Pep #276
(April 1973)

Archie, 1960 Series
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Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-02-06 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [circular]
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On-Sale date from date stamped on cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick ?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I won't be able to take you to tonight's dance, Veronica!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Keywords
skiing

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #17.

The Humanitarians (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead find a stray dog on the way to school.
Reprints
Keywords
dogs

Indexer Notes

Credits from reprint appearance.

Slim Pickin's (Table of Contents: 2)

Moose / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Feature Logo
Big Moose
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Pop Tate; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle (in dream); Mrs. Mason
Synopsis
Midge has Moose on a diet, and he dreams that he loses too much weight.
Reprints
Keywords
diet; dreams

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104.

Jughead's Snack Pack Quiz (Table of Contents: 3)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Word search puzzle with food-related words.

Straw Score (Table of Contents: 4)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Reggie won't share his soda with Jughead.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Letters from Gregory Pierce (1st prize), Mike Grigoroff (2nd prize), Dorothy Pittman (3rd prize), plus instructions on joining the Archie Club.

Debt Tally (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis
Jinx manages to pay off her debt to Charley Hawse and turn a profit as well.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Edwards (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Edwards (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
Joe Edwards; typeset

Synopsis
Names, addresses and ages (from 7 to 16) of 38 kids who would like pen pals.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1972
Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 231,963
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 294,700
Owners: Archie Comic Publications Inc. and Archie Enterprises, Inc., both at 1114-1116 First Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10021

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I won't be able to take you to tonight's dance, Veronica!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. The Humanitarians
    Archie
  3. 2. Slim Pickin's
    Moose
  4. 3. Jughead's Snack Pack Quiz
  5. 4. Straw Score
    Reggie
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  7. 6. Debt Tally
    Li'l Jinx
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Joey Beretta
  • Dwayne Best
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk