Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #52
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Those Nifty Fifties," the Archies take to a magic carpet in a whimsical quest to stop Sinister Sid, a villain whose smog-drunk hatred of music has silenced the world. Written by Frank Doyle and illustrated by Bob White, this 1984 Laugh Comics Digest Magazine issue delivers a lighthearted, retro-fueled adventure with a surprisingly catchy twist. Cover by Dan DeCarlo captures the playful chaos of a world where even the memory of melody is fading.
In "Beastly Bowman!", Jo and her team face off against the cunning C.R.U.S.H. agent The Bowman, who uses a mind-controlling arrow to manipulate V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A. into aiding him in stealing her father's plant reorganization plans—leaving the team scrambling to outwit a foe who turns allies into pawns.
In "Male Call," Jo finds herself caught between two very different types of boys when her friend Sampson insists she should ditch the timid Bingo for something more… *robust*. But when Jo takes his advice too literally, the results are anything but smooth—her house becomes a demolition zone, and the "muscular and aggressive" boys might be more than she bargained for.
In "Patriotic Pup," Little Archie faces a fun challenge at school: dressing Spotty the dog in traditional attire from a specific country. With Spotty being a mix of many breeds, Archie struggles to pick just one—leading to a lighthearted, clever scramble to decide what makes a dog truly patriotic.
When Sinister Sid unleashes a smog that erases music from the world—silencing songs, snuffing out melodies, and wiping memories of sound—the Archies must take flight on a magic carpet to track down the villain behind the silence. With music itself under siege, the band races to restore harmony before the world forgets what music even is.
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↩ Reprints Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #25 (1956), Archie's Joke Book Magazine #36 (1958), Little Archie Giant Comics #15 (1960), Life with Archie #59 (1967), Archie and Me #16 (1967), Life with Archie #64 (1967), Archie's Joke Book Magazine #121 (1968), Betty and Me #21 (1969), Archie's TV Laugh-Out #2 (1970), Pep #242 (1970), That Wilkin Boy #13 (1971), Betty and Me #36 (1971), Pep #256 (1971), Pep #260 (1971), Josie and the Pussycats #61 (1972), That Wilkin Boy #24 (1973), Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #85 (1974), Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #92 (1975), Archie and Me #74 (1975), Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #95 (1975), Life with Archie #198 (1978), Archie's Joke Book Magazine #277 (1981), Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #152 (1981)
Reprinted in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #12 (1989), Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #13 (1989)
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