Archie's Joke Book Magazine #114
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeArchie's Joke Book Magazine #114 (1967) belongs to one of Archie Publications' longest-running anthology humor titles, a series that debuted in 1953 and ran for 277 issues — making it a cornerstone of the publisher's Silver Age output. The issue's character roster is a near-complete cross-section of the Riverdale universe as it stood in the mid-1960s, including supporting players like Jinx Holliday (the Li'l Jinx strip created by Joe Edwards) and the eccentric Professor Transistor, who appears in Little Archie adventures. As a 1967 publication it lands squarely in the period when Archie Comics was simultaneously publishing its Mighty Comics superhero imprint while keeping the core humor line humming, demonstrating the publisher's ability to sustain a sprawling, multi-title ecosystem of gag-driven comedy for young readers.
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Archie's Joke Book Magazine launched in 1953 as a dedicated humor anthology under Archie Comic Publications, a company formed from the earlier MLJ Magazines partnership of Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, and John L. Goldwater. By 1967, the title was a well-established part of the publisher's monthly rotation, produced under the Comics Code Authority seal, and assembled from a pool of staff and freelance creators who were the backbone of Archie's Silver Age humor output. Specific writer and artist credits for issue #114 were not recoverable from available online sources.
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- Published in 1967 by Archie Comic Publications as part of a series that ultimately ran 277 issues (1953–1982), one of the company's longest-running anthology titles.
- The issue carries a Comics Code Authority stamp, consistent with all Archie humor titles of the period.
- The character roster spans virtually the entire core Riverdale cast of the Silver Age: Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Hiram Lodge, Hermione Lodge, Fred Andrews, Pop Tate, Moose Mason, Principal Weatherbee, and Miss Grundy.
- Jinx Holliday (Li'l Jinx) appears — a character created by Joe Edwards whose strip ran as a backup feature across multiple Archie anthology titles throughout the 1950s–1970s; Greg is her recurring male friend in those strips.
- Professor Transistor is indexed as a character — a figure associated with the Little Archie corner of the Archie universe, appearing in science-fiction-tinged adventure stories featuring the younger versions of the Riverdale cast.
- The title's anthology format mixed short gag strips (one- and two-page jokes) with slightly longer comedy stories, a format that remained essentially unchanged throughout the series' Silver Age run.
- Stories from this era of Archie's Joke Book Magazine were frequently reprinted in Archie's digest line (e.g., Laugh Comics Digest, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest) well into the 1990s and 2000s, extending the reach of the original material to new generations of readers.
- 1967 was the final year of Archie's Mighty Comics superhero imprint, meaning this humor issue appeared at a moment when the publisher was pivoting back to concentrating its identity on its core comedy titles.
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Reprinted in Archie Giant Series Magazine #198 (1972), Archie's Double Digest Magazine #59 (1992), Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #101 (1992)
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