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Issue: Laugh Comics #162
Publication Date: September 1964
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Issues: #162 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: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagArchie Americana Series #3 published January 1995 as All in the Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Archie, get me some soda!
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Pages: 1
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All in the Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Veronica can't wait until The Termites Five appear on the Ed Sullivan Show on TV. While they're waiting, Archie manages to foul up the TV-stereo console and nearly gets electrocuted. When the TV does work, Archie has to go to the roof to move the antenna for a clear picture.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Unusual use of the real name of "The Ed Sullivan Show" in the story. "The Termites Five" is a made-up name for an British Invasion rock band.
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Money Honey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Alice; Arthur
Synopsis: Betty's friend Alice is willing to over look Arthur's faults because he carts his allowance in a wheelbarrow.
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Pages: 0.67
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Kookie
First Line: Tell me, Kookie...do you dress like that all the time?
Synopsis: Veronica asks a beatnik girl about how she's dressed.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dan DeCarlo was credited by a previous indexer for inking this pin-up. However, he rarely inked any of his own work.
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: You called for a piano tuner?
Synopsis: A boy calls a piano tuner to help him fix all the cables on his bicycle. The piano tuner recommends replacing the cables with the Bendix automatic bike axle.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Bendix Automatic bicycle axles. The Bendix Corporation, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y. Art style is very much influenced by Peter Max.
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Junk Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Stan
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee has a drawer of playthings that teachers have confiscated from students. He dumps it in a box and asks Archie if he has any string. Archie empties a desk-full of junk from his pocket before finding string. Mr. Weatherbee makes the mistake of asking Archie to take the box to the incinerator. He, of course, spills the box along the way and the playthings make their way back to their original owners, starting the cycle all over again.
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Pages: 6
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Who Is This...Man??

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Giant Series Magazine
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #30, featuring The World of Jughead, with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, but the rest of the ad is mostly text.
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The Hair Don't

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Jinx and her friends are starting a Beatle-style singing group and Jinx needs a Beatle-wig.
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Pages: 4.33
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: It's wonderful to meet new and exciting friends from all over the world!
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: List of 45 persons (ages 7 to 18) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Canada, West Pakistan, and St. Kitts.
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Say Andy, it says on TV we can win a trip by Trailways "Silver Eagle" to the N. Y. World's Fair.
Synopsis: The twins enter the Popsicle Safety Contest to try to win a trip to the New York World's Fair.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Popsicle frozen treats with mail-in coupon to send for an entry blank for the contest.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Joe] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Joe] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Ellice Traynor (North Sutton, N.H.) for article on moving to the country. Second prize of $3.00 to Wayne Thornton (Topeka, Kan.) for article on baseball. Third prize of $2.00 to Sergio Gonzalez (Chicago, Ill.) for an article about himself.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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Taste Treat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: After losing a bet, Betty and Veronica have to wait on Archie hand and foot. Mr. Lodge, nauseated by Archie being pampered, spikes his hamburger with hot sauce.
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Pages: 5

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