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Issue: Laugh Comics #34
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Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/22/1949
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
May I have this dance... madam?
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FlagLaugh Comics #35 published September 1949
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Miscellaneous
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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You've seen the rest - now buy the best
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Promo for Archie Comics titles featuring hand stamping seal of approved reading. Inside front cover.
Practice Makes Perfect!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Ahh! Now for a nice quiet afternoon with the-
Archie is frustrated by his father's attempts to make him learn the violin, but he changes his tune when his mother tells him that Fred always wanted to be a violin player and hoped that Archie would fulfill that dream.
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Miscellaneous
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Art previously credited to Ray Gill; the extent of Ray Gill's work is currently unknown. As per Ray's brother Joe, Ray never drew for Archie Comics; rather, he wrote the scripts and outlined the stories (Charlton Spotlight #5). Vigoda's signature is located next to the Archie logo.
Food for Thought

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Wilbur Wilkin; Red; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
There's nothing like a long hike in the country to really work up an appetite!
Wilbur and the gang have their food stolen from a poor child while picnicking and learn the value of charity.
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Miscellaneous
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Archie Puzzles
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
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Miscellaneous
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Includes maze to get Archie and his jalopy home and drawing Mr. Weatherbee.
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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Mary Andrews
Archie should have been born twins!
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Miscellaneous
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Promo for Archie emphasizing that he's twice as laughable, twice as lovable, and in two other comic books: Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) and Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series).
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Archie Andrews
Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Promo for Archie Club featuring first prize report from Margaret Hopkins (Monroe, MI) and second prize report from Joanne McPartland (Lonaconing, MD). The reports usually differed in each version of this promo, so this reprint may have been accidental.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational
Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly
As our scene opens, Katy is shopping for a new gown...
Katy tries to discipline Sis after she gives a salesman a hot foot in the clothing store.
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Miscellaneous
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Outfit and pose by Mrs. Mark Taylor (Wilson, NC); dress by Virginia Arscott (Philadelphia, PA); pose and gown by Martha Block (Waterbury 8, CT); pose and gown by Barbara Reusch (McPherson, KS); pose and gown by Judy Higbee (Minneapolis, MN); dress by Reecie Shoemake (Hattiesburg, MS); dress and shoes on Sis by Jean Aronson (Torrington, CT); suit by Pat Lennon (Jamaica Plain 30, MA); Katy's negligee by Terry Jardin (Stoughton, MA); P.J.'s on Sis by Verna Helm (Cathay, ND); outfit on K.O. by Doreen Anderson (Everett, WI); Katy's date dress by Edward Kmiecik (East Detroit, MI); bathing suit by Ann Bradley (Los Angeles, CA).
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Laugh Puzzle Page
Archie Andrews
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Miscellaneous
0.67
Includes word ladder and matching objects to decode name of America's favorite teen-ager (Archie).
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Super Duck
Super Duck is a V.I.P.
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Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Super Duck dressed in fancy clothing.
The Wreck of the Hesperus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Suzie; Suzie's father; Suzie's mother; Ferdie
Telegram, Moms!
Suzie and Ferdie help Suzie's father fake an injury to avoid a visit from Aunt Hesperus.
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Miscellaneous
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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non-fiction
Hollywood Gossip
Three prizes for film before its first public showing
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Miscellaneous
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Pencil Fun
Archie Andrews
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Miscellaneous
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Includes crossword puzzle, baseball player rebuses, and maze.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Debby Twist
Debby, I'm glad you could come over to stay with Junior...
Debby is excited that her $2 babysitting salary will pay for a new dress, but she ends up spending it all on Junior at the "free" zoo.
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Miscellaneous
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Splash page dress by Gus Hebert (Hot Springs, AK); Debby's dress by Joanne Hans (Fort Wayne 7, IN).
Love Letters

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humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Why are you so anxious for me to see the letter you just wrote?
Veronica writes a letter to movie star Tyrone Gable inviting him to the Riverdale High School dance as a way to get even with Archie and Reggie for fawning over Lana Lamour, but Archie accidentally sends the letter and Tyrone accepts.
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Miscellaneous
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This is the last appearance of the "Betty and Veronica" feature in Laugh Comics for now. It will return in issue 56, after Laugh Comics adopts a looser format and has mostly recurring features instead of regular features.

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