Laugh Comics / Laugh #162 for Sale - First Appearance of Patty - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series)
Issue: #162
Publication date: September 1964
Key date: 1964-09-00
Indicia publisher: Close-Up Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Patty - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Andy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bob White	Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge
1	All in the Game	comic story	6	pencils: Bob White	Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge
2	Money Honey	comic story	0.67	pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz	Betty Cooper
3	-	cartoon	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Dan DeCarlo; colors: Dan DeCarlo; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Veronica Lodge
5	Junk Man	comic story	6		Archie Andrews, Miss Grundy, Reggie Mantle, Mr. Weatherbee
6	Who Is This...Man??	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Jughead Jones
7	The Hair Don't	comic story	4.33	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Gigi, Greg, Hap Holliday, Li'l Jinx
8	-	letters page	0.67	pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx
10	-	letters page	1.5	pencils: ? [as Joe] (signed); inks: ? [as Joe] (signed); letters: typeset
11	Archie Club	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset	Archie Andrews
12	Taste Treat	comic story	5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge

Plus 1.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Archie Giant Series Magazine #32	1965	On eBay ›
Best of the Sixties ISBN 1-879794-02-0	1995	On eBay ›
Best of the '60s ISBN 978-1613770795	2012	On eBay ›
Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest #1	2021	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #161143 of 381#163 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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