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Issue: Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #54
Publication Date: September 1984
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Issues: #54 of 200 Issues (279 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie Digest LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699754
Price: $1.25 USD
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 41 (32 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia says "Single Copies $1.00 U.S. Canada $1.00 plus 25ยข for postage and handling." Covers with $1.25 exist.
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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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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
First Line: Hot Dog, why can't you just beg for food like other dogs?!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Jughead #244.
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Ocean Motion

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge needs a third person to crew for the boat race.
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Pages: 6
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Parched Archie!

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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Come on, Jughead, let's box!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprinted from Archie daily comic strip.
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Fairway Fool

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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee is doing horrible at a golf game, until Archie volunteers to caddy.
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Pages: 5
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Live and Learn

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica are upset by Archie and Reggie's violence in sports.
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Pages: 1
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Puzzles That Are All Wet

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Colorist(s): ?
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My Case Rests

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
Synopsis: Mr. Smythe tells Bingo to set up a hammock.
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From Content Item: FlagThat Wilkin Boy #23 published July 1973
was My Case Rests [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Ban the Body

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; Della The Head Witch
Synopsis: Hilda disapproves of Sabrina's bikini and uses her magic to keep the girl from wearing it. Then Hilda gets a dose of her own medicine.
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From Content Item: FlagSabrina, the Teenage Witch #36 published December 1976
was Ban the Body [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Silly Dilly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Betty can't wait to pass on the gossip Ethel told her.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagArchie's TV Laugh-Out #16 published December 1972
was Silly Dilly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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A Friend In Need

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Big Moose
Synopsis: Big Moose is trying to find someone to show his new calculator wrist watch.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Archie! They're displaying small craft warnings today!
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Busy Signal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx gets in trouble for not hanging up the phone when she is done.
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From Content Item: FlagPep #259 published November 1971
was Busy Signal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand

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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead and Ethel with Sabrina
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs; Sabrina Spellman; Big Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ambrose
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagArchie's TV Laugh-Out #3 published June 1970
was I Wanna Hold Your Hand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #235.
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Bright Outlook?

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Hike Tyke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Big Moose
Character(s): Moose Mason
Synopsis: Moose and the junior campers he's in charge of get lost on a hike.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagArchie's TV Laugh-Out #16 published December 1972
was Hike Tyke [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Wanted Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin; Rebel
Synopsis: After Mr. Smythe is heard yelling "Oh, dad blast the dad blasted dad blast," everyone yells at Uncle Herman for getting Mr. Smythe mad. Herman decides he's not wanted in the Wilkin home.
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From Content Item: FlagThat Wilkin Boy #13 published July 1971
was Wanted Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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A Ride To Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: Little Archie saves the day when the bus to the away baseball game gets stuck in a puddle.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica Pinup
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: Wow! This boat is fast!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #32 published June 1965
was [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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The Eyes Have It

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Leroy
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From Content Item: FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #23 published September 1963
was The Eyes Have It [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Luck Be a Lady

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Genres: fantasy, teen
Feature(s): Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Synopsis: Sabrina and Salem are bad luck to Reggie.
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From Content Item: FlagBetty and Me #38 published October 1971
was Luck Be a Lady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Dear Josie
First Line: I was so thrilled ...
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Disclose Notes: Advice column with letters from K.M, B.W., L.F. and G.M.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Mom's Gag Bag
Character(s): Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
First Line: Mary! With this vibrating belt I can finally reduce!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprint from Archie daily newspaper strip.
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Whistle Bait

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Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
Feature(s): B.E.T.T.Y. as The Girl From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; The Whistler
Synopsis: The latest C.R.U.S.H. villain is The Whistler, a permanently puckered baddie whose whistles can control minds and shatter eardrums.
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From Content Item: FlagLife with Archie #55 published November 1966
was Whistle Bait [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Big Moose Pinup
Character(s): Big Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: What say, Arch --
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What a Boy

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Pipsqueak; Pooch
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Up and At 'Em

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): That Wilkin Boy
Synopsis: Bingo gets permission to wake up Samantha's father.
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Pages: 1
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Get Happy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina
Character(s): Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Fangs Fogerty; Little Sabrina Spellman; Pop Tate; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Little Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Little Sabrina casts a spell to make everybody change personalities.
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Pages: 5
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Mum's the Word

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
Synopsis: Mr. Smythe complains that today's generation has no gumption or backbone, but then Bingo saves his life.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThat Wilkin Boy #21 published January 1973
was Mum's the Word [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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That Takes The Cake

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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Josie and the Pussycats
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis: Alexandra hints that she'd like something for her birthday.
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From Content Item: FlagJosie and the Pussycats #59 published December 1971
was That Takes the Cake [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Stray

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational
Character(s): Katy Keene; Curly Cassidy
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Pages: 6
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Frivolous Fashion

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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Betty, I can't stand it when you drive!
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Pages: 1
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Write On!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Jinx is writing a letter.
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Pages: 4
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The Ghostly Guardian

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis: The gang visits an old rock-bound house the Cabots have purchased in Maine. They discover that an old chest leads to a secret cave beneath the house, which may contain old pirate treasure, but also contains many deadly booby traps.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJosie and the Pussycats #61 published April 1972
was The Ghostly Guardian [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Josie Pinup
First Line: Aunt Josie -- what's the color of the sky?
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Pages: 1
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It's a Smash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy; Buddy Drumhead
Synopsis: Mr. Smythe suspects that Buddy is the one who broke his window.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThat Wilkin Boy #23 published July 1973
was It's a Smash [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Weight Fate

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: At the beach, Archie tries to get Mr. Weatherbee doing exercises to lose weight.
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Pages: 5
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Fill It Up!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Jinx is selling lemonade, and Greg tells her how she can sell more.
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Pages: 1
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Suits Me

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie likes the polka-dot swimsuit.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #23 published September 1963
was Suits Me [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Would you like a cheeseburger before we walk home?
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Reprint Notes: from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1960.06.18 [Montana signature removed]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Veronica's address is given as 204 Park Lane.

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