Pep Comics #65

(January 1948)

Bulletin No. 43 (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Shield G-Man Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Weeny Roast! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Schmidt; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie invites Veronica to a weenie roast, but discovers he has to work his job delivering weenies. When Veronica comes up with the idea of placing an order, so that Archie can deliver it to her, Reggie tries to double cross Archie.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #9

Indexer Notes

This story doesn't seem to be a new Archie story, but rather a redrawn Wilbur story. The character models and layouts do not match other Vigoda stories of the time period, and Vigoda's signature (which also does not match his usual signature) appears to the left of an empty signature box.

Story Quiz (Table of Contents: 3)

activity / 0.75 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

A maze, color the pirate and unscramble the letters.

[You Can't Beat Him For Laughs!] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

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

Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woggon (signed)

Pencils

Bill Woggon (signed)

Inks

Bill Woggon (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Woggon (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes! This is Katy Keene --- and you say I've been picked by station W-O-G as the lucky girl to go on a date with "The Cinderella Man"?

Genre

teen; fashion

Characters

Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly; Randy Van Ronson; Eddie McCracken; Doctor Kildear

Synopsis

Katy has won a date with "The Cinderella Man", which doesn't go down well with her various boy friends.

Indexer Notes

Station W-O-G is a reference to creator Bill Woggon.

Fashions designed by June Logan, Barbara Yoerger, Jean Aronson, Elda Bernardi, Lucille DiMartino, Ardeth Jenkins, Joan DuGay, Dolores Rice, Gay Skagg, Dorothy Jean Ballard, Josephine Haywood, Lila Hoff, Barbara King

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Is there any mail for me?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Mr. Krakback; Bill Bubblegum

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx wants to get mail, so she answers advertisements to get something back.

Indexer Notes

The final panel is a promo for the Li'l Jinx Pen Pal Club.

Pep Quiz (Table of Contents: 7)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Archie Andrews; The Shield (Joe Higgins); Fred Andrews; Li'l Jinx

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #9

Indexer Notes

A maze, identify the first word in each question and use the first letter as the start of the second answer, and an optical illusion.

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

The Shield / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The state contends that Jonathan Scott murdered a man while experimenting with an elixir to revive the dead.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Joe Higgins [The Shield]; Dusty; Dr. Ray; Professor Jonathan Scott; Dr. Green; the District Attorney

Synopsis

Professor Scott has invented a serum that can bring people back from the dead. In order to find out if it works he kills a man but is caught by the police before he can administer the serum. Tried and convicted of murder, he's sentenced to the electric chair. He convinces his assistant Dr. Green to dig up his corpse and inject him with the serum so he can return from the grave to enact his revenge. Professor Scott electrocutes Dr. Ray for turning him in to the police. While trying to kill the district attorney he's stopped by Dusty and kills himself with a lethal injection. Never to return.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #57 (June 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Archie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Willy the Wise-Guy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Red Holmdale (signed as Herbert "Red" Holmdale)

Inks

Red Holmdale (signed as Herbert "Red" Holmdale)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey! Whatsamatter with you lunkheads - can't you read signs?

Genre

humor

Characters

Willy

Synopsis

Willy disobeys a bunch of signs and then gets angry when others disobey a sign.

Star Dirt (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

What actors are doing and what films are in production.

Pep Contest Page (Table of Contents: 12)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Gloomy Gus / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Edward Kean ?

Pencils

Red Holmdale

Inks

Red Holmdale

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I still say you don't find any respectable stiffs in a morgue!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Gloomy Gus; Gabby; Junior; Jake the Lug; Casey

Synopsis

Gus and Gabby inhabit the bodies of two dead policemen.

[Do You Want Spending Money?] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Bad Skin] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Premiums Given Cash Commission] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[How a 97-Lb. Weakling] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)