Laugh Comics #344

Archie

United States

Published
November 1979
Page count
36
Cover price
0.40 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/242636

Credits

Editing
Richard H. Goldwater

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Wishing Well (Archie) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Archie
Genre
Teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Credits

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Madcap Archie (Yaffa/Page, 1982? series) #6 (June 1986)
Untitled

Synopsis

Archie gets his wish, but not quite how he intended it.

Show/hide 1. Josie Goes to the Beach (Josie; Hostess) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Josie; Hostess
Genre
Teen
Characters
Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown

Credits

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Synopsis

In order to compete with Melody in a bikini at the beach, Josie packs a bag full of Hostess Fruit Pies.

Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. Cover Story (Archie) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Archie
Genre
Teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Credits

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Synopsis

Veronica models her new summer wardrobe for Archie and the gang. Archie, though, is less than impressed with the garments that show less than everything of Veronica's form.

Notes

Writer credit from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #3.

Show/hide 3. Date Debate (Archie) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Archie
Genre
Teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Credits

Script
Dick Malmgren ?
Pencils
Dick Malmgren ?
Inks
?
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Synopsis

Veronica has a destination in mind and it doesn't include Archie.

Show/hide 4. Cycle Saga (Betty and Veronica) Comic story, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Betty and Veronica
Genre
Teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Credits

Script
Joe Edwards ?
Art
?
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica try to have a picnic while Archie and Reggie play bicycle polo.

Show/hide 5. Archie's Gag Bag (Archie) Comic story, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Archie
Genre
Teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly

Credits

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Synopsis

Archie hits Miss Grundy with a paper airplane; Miss Beazly answers a complaint.

Notes

These are reprints of two late seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

Show/hide 6. Animal Crackers (Jughead) Activity, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Jughead
Characters
Jughead Jones

Credits

Script
Joe Edwards
Art
Joe Edwards
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Synopsis

Fill the letters into the corresponding numbered spaces to find out what the various animals say.

Show/hide 7. Roughing It (Archie) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Archie
Genre
Teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Credits

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Synopsis

On a camping hike, Jughead brings too much of civilization with him for Archie's tastes.

Show/hide 8. Making Cents (Archie) Activity, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Archie
Characters
Archie Andrews

Credits

Script
Joe Edwards
Art
Joe Edwards
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Synopsis

Black out the designated letters to find out what Archie thinks of his financial situation.

Show/hide 9. Leaf It to Me (Li'l Jinx) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Li'l Jinx
Genre
Humor
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday

Credits

Script
Joe Edwards
Art
Joe Edwards
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Synopsis

Jinx tries to help out around the house.

Show/hide 10. Take a Message (Archie's Pop) Cartoon, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Archie's Pop
Genre
Teen
Characters
Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews

Credits

Script
George Gladir ?
Art
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Synopsis

Fred has to get out of the shower and answer the phone that Archie is twenty feet away from.

Show/hide 11. Country Confusion (Betty and Veronica) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Betty and Veronica
Genre
Teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle

Credits

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colours
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Synopsis

Veronica's attempt to embarrass and humiliate Betty at the school dance spreads a little too far for her own comfort.


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