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Issue: Laugh Comics Digest #81
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
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Pages: 132
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 39 (38 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard US digest size
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Arch! In life you have to put yourself in the other guy's shoes!
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Redrawn from the cover of Everything's Archie #81
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The Color of Funny

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Rare Scare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Jughead relates a bad dream he had.
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Work Quirk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Jughead explains that he does know the meaning of work.
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Ice Scream

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Jinx rescues Charley after he falls thru the ice.
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Romantic Antic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Midge asks Moose to talk romantic.
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Locker Stocker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
A locker switch doesn't work out well for anyone.
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The Regal Eagle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Dilton Doily; Miss Grundy; Floyd Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
When Dilton dons an eagle costume and assumes the duties of the school sports mascot, he inspires the basketball team to new heights.
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The Fame Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alexander Cabot III; Alan M.; unnamed agent
An agent offers to make the Pussycats as famous as the Archies.
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Paper Caper

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humorous, teen
Jughead
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Jughead borrows Archie's newspaper.
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Video Scholar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; TR-100; Mary Andrews
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Zap Flap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, teen
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Head Witch Della; Rosalind
Head Witch Della tries to teach Sabrina and her friend Rosalind a lesson about using their magic frivolously, but the lesson backfires.
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Initially Speaking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Hi, Li'l Jinx! I want to thank you for your Christmas gift!
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Quick Kick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Archie is tired of Reggie's insults about his car.
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Footnotes

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drama, teen
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Party Smarty

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humorous
Josie and Melody go to a pool party.
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Big Gig

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Jughead brings lots of food when he and Archie go snowmobiling.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls

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humorous, teen
Mr. Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee
Its Mr. Weatherbee's 25th anniversary at Riverdale High.
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Finish Line

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse
Charley! You didn't finish your history homework!
Charley hasn't finished his homework but he has finished a box of chocolates.
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The Plight of the Perilous Pike

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle
Mr. Weatherbee goes ice fishing on Logger's Pond, trying to catch the legendary Perilous Pike. At the same time, Dilton, Archie and Reggie arrive to test out Dilton's new high-speed ice boat. Dilton's test run leads to Mr. Weatherbee taking an unexpected ride on the boat, while Archie and Reggie wind up struggling with the Perilous Pike.
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Bout Clout

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teen
Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
Moose knocks himself out while trying to shadow-box.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Samantha; Glenn Scarpelli
Hell-o Samantha! How was schoo...?
Samantha rushes home to see Glenn Scarpelli on TV.
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Work Shirk

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Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
When school is let out early because of snow, Jughead doesn't want to leave.
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Stop and Shop

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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Archie goes shopping with Betty, and things get very interesting when Betty goes to try on new shoes.
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Diet Riot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Haskins; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy
No, Archie You cannot transfer from shop to the cooking class!
When Archie takes up cooking it makes it easier for Mr. Weatherbee to stick to his diet.
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Chore Score

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teen
Jughead Jones; Mr. Jones; Mrs. Jones; Hot Dog (dog)
Each member of the family passes the chore of taking out the trash on to someone else.
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Surprise Size

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humorous, teen
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Sy
Dig what I just caught!
Reggie is fooled into thinking Archie caught a much bigger fish than he did.
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Ball Brawl

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humorous
Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers
Splat
Mr. Lodge gets back at Archie with a snowball.
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Accidental Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, teen
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
Sabrina deals with some bratty children playing in the snow.
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Jump Chump

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humorous, teen
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jimmy; Waldo Weatherbee
Wow! Look at Jimmy go!
Another skier's crash spooks Archie.
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Tub Flub

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Mr. Weatherbee thinks Archie called him a tub of lard.
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The Noose Behind the Nightly News, or It Was a Real Hang Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Wanda Wunderbuss
Wanda Wunderbuss; Gary Grimlove; P.R. Picker
The story of Wanda Wunderbuss, an anchorwoman for the NIT Nightly News. Secretly engaged to the handsome but dumb co-anchor, Gary Grimlove, Wanda begins to wonder why she's constantly sent out on dangerous assignments in foreign countries while Gary is given all the cushy jobs. When she's finally had enough of the unequal treatment, she hits Gary, who self-destructs: he was a robot created by NIT to be the perfect pretty, bland anchorman. Wanda takes the loss of her fiancé in stride, and threatens to reveal NIT's secret unless she is allowed to pick her own assignments and her own co-anchor.
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This strange satirical story was a pilot for a series that never happened; the title page proclaims "introducing Wanda Wunderbuss!" but she never appeared again.

At one point Wanda refers to herself as "Wunderbust." Most appearances of the name "Wunderbuss" have the last "s" looking slightly different from the other letters. It appears that "Wunderbust" was changed for being too suggestive, but one mention of the original name slipped through.
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Chat Frat

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humorous, teen
Veronica tells Betty about her holiday vacation.
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Password!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens, humorous
Greg and Russ
Greg; Russ; Charley Hawse
Greg and Russ demand Charley Hawse tell them the password to their snow fort.
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Wheel Spiel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]
Archie's horoscope tells him that "wheels will be his undoing", so he forces The Archies to travel to their gig via balloon, dogsled, and snowshoes. The band gets to the gig late, and finds that their act has been replaced by a band called The Wheels.
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Out to Lunch

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Charley; Miss Beazly
Ah--choooo!!
Mr. Weatherbee is sick so Archie volunteers to get him lunch, but doesn't like the look of the cafeteria food.
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Figure This

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Madame Tanya Brakarmoff; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
Betty and Veronica have vastly different exercise regimes.
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Angel with a Pitchfork

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Finch
Miss Finch, you've been with us almost a month now!
Miss Finch thinks of Archie like a guardian angel because when he's around nothing goes wrong.
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Ploy Plight

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Roger Dexter (new boy)
Veronica tries to attract a cute new boy but Dilton gets in the way.
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