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Genres: teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper

First Line: Oh, here you are, Archie! Why don't you come inside? You're missing all the fun!

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Notes: Later redrawn and reworded for the covers of both Wilbur Comics #75 and Archie Comics #103.

Parking Lark

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee

First Line: Archie! Don't you know it's against the law to steal fire hydrants?

Synopsis: Archie makes a fake fire hydrant and places it next to Reggie's parked car so he gets a ticket, initiating a series of hydrant moves that culminates in Mr. Weatherbee being ticketed.

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Down in Front!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Ickky Jones

First Line: Orchestra seats? How wonderful!

Synopsis: Ickky gets orchestra seats for a program that are literally within the orchestra.

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Caught with Her Plants Down

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Genres: humorous, teen

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

First Line: Hi, characters! What's with the literature?

Synopsis: Betty has a series of misunderstandings about horticulture.

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Slick Slacks!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Ickky Jones

First Line: Let's go, Ickky!

Synopsis: Ginger and Ickky argue over Ginger's choice to wear slacks on a date.

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Feature(s): Fun Page

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Includes decoding famous proverb, connecting dotted lines to complete heads, corn off the cob, riddles on parade, and what's my line.

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Genres: humorous, informational

Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; Swami Rivah; Errol Swoon; Randy Van Ronson III; K.O. Kelly; Chubby Chuckles

First Line: Going to the carnival is fun, isn't it, Sis?

Synopsis: Swami Rivah predicts that a big man will serenade Katy in the garden, and it turns out to be Chubby Chuckles.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Pose, gown, lettering, etc. by June Winquist (Harshaw, WI); poses and dresses by Joanne Eggert (no address on design); pose and gown by Barbara Burton (Clearwater, FL); pose, gown, garden, etc. by Barbara Althouse (Hamburg, PA); pose, gown, etc. by Patsy Hall (Madill, OK); pose and outfit by Judy Reader (Smithville, TX): undies by Joyce Beaven (Loretto, KY); Sis' gardening outfit by Marion Frerichs (Willis, TX).

Katy's Song Gowns

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Genres: informational

Character(s): Katy Keene

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Notes: Katy appears in six different song gowns. Designs credited to 54 readers.

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): From Hollywood

Character(s): Archie Andrews

First Line: Betta St. John, who appears with Victor Mature, Piper Laurie and Vincent Price...

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Pages: 1.75

Notes: First appearance of intro and outro blurbs with Archie introducing the feature and reminding readers to check back for more news in the next issue.

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Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, As Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) of Laugh Comics, published bi-monthly at St. Louis, Mo., October 1, 1953.

1. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Louis H. Silberkleit, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Editor, John L. Goldwater, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Managing Editor, Harry Shorten, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Business Manager, Maurice Coyne, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.

2. The owner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated firm, its name and address, as well as those of each individual member, must be given.) Close-up, Inc., 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Louis H. Silberkleit, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Maurice Coyne, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; John L. Goldwater, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.

3. The known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None.

4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting; also the statements in the two paragraphs show the affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner.

5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above was: (This information is required from daily, weekly, semiweekly, and triweekly newspapers only.)

LOUIS H. SILBERKLEIT, Publisher

Sworn in and subscribed before me this 29th day of September, 1953.
MAURICE COYNE, Notary Public (Commission expires March 30, 1954.)

Phoney Excuse!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Suzie; Ferdie

First Line: Hi, honey! Wanna go for a walk!

Synopsis: Suzie is angry that Ferdie didn't call her even though her phone was out of order because his was working.

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Sneak Attack!!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Mr. Moore; Mrs. Moore

First Line: You ... you ... you!

Synopsis: Linda sends flowers and candy to Laurie's house under men's names so that Wilbur will think she dated other guys during his vacation.

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

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Join the big parade!!!

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Promo for Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #2 featuring the gang leading a parade.

Last Laugh

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Bunny Clarke

First Line: Hey, Bunny! Look at the crowd of boys around Ginger!

Synopsis: Ginger gets more attention from the guys by being a poor ice skater.

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

First Line: Repeat performance!

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Notes: Promo for Archie's Pal Jughead Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #2 and Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #2.

A Clean Swipe

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge

First Line: Man alive, Mr. Lodge! That's the craziest chunk of china I've ever seen!

Synopsis: Jughead offers to steal Mr. Lodge's abstract vase purchased by his wife, which he hates. Mr. Lodge accidentally lets in a real burglar when Jughead postpones their plan to the next night.

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Winner Lose

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake

First Line: I'll bet you a kiss I'm right, Laurie!

Synopsis: Wilbur schemes to get two kisses from Laurie by making a bet on trivia.

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Fool Proof

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Suzie

First Line: Here's a good place to park...

Synopsis: Suzie's poor driving skills attract the attention of a police officer, who asks to see her license, but she doesn't have one.

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Character(s): Archie Andrews

First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership with first-prize report from Judy Layman (Redondo Beach, CA) on her church fellowship raising money to buy milk for Korean children and second-prize report from Catherine Briggs (Hopkinton, MA) on her school's Junior Red Cross Christmas fundraiser.

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Character(s): Super Duck

First Line: Poor Junior had a bad case of mumps...

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring a limerick about a sick child who was cured by an issue.

Rings on My Sundaes

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee

First Line: Talking in class!

Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee scolds Archie for talking about the Chok'lit Shop's latest sundae in class but ends up trying the sundae with Archie.

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