Pep
#173
(September 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
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I have to go now, Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- skin diving; underwater
Sonny Boy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- After Jughead suggests that Mr. Weatherbee considers Archie the son he never had, Archie first starts treating Mr. Weatherbee like a dad, and then becomes outraged when others suggest he'll get special treatment from his honorary father.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #30 (January 1979)
-
- Keywords
- favoritism; missile; rumors
Cheap Heap
Archie / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie shows Jughead the car he's planning to buy.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #20 (January 1979)
-
- Keywords
- new car
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Playing the guitar sure gets me my kicks!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie sings and plays folk songs, much to Mr. Lodge's disapproval.
- Keywords
- folk songs; guitar
[no title indexed]
Bendix Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You called for a piano tuner?
- Synopsis
- A boy calls a piano tuner to help him fix all the cables on his bicycle. The piano tuner recommends replacing the cables with the Bendix automatic bike axle.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Bendix Automatic bicycle axles. The Bendix Corporation, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y. Art style is influenced by Peter Max.
Mop Up
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Mr. Johnson (janitor)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee forces all the students to return their overdue books to the library by the end of the day, and in the rush to get their books, students keep slipping on the janitor's freshly-scrubbed floor.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #33 (1978)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #34 (August 1998)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #143 (October 2008)
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #27 (October 2017)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Festival (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #13 (April 2022)
-
- Keywords
- library books; mop
Indexer Notes
The janitor has a Swedish accent.
Vote the Straight Fun Ticket!
Archie Giant Series / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Promo for "Archie Quarter Comics" with mail-in coupon for ordering individual issues for 25 cents each. Issues available are Archie Annual #16, Archie's Jokes #27, Little Archie #31, The World of Jughead #30, Around the World with Archie #29, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #30, Archie's Christmas Stocking #25, Betty and Veronica Spectacular #26, Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #28, and Archie's Mad House Annual #2. Covers of some issues are depicted in monochrome color. Heading is a drawing of levers on a voting machine.
The List!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx makes a list of people to invite to her birthday party.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #72 (June 1985)
-
- Keywords
- birthday; calendar; invitations; party
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's always fun to meet new and exciting friends from all over the world!
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 47 persons (ages 7 to 16) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include India, Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, and the Philippines.
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Patty & Andy, The Popsicle Twins; Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say Andy, it says on TV we can win a trip by Trailways "Silver Eagle" to the N. Y. World's Fair.
- Characters
- Popsicle Twins [Patty; Andy]
- Synopsis
- The twins enter the Popsicle Safety Contest to try to win a trip to the New York World's Fair.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats with mail-in coupon to send for an entry blank for the contest.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Sandra Saur (Canoga Park, Calif.) for article on whales. Second prize of $3.00 to Sharon Aiello (Garfield Heights, Ohio) for article about herself. Third prize of $2.00 to Chip Hawkins (Shaker Heights, Ohio) for three jokes.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
All Unstrung
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie Jones; Melody; Albert; Mr. Jones (Josie's father); Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Albert's obsession with his guitar puts an even bigger crimp in Josie's love life when Josie's dad gets his old banjo and joins Albert in a duet.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #64 (January 2017)
-
- Keywords
- banjo; baseball; folk music; guitar; zither
Indexer Notes
In most stories Josie's last name is McCoy. In a few, like this one, it is Jones.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I have to go now, Archie"]
Archie -
1.
Sonny Boy
Archie -
2.
Cheap Heap
Archie -
3.
["Playing the guitar sure gets me my kicks!"]
Archie Pin Up -
4.
["You called for a piano tuner?"]
Bendix Corporation -
5.
Mop Up
Archie -
6.
Vote the Straight Fun Ticket!
Archie Giant Series -
7.
The List!
Li'l Jinx -
8.
["It's always fun to meet new and exciting friends from all over the world!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
9.
["Say Andy, it says on TV we can win a trip by Trailways "Silver Eagle" to the N. Y. World's Fair."]
The Adventures of Patty & Andy, The Popsicle Twins; Popsicle -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
11.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
12.
All Unstrung
Josie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Jonathan Sari
- Jaime Weinman
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