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Issue: Laugh Comics / Laugh #48
Publication Date: December 1951
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Issues: #48 of 381 Issues (415 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/12/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
First Line: (Sigh) The first time I saw you, Veronica, you swept me right off my feet!
Synopsis: Archie and Veronica are mooning over each other while Betty stews.
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Pages: 1
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Beast Feast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
First Line: You characters ought to be ashamed!
Synopsis: Archie convinces the gang to join him on a hike through the snow covered woodlands near Riverdale.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics #33 published ?
as Beast Feast [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
First Line: You kids be the judge!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring judge handing Super Duck a paper reading "Best Award for 1950."
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Queen Of Fashions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Smiley
First Line: As our scene opens Katy is looking over her thousands of orders...
Synopsis: Randy intends to take Katy to the fashion ball, if Katy can ever pick a gown from the tons of designs sent to her by readers. When she finally picks a leaf gown, she loses the fashion ball because the same pattern was used for the stage curtains.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Katy's outfit and pose by Marie Bresnahan (Fairview, MA); Katy's heart lamp and pillow by Barbara Radford (Andalusia, AL); dress on Sis by Caryl Plass (Keepnie, NY); Katy's negligee by Carol Maschine (Cleveland 11, OH); dress options by Harold Johnson (Piqua, OH), Barbara Hendrickson (Merrick, NY), Joan Olson (Glendive, MT), Miss Eddie Turner (Glendale, SC), Josephine Callede (Chelsea 50, MA), Leilani Bryson (Kansas City, KS), Beth Christopher (Greenville, RI), Barbara Cherry (Boston 15, MA), and Geroldine Boos (Perrysburg, OH); leaf gown by Raye Ann Faris (Raton, NM), Miss Eddie Turner (Glendale, SC), Dorothy Steiner (East Aurora, NY), Pat Thornton (Little Rock, AR), Angela Provinzrano (Buffalo 8, NY), Marlene Holden (Kingston, Ontario), Carolyn Frank (Little Neck, NY), Constance Florio (New Hyde Park, NY), Lois Dilworth (Bayside 6, NY), Helen Hill (Rio Linda, CA), Sue Thrall (Weston, MA), and Patsy Kimura (Sacramento 18, CA); block-long limousine by Douglas Avey (Mt. Morris, IL).
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Laugh Fun Page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes making drawings out of cup and saucer and fish bowl, finding clue to identify type of dog, and instructions to make doll from old white sock.
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The Middle Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Miss Dately; "Baby" Dately
First Line: Now stop it you two!
Synopsis: Jughead tries to keep Archie and Reggie from getting trapped into babysitting for a teacher on the night of the dance.
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Pages: 5
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Don't Let It Puzzle You!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes darkening areas with "X" to reveal animal, memorizing numbers, arranging vegetables to meet vegetable man, and rebus for city in Massachusetts (Springfield).
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Greasing Can Be Pleasing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
First Line: Can you come right over, Betty?
Synopsis: Archie asks Betty to help him with maintenance on his car. Then she finds out why he needs it.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Alice Cooper is depicted in this story as a gray-haired woman over fifty with glasses. As the years went by, her depiction would become younger and younger. Pencils previously credited to George Frese; it matches Bill Vigoda's work of the era.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hollywood Gossip
First Line: Granger Enjoys a Meatless 'Burger
Synopsis: Collection of Hollywood anecdotes.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contains same anecdotes as Suzie's Movie Diary in Suzie Comics (Archie, 1945 series) #84 with same on-sale date.
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Non-Scents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
First Line: Hello Wilbur-kins! I called to find out what time you'll be over to pick me up for our date?
Synopsis: Wilbur discovers he's asked both Linda and Laurie to the prom. When he decides to take Linda, since he asked her first, Laurie tries to sabotage the date.
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Pages: 7.67
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
First Line: Pep it up, gang!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) featuring Archie and the gang in his jalopy.
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Paint Pros

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Debby Twist; Oliver Twist; Lotta Twist; Honey
First Line: Everything is peaceful and serene in the Twist Household, in fact, too peaceful...
Synopsis: A series of mishaps forces Debby's dad to paint more than just the footstool Debby asked him to paint.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Debby's snood by Johnnie Womack (Gresston, TX); Debby's bracelets by Dorothy May Burke (Genoa, OH); Debby's sox and shoes by Elinor Leimkuhler (Harrisonville, MO); Honey's coat by Mary Alice Spencer (New Cumberland, WV); pedal pushers by Barbara Edwards (Norfolk 4, VA); Debby's pedal pushers by Carolyn Young (Kansas City, MO); blouse by Debby Price (Houston 5, TX); shoes on Debby and Lotta Twist by Renee Simon (Cleveland 8, OH).
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Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Joe
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie and his young friends stake out the Egyptian exhibit at the museum to trap a gang of burglars.
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Pages: 1

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