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Issue: Laugh Comics #344
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696211
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard H. 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In2
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Wishing well, I’d like to get a couple of ‘A’s’ today!
Archie gets his wish, but not quite how he intended it.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Josie Goes to the Beach

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Josie; Hostess
Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
In order to compete with Melody in a bikini at the beach, Josie packs a bag full of Hostess Fruit Pies.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Cover Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Veronica models her new summer wardrobe for Archie and the gang. Archie, though, is less than impressed with the garments that show less than everything of Veronica's form.
Reprinting
FlagJughead's Double Digest #18 [Newsstand] published July 1993
FlagJughead and Archie Double Digest #3 published August 2014
as Cover Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Writer credit from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #3.
Date Debate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Malmgren ?
Dick Malmgren ?
?
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Veronica has a destination in mind and it doesn't include Archie.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Cycle Saga

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards ?
?
?
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Betty and Veronica try to have a picnic while Archie and Reggie play bicycle polo.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Archie's Gag Bag

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly
Archie hits Miss Grundy with a paper airplane; Miss Beazly answers a complaint.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
0.5
These are reprints of two late seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Animal Crackers

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Jughead
Jughead Jones
Fill the letters into the corresponding numbered spaces to find out what the various animals say.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Roughing It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Malmgren
Dick Malmgren
Jon D'Agostino
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
On a camping hike, Jughead brings too much of civilization with him for Archie's tastes.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Making Cents

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Archie
Archie Andrews
Black out the designated letters to find out what Archie thinks of his financial situation.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Leaf It to Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Jinx tries to help out around the house.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Take a Message

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir ?
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Archie's Pop
Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
Fred has to get out of the shower and answer the phone that Archie is twenty feet away from.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Country Confusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Veronica's attempt to embarrass and humiliate Betty at the school dance spreads a little too far for her own comfort.
Reprinting
FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #233 published May 1975
was Country Confusion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5

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