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Issue: Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #34
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699705
Price: $0.95 USD
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 39 (31 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard US digest size
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Li'l Jinx; Josie; Bingo Wilkin; Little Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Katy Keene; Randy Keene
Dilton, what's the world's most powerful magnet?
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Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #78
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Blank Pages

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Inside front and inside back covers are blank.
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The Learning Process

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie is too frequently careless at home so his father decides that anyone who breaks the dishes next will have to wash all the windows. Of course Archie's father is next to break some dishes.
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FlagArchie #233 published March 1974
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Money Pile

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie makes a comparison of Mr. Lodge's wealth in a way Jughead can understand.
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Roof Goof or Goofy Roofer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie convinces his father that he and Jughead can replace the loose shingles on the roof at a fraction of the cost of a roofer.
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Forget-Me-Not

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Subject Matter
a maze
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Walking The Dog!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
Jinx is sick so her father walks a neighbor's dog, discovering where Jinx goes when the dog leads him.
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Who Blew the Brew?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Sabrina refuses to take up the deviltry of witchcraft as practiced by her family. The Head Witch, Della, attempts to discipline her, but Sabrina is protected by love.
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FlagSabrina, the Teenage Witch #12 published June 1973
was Who Blew the Brew? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Metric Gas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Dilton uses Archie's gasoline buying habits as an example when converting metric units.
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The Unwanted

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Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, teen
Jodie; Jodie's father; Jodie's grandfather
Jodie's family is found camping on the Lodge's property and during a scuffle to get them to move out, their van careens down a hill with Jodie inside. But Archie saves the day with a daring jump.
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FlagLife with Archie #158 published June 1975
was The Unwanted [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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In two Parts.
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Teased Hair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Mr. Antoinne
Oh, I can't stand my hair! I've got to do something with it!
The girls get new hairdos but the boys don't notice.
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Daddy's Little Grown Up

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humorous, teen
Sheila Smyth
Samantha is tired of her dad treating her like a little girl and accidentally scares her dad when he overhears her conversation with Bingo and misinterprets it as a marriage proposal.
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FlagThat Wilkin Boy #25 published October 1973
was Daddy's Little Grown Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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In one panel, Samantha's shirt loses its color.
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In Step

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Subject Matter
humorous
Sampson Smythe
Sampson Smythe; Samantha Smythe; Bingo Wilkin (cameo); Mr. Wilkin
Sampson tries to show how connected he is with his daughter by dancing, but he dances a waltz to a boogaloo song.
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FlagThat Wilkin Boy #25 published October 1973
was In Step [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Parting Gesture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; student; professor
Miss Grundy gets a new job at a private school, but Archie finds a way to show her she won't fit in, before she makes the final decision.
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FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #36 [Direct Edition] published March 2014
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Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #36, no credits listed in this digest.
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Procrastinating

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Subject Matter
humorous
Svenson has let maintenance backlog too long.
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That Settles It

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humorous, teen
In trying to help Betty and Veronica settle an argument, Archie and Reggie come to blows.
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It's A Draw!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
Variation on the old "draw a horse and the horse will draw the wagon" gag.
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The Challenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
salesman
Hilda resorts to witchcraft and even physically throws out a salesman who won't take no for an answer... and Sabrina walks in and buys from him.
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FlagSabrina, the Teenage Witch #12 published June 1973
was The Challenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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In one panel, Hilda's hat loses its color.
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Don't Let It Puzzle You!

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Subject Matter
puzzle page
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Belle Vista

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Subject Matter
humorous
farmer
Fred walks into a farm field thinking a sign offers it for sale, only to find it is the farmer's bull that's for sale.
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Freddie The Finder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Freddy
Freddy wants attention, so he grabs things when no one is looking and then claims to "find" them, to accolades from everyone.
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In final panel, Freddy's shirt is missing some black lines.
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Plots To You

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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Slowly and deliberately Archie took Veronica's picture out of its frame and tore it into small pieces.
Veronica is acting strangely, not speaking to Archie. He discovers it's a plot of Betty's to keep Veronica from going to the dance this weekend.
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Includes two illustrations.
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To Her Credit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
Jinx refuses to throw out a broken doll and claims to sell it to Gigi to prove its value.
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To Grandmother's House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
club owner
Valerie leaves town before an important gig, claiming that she needs to visit a sick grandmother. Josie, Melody and Alexandra (who replaces Valerie in the band while she's away) don't buy the old "sick grandmother" cliché, and assume that Valerie is making some kind of tragic sacrifice to help the Pussycats. And they think they know what it is when they realize that the club they're playing at is owned by someone who unsuccessfully hit on Val.
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Something to Crow About

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humorous, teen
Ralph; Flabbus Lippum; Hi Jacks
Ethel's new parrot, Ralph, flies away each night and one night lays an egg in an abandoned house used by crooks. Ralph makes such a ruckus repeating crime show scenes that the crooks fall into the basement of the house and are trapped.
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Auto-Magic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Look at my car, Jug!
Archie shines up his old jalopy but it's still just as noisy as ever so Veronica refuses to ride in it. But Betty both sees the beauty and welcomes any excuse to be with Archie.
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Randy's Rocket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Billy; Sue Ann; Patches
Sis! Why are you jumping for joy?
Sis buys Billy a space helmet for his birthday and uses a fishbowl for a helmet for herself, becoming stuck and unable to enjoy the birthday goodies.
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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For October 1, 1980. Editor: John L. Goldwater, Managing Editor: Richard H. Goldwater, Publisher: Close-Up Inc., Sales through dealers (average copies each issue): 132,167, Subscriptions (average copies each issue): 17.
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3 On a Date

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humorous, teen
Veronica accidentally invites both guys on a date, where Reggie shows off so much that she finally sneaks away with just Archie.
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Stuck With Luck

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humorous
Susie; Blinky; Pat's mother
Pat believes in superstitions such as walking under a ladder being bad luck, but gets the worst end of things trying to avoid them.
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4.67
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Easy Does It!

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Plans to build a ball toss target, and a vocabulary quiz.
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Delay Action

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Reggie delays Archie from an appointment with Veronica, only to find they were planning his surprise birthday party.
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Fed Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Rebel
Rebel believes the statistics on accidents in the kitchen refer to the meals-gone-bad that he has to eat.
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FlagThat Wilkin Boy #25 published October 1973
was Fed Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Homework Happy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Archie fails a test and Miss Grundy recommends he study with Betty and Veronica, who both aced it. But Betty spends the time playing house and Veronica becomes angry, so the only subject he does well in is war.
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FlagArchie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #45 published December 1999
as Homework Happy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #222 published November 2011
as Homework Happy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Credits from the printed credits in the reprint in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #222
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On the Prowl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Herbie; woman; police officers
Doggone! It was in one of these old trunks! I'm sure I saw it here a few years back!
Archie and Jughead dress up in some old Scottish costumes, accidentally scare a neighbor, and pay off Herbie with ice cream so he won't tell the police who scared the neighbor.
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FlagArchie #234 published April 1974
was On the Prowl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Go Go Go...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's friend
Li'l Jinx has trouble spelling Mississippi.
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Airports

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humorous, teen
Jughead opines about why airports are far out of towns.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jughead Jones Comics Digest #17
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Get Your Act Together...
Order form for comic book.
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Fantastic! Good Things Come In Little Packages!

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Archie Comics
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
House ad for Archie digest comics.
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Back cover.

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