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Issue: Laugh Comics / Laugh #27

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Publication Date: June 1948

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Issues: #27 of 381 Issues (415 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/28/1948

Volume: 1

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.

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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:

Reprinted In4

2 Content Items
- It's a Dog's Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]1
- You're Driving Me Crazy! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Some/all of Issue reprinted as 2 Content Items in other Issues:

Archie Americana Series #6 published January 2002 as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]

The Best of Archie Comics #[1] [unnamed variant] published August 2011 as Ants in His Plants [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Content Items (12 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

First Line: Yeah! She's the new French teacher, Archie, so what?

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Pages: 1

It's a Dog's Life

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Judkins

Synopsis: Veronica tasks Archie and Jughead with preparing her prize Sealyham for the National Dog Show.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Archie Americana Series #6 published January 2002
as It's a Dog's Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8.67

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Nevada Jones; Blaze; Archie Andrews; Li'l Jinx; Katy Keene

First Line: Yippee yay! Blaze away! Watch for Nevada Jones, the new star in Pep Comics!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.33

[untitled]

Activity on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Laugh Comics Puzzle Page

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Includes optical illusion, word square, and maze.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly

First Line: K.O. Kelly called and is picking us up to take us to the county fair, Sis!

Synopsis: K.O. takes Katy and Sis to the carnival.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5.67

Notes: Swim suit on Katy by Betty Lane (Albuquerque, NM); Katy's lingerie by Sally Greeley (St. Petersburg, FL); dress on Sis by Joan Christian (Far Rockaway, NY); negligee by Beulah Phillips (Briceville, TN); K.O.'s sport coat by Bruce Pratt, Jr. (Maumee, OH); shoes for Katy by Bert Seaburn (Purcell, OK); dress by Wanda Jean Martin (Hobbs, NM).

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Katy Keene

First Line: Watch for Katy Keene, the Pin-Up Queen...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.33

Notes: Promo for Archie titles in which Katy Keene appears. Pin-up pose and ensemble by Irene Prokopowicz (Susquehanna, PA).

[untitled]

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Katy Keene

First Line: Here are some more dress designs from Katy's readers!!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Designs by Joan Lee Bollinger (Washington, DC), Nancy Eyler (Frederick, MD), Jean West (Norfolk, VA), and Edith Tinstman (Newark, CA). Also includes reprinted letter from Rosealie Sanchez (Phoenix, AZ), who would like to become penpals with other readers during her recovery from rheumatic fever.

Ants in His Plants

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Oswald; Mr. Dripwate

Synopsis: Wilbur gets revenge on Oswald by dressing up as a plant.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Oh My Aching Muscles!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Suzie; Ferdie; Angela; Gregory Van Dripp

First Line: Ha! Ha! That's the third time you've missed...

Synopsis: Ferdie attempts to gain muscles in an attempt to compete with Gregory for Suzie's affections.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Among the carvings on a fence on page three: "S.S." (a reference to Samm Schwartz) and "J.E. loves E.E." (a reference to Archie artist Joe Edwards and his wife Eda).

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Debby Twist; Oliver Twist; Lotta Twist; Betsy Ross; Honey Twist

First Line: And it says here "The donkey and elephant will don boxing gloves..."

Synopsis: Debby and Betsy discuss which celebrities they'd like to see run in the 1948 presidential election, much to Mr. Twist's consternation.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Dress by Ramona Hayes (Hugo, OK); sweater on Betsy by Marilyn Kerr (Clawson, MI); dress by Janet Kolander (Ann Arbor, MI).

You're Driving Me Crazy!

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Officer Riley

Synopsis: Archie and Jughead's accident with a truck driver causes a headache for Officer Riley.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Archie Americana Series #6 published January 2002
as You're Driving Me Crazy [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

A Date with Archie!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis: When Betty finds out that Veronica is taking Archie to a dance on their movie night, Betty decides to make Archie too tired to go to the dance.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Designs by Mary J. Charette (Berlin, MA); Darlene Skriner (Millbrae, CA); Ann Miller (Bountiful, UT).