Pep
#297
(January 1975)
Archie,
1960 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Man! Money is tight these days!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the covers of Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes #33 and Laugh Comics Digest #36.
The Little Thinker
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Archie finds himself in the middle of a dispute between Veronica and her father.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #248 (December 2008) - in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #259 (April 2015)
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Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #259, writing is credited to Frank Doyle and inks to Jon D'Agostino.
Aquarius
Astro Logic / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Astro
- Synopsis
- A short example of how people born under the sign of Aquarius like to travel.
Wheel of Fortune
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Woodrow "Bingo" Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Zelda Maxson
- Synopsis
- Forbidden to drive, Bingo decides to pick up a pizza on a pair of roller skates.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #198 (February 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
This is just a one-shot appearance for the "That Wilkin Boy" feature in Pep. "That Wilkin Boy" will become a regular feature in #363 (July 1980).
Lunchroom Helper
Chuck / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
- Chuck Clayton
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Chuck Clayton; Miss Beazly; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Chuck learns something about salt.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #190 (March 2004)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #129 (April 2009)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #23 (January 2017)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Compendium (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #23.
Leave Me Alone
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie goes to elaborate lengths to avoid his father.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Man! Money is tight these days!"]
Archie -
1.
The Little Thinker
Archie -
2.
Aquarius
Astro Logic -
3.
Wheel of Fortune
That Wilkin Boy -
4.
Lunchroom Helper
Chuck -
5.
Leave Me Alone
Archie
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