The Sugar Girls; Marvin; Jason Blossom
- Synopsis
- Cheryl appears on a talk show with The Sugar Girls and her father reveals her true age.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #21 (April 1999)
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- Keywords
- girl band; girl group; music
Indexer Notes
The Sugar Girls appear on the Rosey Show, a spoof of The Rosie O'Donnell Show.
Dry Run
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Splat
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- When it starts to rain, Jinx needs help bringing all her toys inside.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Jinx Giant Laughout (Archie, 1971 series) #42 (September 1973)
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Slogan Search
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Golliher
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
- Synopsis
- Hilda and Zelda are looking for inspiration for an ad slogan promoting witchcraft.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #136 (June 1999)
-
Re-Group and Attack!
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I know it's just a rumor, Archie, but I overheard Daddy say that Mister Weatherbee may be retiring... soon!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Word gets out that Mr. Weatherbee is planning to retire. While Miss Grundy recalls his ancestors who were air force aviators and athletes, the kids decide to be nice to him until he retires, but they inadvertently make him angry at being treated like a "doddering old man."
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #47 (August 1968)
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No Substitutions Please
Sabrina / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Salem; Harvey Kinkle; Principal Gaston
- Synopsis
- Hilda takes a job as a substitute history teacher and ends up teaching Sabrina's history class, where she's a hit with all the students except Sabrina.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #26 (June 1999)
-
Psyc-Out
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Sugar (Cheryl's dog); Cindy; Jamie (Cheryl's chauffeur); Sue
- Synopsis
- Cheryl believes that her limo driver, Jamie, has psychic powers.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #22 (May 1999)
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- Keywords
- hair salon; psychic
Cat Scan
Salem / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Salem; Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Tiring of Salem's constant complaining about being a cat, Sabrina takes him to a place that can help him appreciate his condition.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #26 (June 1999)
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Soda Jerky
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge takes Archie to a baseball game.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #486 (August 1999)
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Shopping Spree
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie
- Synopsis
- At a department store, Melody gets a vase stuck on her hand.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #50 (September 1970)
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It's in Her Kiss
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Sugar (Cheryl's dog)
- Synopsis
- Cheryl wants to try out her new fruit flavored lip gloss on Archie but ends up attracting Jughead instead.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #23 (June 1999)
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Indexer Notes
Fashion ideas for Cheryl from: Hillary Child (Lansing, MI).
Cheryl is reading a fashion catalog called Dee-la's (spoof of Delia's).
The Good, the Bad and the Reggie
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie and Reggie wrangle temporary jobs in the pits for the running of the Riverdale Hundred.....
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Slade Sutter; Greg Ward
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Archie are working in the pit crews of two famous auto racers, and Reggie's guy wants him to sabotage the car of Archie's driver.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #43 (September 1970)
-
- Keywords
- auto racing
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #26, no credits listed in this digest.
Madrigal Mystery Tour
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Amy; Harvey; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina is in charge of the Madrigal dinner.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #25 (May 1999)
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Indexer Notes
The title is a pun of The Beatles' record album, "Magical Mystery Tour."
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #263.
Unbreakable Love
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Pat Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Wendy Walters
- Synopsis
- Archie is afraid to enter a glass store to ask the girl that works there out as he thinks he will accidentally break the merchandise.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Only the chicken-hearted won't ride this a second time!"]
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1.
Spring Fever
Archie and the Gang -
2.
Woman's Work
Sabrina -
3.
Boys Will Be Boys
Archie & Friends -
4.
Hurry Flurry
Archie -
5.
Sugar World Part 1
Cheryl Blossom -
6.
Sugar World Part 2
Cheryl Blossom -
7.
Dry Run
Li'l Jinx -
8.
Slogan Search
Sabrina -
9.
Re-Group and Attack!
Mr. Weatherbee -
10.
No Substitutions Please
Sabrina -
11.
Psyc-Out
Cheryl Blossom -
12.
Cat Scan
Salem -
13.
Soda Jerky
Archie -
14.
Shopping Spree
Josie -
15.
It's in Her Kiss
Cheryl Blossom -
16.
The Good, the Bad and the Reggie
Reggie -
17.
Madrigal Mystery Tour
Sabrina -
18.
Unbreakable Love
Archie
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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