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Issue: Laugh Comics #84
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/1957
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: One copy has a purchase date of 1957-10-27, which is a Sunday, so the on-sale date would be earlier. Editor credit from Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #2.
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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
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Hey, Moose! How come you're taking that scale into the book store?
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Miscellaneous
1
Machine Maid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Professor Shotz
Archie and Veronica visit Mr. Lodge's factory, where he shows off a new electronic brain. Whenever anything goes wrong, Archie comes up with a fix for it. Eventually Archie feeds facts about himself into the brain, which falls in love with him.
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Miscellaneous
6
In this story, Archie is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds.
We're Not Dressing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
?
Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
Betty and Veronica make disparaging comments about a dress in a store window. Then each one runs home to get the money from their parents to buy it. When they return, they find Midge has already bought the dress. So it's back to the disparaging comments again.
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Miscellaneous
2
credits from reprint in Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #2.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dexter Taylor ?
Dexter Taylor ?
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?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie
Little Archie #5 is a whopper!
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Miscellaneous
1
Promo for Little Archie #5, available for 25 cents from the publisher. (address, but no coupon). Cover is depicted, along with original artwork.
The Strong Silent Type

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woggon
Bill Woggon ?
Bill Woggon ?
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Katy Keene
Katy Keene; Sis; Bertha; K. O. Kelly
Betty rehearses a love scene at home with Ronald, arousing everyone's curiosity.
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Miscellaneous
3
Fashions, etc., by Edith Ayers (London, Ontario, Canada), Janis Rust (Perry, Ohio), Mary Louise Halper (Hespeler, Ontario, Canada), Rosanna White, (Los Angeles, Calif.), and Margaret Robertson (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
Movie Set Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woggon
Bill Woggon ?
Bill Woggon ?
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?
Subject Matter
informational
Katy Keene
Katy Keene; K. O. Kelly
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Miscellaneous
1
Two paper dolls with two outfits for each. Fashions from Danny Chandleer (Blackwell, Okla.) and Aidi Sevilla (New Manila, Quezon City, Philippines).
This One Has Everything!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Vigoda ?
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?
Subject Matter
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
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Miscellaneous
1
Promo for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #6 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art.
Amby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
childrens, fantasy
Amby
Amby, a small boy, can make things appear merely by thinking about them. He drives his parents crazy by thinking up animals.
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Miscellaneous
6
This is written in the style of 1950s animated movie cartoons.
The Hole Truth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Moore ?
Tom Moore
Tom Moore
?
Tom Moore
Subject Matter
humorous
Jughead
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie takes Jughead golfing for the first time. After making holes-in-one on his first two shots, the second on a multi-ricochet shot, Jughead thinks that's supposed to happen every time.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Club News
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Miscellaneous
1.5
First prize of $5.00 to Judy Koch (Wonder Lake, Ill.) for paragraph on pen pals from Japan. Second prize of $3.00 to Sylvia Doran (Walnut Creek, Calif.) for paragraph on her Girl Scout troop supporting a Korean orphan. Third prize of $2.00 to Charlotte Varnell (Chattanooga, Tenn.) for paragraph on studying geography. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Sue Yeager (Racine, Wis.) for paragraph on learning to type. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Kathy Wiener (Laurelton, N.Y.) for paragraph on playing the piano. Sixth prize of $1.00 to Rita Desiderio (Washington, D.C.) for paragraph on holding a carnival to raise money for Children's Hospital. Seventh prize of $1.00 to Lynn Gershen (Bronx, N.Y.) for paragraph on her school's aquarium. Eighth prize of $1.00 to Sherry Petrini for paragraph on making scrapbooks.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Club
Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Promo for joining the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is ten cents.
Will Power!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards ?
Subject Matter
humorous
Wilbur
Wilbur; Linda; Red; Miss Gargle
Miss Gargle checks the hands of students in Wilbur's class to see if they've been testing the "Wet Paint" signs on the school halls.
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Miscellaneous
2
Reprint is signed. This printing is not signed.
The Package Deal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards (signed)
Joe Edwards (signed)
?
Joe Edwards ?
Subject Matter
humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Ga Ga; Charley Hawse
Jinx and Ga Ga are carrying a gift-wrapped package when bully Charley Hawse decides to ruin it by jumping up and down on it. Later Charley gets paid back when he learns that the package was a present for him for his birthday.
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Miscellaneous
3.33
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
?
?; typeset
Subject Matter
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Hi kids, our club now has thousands of members...
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Miscellaneous
0.67
List of 42 persons (ages 9 to 16) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, Japan, Jamaica, and Germany are represented.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
?; typeset
Subject Matter
Wilson Chemical Co.
Yogi Berra (drawing and photo); Betty; Bob
Yogi Berra homers in the 9th-wins big game!
Yogi Berra hits the winning home run in the ninth. After the game the kids get his autograph and he advises them to sell White Cloverine Brand Salve.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. lllustrated ad, half in comic format, for selling White Cloverine Brand Salve. Premium is a photo of New York Yankees baseball catcher Yogi Berra. Wilson Chemical Co., Dept.140-7, Tyrone, Pa. The same ad appears in the next issue on an interior page in color.

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