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Issue: Laugh Comics #149
Publication Date: August 1963
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Issues: #149 of 381 Issues (390 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US; later Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: Of course it's Archie!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Black Book Bluff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda
Inker(s): Bill Vigoda
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica threatens to break up with Archie unless he shows the gang the little black book where he's been writing down all their secrets. After sending another black book ("The Wobbsey Twins At Haunted Lodge") as a decoy, he finally gives in and is about to read the mysterious book to them, until he plays on his friends' fears of having their guilty secrets come out.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is part of a storyline that began in "The Little Black Book" (Archie #129) and continued in "The Black Book Returns" (Archie #132)
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The Big Black & Blue Belt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda
Inker(s): Bill Vigoda
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie tries to get his black belt in karate, but his efforts at self-defense don't have much impact on Moose.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Moon, June, Ruin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda
Inker(s): Bill Vigoda
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie is writing a song, which leads to his friends trying to figure out who he's writing it for, not to mention a lot of puns and mockery of his songwriting skills.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The song Reggie and Jughead sing is "You Always Hurt the One You Love," which writer Frank Doyle quoted in many stories well into the '80s.
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Order This! Get This Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #15 with mail-in coupon. Cost is 25 cents for the comic and a copy of the 1964 Archie Pin-Up Calendar. Cover is depicted, along with original art.
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Hikes and Likes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Ga Ga; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: After the President calls for the youth of America to be more physically active, Li'l Jinx prepares to go on a fifty mile hike, which she thinks would be six times around the block.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4.33
Disclose Notes: One of many Archie stories from 1962-63 based on President Kennedy's call for kids to exercise more.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
Character(s): Li'l Jinx (cameo)
First Line: Wouldn't you like to get mail from new friends?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: List of 38 persons (ages 8 to 16) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, Jamaica, England, East Pakistan, Australia, Kenya, West Pakistan, and India are represented.
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Archie Says: Nylon Means Strength

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): U. S. Royal Bike Tires
Character(s): Archie (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for U.S. Royal Bike Tires with head shot of Archie. U. S. Rubber Tire Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
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Announcing the "Popsicle" Safety Awards!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Popsicle Kids; Popsicle
Character(s): Popsicle Kids
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format announcing the Popsicle Safety Awards for "kids who do the most for safety in 1963." Top 20 winners get a family-size Peugeot 404 Station Wagon.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Archie Andrews]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club News
First Line: Dear Archie Club members:
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First page is "letter" from Archie requesting members write to him about themselves and their lives. Second page is the usual winners. First prize of $5.00 to Roberta Mackie (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) for article about playing cards. Second prize of $3.00 to Wyatt Cushing (Belmont, N.H.) for two jokes.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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Daddy's Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Marty Epp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Josie
Character(s): Josie; Mr. Jones; Albert; Pepper
Synopsis: Josie accuses her father of raising her as a tomboy because he always wanted a boy. She decides she's going to be sickeningly feminine from now on.
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In Content Item: FlagLaugh Comics Digest #13 published November 1977
as Daddy's Girl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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