Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series) #179

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Pages: 36

Editing: Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

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Jughead / cover / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Great idea of yours, Jug, putting extra salt in the popcorn!!
Keywords:concession stands; drive-in movies; popcorn; soft drink machines; soft drinks

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: ?

Do You Need Extra Money?

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Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / advertisement / 1 page

Sisterly Love

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	?
Letters:	Vincent DeCarlo

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:snowballs

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Betty and Veronica use snowballs to scare off girls seen with Archie.; in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #21 (March 1986)
in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #11
in Laugh (Archie, 2022 series) (2022)

Exclusive Fun Products by Mail

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Elbarr Distributors Novelties / advertisement / 1 page

Fashions for the "Sweater Set"

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Betty / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo ?
Colors:	?

Genre:fashion; teen

Characters:

Betty Cooper

Synopsis:: Betty models five styles of sweaters.

The Leg Warmers

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Veronica's Fashions / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo ?
Colors:	?

Genre:fashion; teen

Characters:

Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:: Veronica models five styles of knee-high socks.

Draw Any Person in One Minute!

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Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page

I Should Have Said

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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	John Rosenberger
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:assertiveness; hindsight

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Big Moose Mason; Betty Cooper

Synopsis:: Archie decides to be more assertive, but the first person he tries this with is Big Moose.

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Ethel Pin Up / illustration / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:I don’t see why they make these skirts so short!
Keywords:knees; skirts

Characters:

Synopsis:: Big Ethel complains about short skirts.

Get This Raincoat Free!

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Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

That's the Ticket

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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages

Script:	Joe Edwards
Pencils:	Joe Edwards
Inks:	Joe Edwards
Colors:	?
Letters:	Joe Edwards

Genre:humor; children

Keywords:puppies; raffle tickets

Characters:

Synopsis:: Jinx's father has a drawerful of old non-winning raffle tickets, but Jinx persuades him to buy one more.; in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #7 (August 1974)

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Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Joe Edwards
Inks:	Joe Edwards
Colors:	?
Letters:	? typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text:If you like to make new friends-

Characters:

Li'l Jinx (cameo)

Indexer Notes

List of 48 persons (ages 7 to 15) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Canada, England, Australia, The Philippines, and West Pakistan.

Grow 7 Monsters

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Hair-Raising Monsters / advertisement / 1 page

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Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages

Script:	?
Letters:	typeset

Indexer Notes

First page is promo detailing heavy positive response to the first story of Archie as "Pureheart the Poweful" in Life With Archie and requesting Archie Club members to send in their reactions. The next four appearances of Pureheart are listed (Life With Archie #42, Pep #187; Life With Archie #44, and Life With Archie #46, with on-sale dates). Second page has first prize of $5.00 to David Navrath (Denver, Colo.) writing about Colorado floods.

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Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

100 Little Dolls; "X-Ray" Vision

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"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses]; 100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 1 page

Model Mayhem

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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	John Rosenberger
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:model-building

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pat Tompkins

Synopsis:: Archie spends the day building a model "P.T." boat, but a little word play by Reggie sends Betty and Veronica after a girl named Pat Tompkins.; in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #42 (June 1980)
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #28 (May 1987)

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Jughead / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Do You Need Extra Money? (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / advertisement / 1 page

Sisterly Love (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Exclusive Fun Products by Mail (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Elbarr Distributors Novelties / advertisement / 1 page

Fashions for the "Sweater Set" (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty / illustration / 1 page

The Leg Warmers (Table of Contents: 5)

Veronica's Fashions / illustration / 1 page

Draw Any Person in One Minute! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page

I Should Have Said (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Ethel Pin Up / illustration / 1 page

Get This Raincoat Free! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

That's the Ticket (Table of Contents: 10)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page

Indexer Notes

Grow 7 Monsters (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

Hair-Raising Monsters / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

100 Little Dolls; "X-Ray" Vision (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses]; 100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 1 page

Model Mayhem (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Your Own Mongrammed Ring; Play Guitar in 7 Days (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Cameo Ring and Earring Set; Ed Sale Secret System / advertisement / 1 page

Beautiful Hairpieces (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

Guild Glamour Wigs / advertisement / 1 page

Everybody Needs a Cadet Bike Speedometer! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometer / advertisement / 1 page

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Do You Need Extra Money?

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Sisterly Love

(Table of Contents: 2)

Exclusive Fun Products by Mail

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Fashions for the "Sweater Set"

(Table of Contents: 4)

The Leg Warmers

(Table of Contents: 5)

Draw Any Person in One Minute!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

I Should Have Said

(Table of Contents: 7)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 8)

Get This Raincoat Free!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

That's the Ticket

(Table of Contents: 10)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 11)

Grow 7 Monsters

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 13)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

100 Little Dolls; "X-Ray" Vision

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Model Mayhem

(Table of Contents: 16)

Your Own Mongrammed Ring; Play Guitar in 7 Days

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Beautiful Hairpieces

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

Everybody Needs a Cadet Bike Speedometer!

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