Pep
#172
(August 1964)
Archie,
1960 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times a year, in January, March, May, June, August, September, October and November
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pardon me, Miss Veronica, your father wants to talk to you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Hubert Smithers
- Keywords
- tape recorder
The Choice
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say 'uncle'!
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; handsome stranger
- Synopsis
- Unable to decide who gets to date Archie, the girls ask a handsome stranger to flip a coin. Veronica gets Archie -- so Betty won.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #18 (September 1978) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #2 (August 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia on bottom of first page.
Not Guilty
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Attention, class! Here is your first question on the grammar quiz!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose misunderstands Miss Grundy's question.
- Keywords
- High school
Daffy Daffi-nitions
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Students! This is our question for the day! Please answer!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- The gang shares opinions on what makes a gentleman.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you mean, no one will see you in this bikini?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #32 (June 1965)
-
- Keywords
- Bikini
Indexer Notes
Inking originally tentatively credited to Dan DeCarlo. Credit changed to Rudy Lapick on 3/3/15.
The Kloppy Jalopy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your jalopy looks as pretty as a picture, Arch.....
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Maxwell
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to rent out his Model T to a car show, but fails to tell them that the car has no brakes.
- Keywords
- Ford Model T; Jalopy
Hot Daze
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Gigi; Greg; Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- It's blazing hot, so dad takes Li'l Jinx and her friends to the beach. But it's so much work getting the kids ready that he forgets his suit.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #32 (October 1978)
-
- Keywords
- Beach
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / letters page / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, girls and boys -- How would you like to get mail from new friends from all over the world?
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
Indexer Notes
Pen pal service offering a list of names and addresses of 44 different potential pen pals.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie Club News- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Includes reports from fans Melanie Levine (Syosset, N.Y.) First prize - $5.00, Megumi Alice Sumitani (Seattle, Wash.) Second prize - $3.00, and Violet Cruz (New York, N.Y.) Third prize - $2.00.
Hi Level Concussion
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Jug! How's it going?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Jughead develops intellectual pretensions, the girls think it's dreamy. So Archie and Reggie become intellectuals, leaving the girls without dates. They take revenge on Jughead.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Pardon me, Miss Veronica, your father wants to talk to you!"]
Archie -
1.
["Brother, can you spare a dime 10ยข?"]
American Body Building Club -
2.
The Choice
Betty and Veronica -
3.
["Isn't that your bicycle?"]
Bendix Bicycle Transmission -
4.
["Three joyful Jills in the most exciting comic book ever!"]
Josie -
5.
["208 different world-wide stamps"]
Jaro Stamps -
6.
["$1 spectacular!"]
Seneca Stamps -
7.
["50-year-old collection"]
Jaro Stamps -
8.
["United States Commemoratives"]
Anca Stamps -
9.
Not Guilty
Moose -
10.
Daffy Daffi-nitions
Jughead -
11.
["What do you mean, no one will see you in this bikini?"]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up -
12.
["Boys! Men!"]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System -
13.
The Kloppy Jalopy
Archie -
14.
["Here it is!"]
Archie -
15.
Hot Daze
Li'l Jinx -
16.
["Hi, girls and boys -- How would you like to get mail from new friends from all over the world?"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
17.
["New Discovery in Hypnotism"]
Bond Book Co. books -
18.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
19.
["If you want to be an ARCHIE CLUB MEMBER eligible to win all these CASH PRIZES, not to mention a BIG BYLINE in a top-notch comic magazine..."]
Archie Club -
20.
["An amazing invention - 'Magic Art Reproducer'"]
Magic Art Reproducer -
21.
Hi Level Concussion
Archie -
22.
["Get my new lucky piece... free now!"]
Archie -
23.
["Jet 'rocket' space ship!"]
Honor House Products -
24.
["Schwinn Deluxe Sting-Ray"]
Schwinn Bicycles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Steve Coates
- Igor Dybzinski
- Kirk House
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Joey Sayer
- Ramon Schenk
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