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Issue: Laugh Comics / Laugh #381

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Publication Date: February 1984

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Issues: #381 of 381 Issues (415 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series; Archie Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0271000696202

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color cover; color interior

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:

Variants2

Laugh Comics / Laugh #381 [unnamed variant]

Laugh Comics / Laugh #381 [Canadian]

Reprinted In2

1 Content Item
- Happy Chappy [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted as/ in another Issue.

1 Content Item
- Beazly's Yuletide Message [Activity on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Katy Keene (inset)

First Line: Uh-- is this the right window for take-out orders?

Synopsis: Archie and Jughead try to bum some pastries from the Home Ec class.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Late Opening

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis: Archie has so many plans to spend parts of Christmas with his friends that he may not have any time left to spend with his parents.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Melody's Malady

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown

Synopsis: Melody's worried the band may have contracted something fearful.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Beazly's Yuletide Message

Activity on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Connect the dots to see who's visiting tonight.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #34 [Direct Edition] published January 2014
as Beazly's Yuletide Message [Activity on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Happy Chappy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis: Archie's day of relaxation when school is called for a snowstorm doesn't go as planned.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #50 [Direct Edition] published April 1995

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

All in the Game

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason

Synopsis: After Reggie has another frustrating encounter with Moose, Archie suggests Reggie vent on him.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Red Letter Day

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, informational

Character(s): Katy Keene; Gloria Grandbilt; Danny; Swami Rivah

Synopsis: Katy is told by a fortune teller that today will be a red letter day for her.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: The "Katy Keene" feature returns to Laugh Comics after an absence of 20+ years. It was last seen in issue 129 (December 1961).

All the designs modeled in this story were submitted by reader Jamie Sue Compton of Dublin, Texas. Even though the splash page logo retains Bill Woggon's classic signature, he did not produce this story.

Fashion Just for You

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Character(s): Katy Keene

Synopsis: Katy models an elaborate evening gown.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Design submitted by Diane Barron of Belmont, Massachusetts. Even though the splash page logo retains Bill Woggon's classic signature, he did not produce this illustration.