EXCLUSIVE! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Archie Comics in August will be re-publishing one of its most famous — and pop-culture savvy — issues of the 1960s, with the Laugh #166 Facsimile Edition, featuring the Beatles!
Not only that, there will be two parody variant covers — one riffing on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and one on Abbey Road.
Dig the solicitation info, which will be formally released by Archie later Thursday:
LAUGH #166 FACSIMILE EDITION
August 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ final commercial concert, at Candlestick Park (August 29, 1966), and the release of their groundbreaking album Revolver (August 1966), and Betty and Veronica are ready to celebrate! This issue, from 1965, is a time capsule of ’60s art and fashion! From plaid fads to a radio request ruckus and, of course, a little fun with the Fab Four, this is a can’t-miss for classic Archie collectors! So, join us as we travel back to yesterday in LAUGH #166, faithfully reprinted in a full-facsimile edition!
Script: Joe Edwards, Frank Doyle
Art: Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Dan DeCarlo, Mario Acquaviva, Vincent DeCarlo
Main Cover: Harry Lucey w/ Mario Acquaviva
Variant Covers: Matt Talbot (Sgt. Pepper Variant), Rex Lindsey (Abbey Road Variant)
Foil Variants: Harry Lucey w/ Mario Acquaviva, Matt Talbot (Sgt. Pepper Variant), Rex Lindsey (Abbey Road Variant)
On Sale Date: 8/12
32-page, full color comic
$4.99 (REG) / $7.99 (FOIL)
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Buncha thoughts:
— Here’s the gear Sgt. Pepper’s cover, by Matt Talbot. Can you name everyone?
And here’s Rex Lindsey’s Abbey Road:
— I love when publishers listen. Two years ago, when Archie announced its Facsimile program, we ran a series of columns listing what reprints we’d want to see. Laugh #166 was one of them. As a matter of fact, a good number of our requests have come to pass. Thanks, folks! Keep ’em comin’! (Seriously, this is one that I’ve really wanted.)
— The issue is pub-dated January 1965, but came out in late 1964, the same year the Fab Four crashed American shores. (But you knew that.)
— Archie’s got other groovy stuff coming in August. Links below!
— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, kinda beat-up copy of an original Laugh #166 recently sold on ebay for about $75.
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MORE
— SMASHING! ARCHIE COMICS Plans One-Shot Celebrating the FASHIONS of BETTY AND VERONICA. Click here.
— ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST #7 Will Be a HALLOWEEN Special. Click here.
