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Issue: Laugh Comics / Laugh #66
Publication Date: December 1954
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Issues: #66 of 381 Issues (415 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/15/1954
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (10 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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: Gee! It's pretty crowded on the floor, Betty! Don't you find it hard to dance?
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Pages: 1
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Daft Shaft

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones; Smithers
First Line: Very well, Veronica! Archie may come over providing he doesn't set one foot in this house!
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge allows Archie to visit but only if he stays outside, and Archie's archery skills manage to break a rare Ming vase.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Listed on cover.
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The All-Day Sucker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Suzie
First Line: You're selling vacuum cleaners?
Synopsis: Suzie tricks a vacuum salesman into cleaning her house.
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Pages: 1
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Pin-Up Queen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational
Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; Skipper Mason; Randy Van Ronson III; Randolph Van Ronson II; Jeeves
First Line: Sis! Will you answer the door?
Synopsis: Skipper Mason tags along with Katy to a deer hunting party at the Van Ronson ranch and accidentally shoots the hood ornament on Randy's special deer hunting car.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Title from cover. Splash outfit by Patricia Ann Jewell (Ventress, LA); log lettering by Elizabeth Densmore (Albany, GA); Robin Hood costume and pose by Sue Barnes (Porum, OK); Sis' outfit by Lisa Silverman (Schenectady, NY); dressing table, lamps, mirror, etc. by Janet Mayes (Portland, OR); Katy's dress by Geraldine Bradburn (Flint 5, MI) and Carol Swenson (Dallas, TX); capes by Jonell Calame (Tehuacana, TX); furniture, lamp, vase, etc. by Nancy Wydeven (Kimberly, WI); ranch house interior by Warren Watkinson (no address on design); "Copter Mobil" with detachable blades by Bud Glass (Nixon, NJ); deer car by Thomas Hirtle (Winnipeg, Manitoba); telescope by Bill Howard (Thermopolis, WY); deer head and tail by Wyn Courtright (Sturgeon Bay, WI); Randy's deer rifle by reader whose name was not on design; Katy's cowgirl outfit by Doris Sonner (Cumberland, MD); Randy's gun, pipe, and tobacco pouch by Sue Kleiber (Manitowoc, WI).
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Katy Keene Star Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Katy Keene
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Designs by Carole Wiggins (Bonner Springs, KS); Betty Palmer (South Fargo, ND); Nancy Merz (Maysville, KY); Patsy Taylor (Rush Springs, OK); Dorothy Ford (Halifax, NS); Suzanne Ream (La Salle, IL); and Sharon Kellar (Twin Falls, ID). Also includes instructions to order Katy Keene pin-up and cut-out outfits for 10 cents.
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Dime Of Your Life!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: To cheer Jughead up, Archie lends his friend his copy of Archie's Joke Book #15.
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Pages: 0.5
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Tape Worms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Wow! Wha' hoppened, Arch? You look like you're ready to blow a gasket!
Synopsis: Reggie suggests that Archie work out his anger over a broken date by taping himself ranting against Veronica. Seeing through his scheme, Archie secretly tapes Reggie demonstrating what Archie might say, and when Reggie goes to play the tape for Veronica, it's Reggie's rant she hears.
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Winter Wonderland

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Mr. Dripwaite; Miss Gargle
First Line: "What!" Wilbur was more than pained.
Synopsis: Wilbur worries about Red's grade when he writes an "I Hate Winter" essay for the winter-loving Mr. Dripwaite, but as luck would have it, Mr. Dripwaite's encounters with a snowball, icy sidewalk, and faulty radiator make him sour on the season.
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Taking the Phone Out of Life!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Slats Morgan; Laurie Lake; Red Wilson; Hortense Bloomer; Linda Moore
First Line: Okay, okay! - So you've got a date with Laurie tonight!!
Synopsis: Slats pretends that Hortense is calling when Laurie calls Wilbur, and Wilbur gets his revenge by setting up Slats and Hortense on a date.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Super Duck; Katy Keene; Wilbur Wilkin
First Line: Archie points with pride to the Archie group
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Archie publications featuring Archie pointing to the logos and characters from different titles. Character drawings seem to be taken from previous stories.
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Jacket of All Trades

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: How do I look, Betty? Sharp? Cool?
Synopsis: Betty douses Archie's jacket in perfume and plants a love letter in the pocket to make Veronica angry.
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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fun Page
Character(s): Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes decoding message, corn off the cob, optical illusion, and spelling four state names.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
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
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Andriene Ramsey (Vancouver 15, BC) on making drawstring bags for the Red Cross and second-prize report from Alicia Martinez (Tampico, Mexico) on her pen pal club.
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Well Developed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Suzie; Ferdie
First Line: Ferdie, dear! Will you please take this down to the newspaper office for me?
Synopsis: Ferdie thinks that he's accidentally damaged Suzie's pin-up while delivering it to the newspaper office for a contest.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of "Suzie" feature in Laugh Comics. The feature appears next in Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 Series) #16 (January 1955).
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
First Line: It's here! A new big annual!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #3.
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Good Queen Fun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Ickky Jones; Patsy
First Line: Ickky! I won! They elected me queen!
Synopsis: Ickky convinces the planning committee to lead the winter carnival parade.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of "Ginger" feature in Laugh Comics. The feature appears next in Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 Series) #16 (January 1955).
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Pranks for the Memory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: How's about a picnic tomorrow, Veronica?
Synopsis: Archie pays Jughead to sabotage Reggie and Veronica's picnic date.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Listed on cover.

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