Little Archie #172 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Laugh Man	cover	1	pencils: Dexter Taylor; inks: Dexter Taylor; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Dexter Taylor	Little Archie Andrews
2	I Talk to the Animals	comic story	6	script: Dexter Taylor; pencils: Dexter Taylor; inks: Dexter Taylor; colors: Alisa Merrill; letters: Bill Yoshida	Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Spotty; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
3	A Word to the Why's	comic story	1	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; colors: Alisa Merrill; letters: Joe Edwards	Greg; Charley Hawse
4	The Laugh Man	comic story	9	script: Dexter Taylor; pencils: Dexter Taylor; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Alisa Merrill; letters: Bill Yoshida	Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Hammy Youngworm; Hiram Lodge
5	-	letters page	2	pencils: Dexter Taylor; inks: Dexter Taylor; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Dexter Taylor
6	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	comic story	5	script: Dexter Taylor; pencils: Dexter Taylor; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Alisa Merrill; letters: Bill Yoshida	Little Sabrina; Little Jughead Jones; Aunt Zelda; Aunt Hilda; Salem; Little Betty Cooper; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine #36	1989	On eBay ›
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #169	2006	On eBay ›
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #56	2001	On eBay ›
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #228	2012	On eBay ›
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #231	2012	On eBay ›

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