Pep Comics
#66
(March 1948)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1928-01-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine
- Editing
- Harry Shorten (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1948.
in 
Farewell!
Shield G-Man Club; Archie Club / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Due to a new, heavy schedule from the FBI, The Shield bids farewell to readers and turns his club over to Archie Andrews.
- Reprints
Home Sweet Home
Archie / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's pop wants to have the house remodeled while Mrs. Andrews is away. After he gets an estimate he can't afford, he enlists Archie's help to try and make the changes themselves. There are some accidents and the house gets sold and later condemned. They end up sleeping in a tent on their front lawn.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- redecorating; vacation
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- H-Hello, Sis!
- Genre
- teen; fashion
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis; Eddie; K.O Kelly
- Synopsis
- After taking Sis's advice Eddie starts to work out, so he can compete with K.O. After he gets injured, Katy nurses his wounds.
Katy Keene Kut-Ups!
Katy Keene / activity / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Letters
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Genre
- teen; fashion
- Characters
- Katy Keene
- Synopsis
- Katy Keene paper doll with seven masquerade costumes.
[no title indexed]
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's one thing I'm gonna do for a while!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Jones
- Synopsis
- Wanting to avoid trouble, Jughead decides to avoid Archie. In doing so, he ends up going through a garbage truck and getting shot in the butt by a shotgun wielding Archie, sending him for a one story fall.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- burglary; garbage; hiding; ladder; shotgun; trash can
Indexer Notes
First Jughead solo story, though Jughead had previously been credited as a featured character in Archie stories and had shared stories with his cousin, Souphead.
[no title indexed]
Gloomy Gus / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- R.I.P.
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Gloomy Gus; Gabby; St. Pete
- Synopsis
- Gus enters and takes over the body of a man in hospital. He thinks it's great until he reads a newspaper and realizes the person is actually a criminal who can now be electrocuted since Gus has reanimated him.
Oh My Achin' Tooth
Archie / text story / 1.5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dr. Pullum
- Synopsis
- Between Archie and Jughead, five teeth get pulled.
- Reprints
Here Comes Nevada Jones
Nevada Jones / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Willie Jones; Miss Terry; Sam Slade; Blaze
- Synopsis
- Nevada rescues Willie from a kidnapping and captures the kidnappers.
Indexer Notes
The "Nevada Jones" feature formerly appeared in Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 Series), but is now moving to Pep Comics.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I'll take you!"]
Archie -
1.
Farewell!
Shield G-Man Club; Archie Club -
2.
Home Sweet Home
Archie -
3.
["It can't be done!"]
Archie -
4.
Nick Of Time
Old Nick -
5.
["H-Hello, Sis!"]
Katy Keene -
6.
Katy Keene Kut-Ups!
Katy Keene -
7.
["There's one thing I'm gonna do for a while!"]
Jughead -
8.
Pep Puzzles
-
9.
["R.I.P."]
Gloomy Gus -
10.
Oh My Achin' Tooth
Archie -
11.
Here Comes Nevada Jones
Nevada Jones -
12.
["Wait'll you hear Frankie's latest platter-"]
Betty and Veronica
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