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Issue: Laugh Comics #156
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Can I make a small loan... we just ran out of gas!
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Miscellaneous
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Goodbye Ol' Paint

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
Archie attempts to bring an open can of paint down to the school custodian without spilling it.
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FlagArchie Annual Digest #32 published January 1978
 
Miscellaneous
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Bill Thrill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews
Archie has to pay many bills on a ski trip.
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Miscellaneous
1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Veronica told me to dress warm...
Betty dresses warmly for skating, while Veronica monopolizes the boys by dressing skimpily.
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Miscellaneous
1
The idea for this pin-up is credited to "Jimmy DeCarlo, Scarsdale, N.Y.", Dan DeCarlo's son, who would later become one of his father's inkers. The short, pudgy boy running toward Veronica is a self-caricature of Dan DeCarlo.
How to Throw a Successful Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead Jones
Professor Jughead lectures on the things you need to include in your party planning -- especially the food.
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Miscellaneous
3
Friendly Advice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Archie gives advice to his pals, which they take with disastrous results.
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FlagArchie Comics Digest #29 published April 1978
as Friendly Advice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Archie Giant Series Comics Have More of What You Buy a Comic Magazine For!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Archie Giant Series Magazines
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Miscellaneous
1
Promo for Archie Giant Series Magazines (also called Archie Quarter Comics) with mail-in coupon for individual issues for 25 cents each. Issues available are Archie Annual #15, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #28, Archie's Jokes #22, Archie's Christmas Stocking #25, Little Archie #30, Betty and Veronica Spectacular #26, The World of Jughead #24, and Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #23. Covers of some issues are depicted in small size.
Imp-ersonator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Li'l Jinx impersonates all the people she sees on television.
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Miscellaneous
4.33
Li'l Jinx's final line, "Move ahead with greater vim and vigor," is a quote from President Kennedy (who was shot not long after this comic appeared on newsstands).
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
Dear reader,E
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Miscellaneous
0.67
List of 48 persons (ages 8 to 15) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include India.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1.5
First prize of $5.00 to Diane Chambers (Coalings, Calif.) for article on her cats. Second prize of $3.00 to Lynn Shapiro (Hull, Mass.) for article on her dogs. Third prize of $2.00 to Nancy Llooper (Nashville, Tenn.) for article about herself. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Debbie Haas (Elgin, N.D.) for paragraph about riding horses. Fifth prize of $1.00 to David Garnett (Philadelphia, Pa.) for three jokes.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Club
Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
Play That Simple Melody

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Josie; Melody; Pepper
Melody gets lost while skiing and winds up on an Indian reservation, where she is given the name "Usqua Mo-Mo" (meaning "Va-Va-Voom").
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