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Issue: Laugh Comics #76
Publication Date: August 1956
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Issues: #76 of 381 Issues (401 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (14 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
First Line: Golly, Ronnie! I never saw such dreamy eyes, before!
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Pages: 1
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Kissing Cousin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie catches Reggie kissing Veronica. When confronted, Veronica declares herself to be her French cousin. Veronica gets Betty to help her with the scheme by disguising herself as Veronica's cousin, but Betty gets the best end of the deal.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
First Line: Hey Arch, did I tell you my latest joke?
Synopsis: Reggie wants to tell Archie a joke.
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Pages: 0.25
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Moving Target

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Pat
Synopsis: Pat hits a large lady with his slingshot.
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Ahem!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Pat; Mophead
Synopsis: Pat is staying home from school with a sore throat, but that doesn't stop him from yelling at his friend from his room.
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By Design

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Wilbur's father
Synopsis: Wilbur gets good marks in art by copying the screen patterns on their broken television set.
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Pages: 1
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Cram Jam

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
Synopsis: Red stays overnight with Wilbur to help him cram for a test. While he's doing that, he empties the refrigerator.
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Feature(s): Archie Annual
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Hurry! Hurry! Don't be late for your copy of Archie Annual #8!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #8 with mail-in coupon. Cost is 25 cents with bonus of 1957 Archie Pinup Calendar. Cover is depicted, along with original artwork.
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Chubby Chuckles Dream Cars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, informational
Character(s): Katy Keene; Chubby Chuckles; K. O. Kelly; Sis
Synopsis: Chubby has a dream of all the unique cars he would design for he and Katy.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Fashions, car designs, etc., from Donna Guss (Girard, Kan.), Arthur S. Piehl (Sturgis, S. D.), Ruth Birch (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Claudia Mann (Lyons, N.Y.), Thana Sue Norris, (Mathis, Texas), Edna Standley (Lincoln, Calif.), Evelyn Algarotti, (Weehawken, N.J.), Helen Wain (Huntsville, Ontario, Canada), Karen Krieger (Bronx, N.Y.), Patricia Carr (Cicero, Ill.), Kathy Dombrowski, (Detroit, Mich.), Sheran Matson (Ft. Meade, S.D.), Ross Todd (Valentine, Nebr.), Cheryl Spector (Detroit, Mich.), Karen Hutson (Fairfield, Ind.), Sue LeForce (South Euclid, Ohio), Elaine Sikorska (East Newark, N.J.), and Sandra Lougheed (Buffalo, N.Y.).
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Word Game!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Jughead tells Archie that Veronica said he was perfect--a perfect idiot.
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 10 cents. Also first prize winner of $5.00 to Jerome Meltzer (Fair Lawn, N. J.) for a paragraph on his friend, a recent immigrant from Germany. Second prize winner of $3.00 to Sharon Lee Kennedy (Nunda, N.Y.) for a paragraph on raising animals.
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Feature(s): Archie Comics
First Line: There's fun in your future!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie comics with Archie as a fortune-teller gazing into a crystal ball filled with head shots of a dozen characters.
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Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Confidence!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
Synopsis: A fireman tries to rescue a man with a hook and ladder truck. The man says Wildroot Cream-Oil gives him confidence to walk down instead.
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Disclose Notes: Ad with cartoon. Wildroot Cream-Oil hair dresssing.
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Ail and Farewell

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry; Gus Grype
Synopsis: Jerry has to listen to Gus Grype list all his ailments.
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Pages: 2
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Beat It!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie picks the wrong place to hide when his mother is beating rugs over a clothesline.
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Flower Girl

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty gets Archie to play "she loves me, she loves me not" with the petals of a daisy. Archie, as usual, misses the point.
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Trying for Sighs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty buys a dozen lipsticks on sale for 10 cents each. She tells Archie she's doing an experiment and kisses him with a sample from each one.
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Family Affair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: A newspaper reporter interviews the Andrews family when Archie is voted Riverdale's athlete of the year. Archie's father says his ability runs in the family and asks his mother to show the reporter her medals.
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Mind Over Platter!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ga Ga Zabor
Synopsis: Merry tells Hap he needs to lose some weight. Hap doesn't believe her until he can't fit into his old Army uniform. Hap goes to the doctor to get a diet, but Jinx loses it. She replaces it with the diet the vet gave Ga Ga's dog Rover.
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Disclose Notes: The "Li'l Jinx" feature already appears regularly in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 Series), and will now appear in Laugh Comics too.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
First Line: Hi, Pen Pals!
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: A listing of 48 persons (ages 10-15) desiring pen pals.

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