Pep
#150
(October 1961)
Archie,
1960 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times per year in January, March, May, June, August, September, October and November
- On-sale Date
- 1961-07-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys and girls, before you're dismissed, are there any more questions about outer space?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Alan Shepard (drawing)
- Keywords
- astronaut; blackboard; moon; romance; telescope
Archie the Archer
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie takes up archery, but Mr. Lodge is reading a book on controlling his temper and is determined not to let Archie's arrows get on his nerves.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #27 (1975-1976) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #19 (November 1985)
-
- Keywords
- archery; arrows; book; diving board; quiver; swimming pool; temper
[no title indexed]
Roy & Al - The U.S. Royal Twins; U.S. Royal Bicycle Tires / advertisement / 0.5 page
Say It With Flowers
Betty [Archie] / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to make Archie jealous by having flowers delivered to her.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #10 (September 1975)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #51 (October 1991)
- in Betty's Digest (Archie, 1996 series) #2 (November 1997)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #161 (July 2008), #220 (March 2014)
-
- Keywords
- florist; flowers
The World of Jughead Is Out of This World!
The World of Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Demon Dynamos!
Jaguar / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Robert Bernstein ?
- Pencils
- John Rosenberger ?; John Giunta ?
- Inks
- John Rosenberger ?; John Giunta ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Jaguar [Ralph Hardy]; Great Mahavo (medicine man)
- Synopsis
- While exploring Indian relics in a national park, Ralph Hardy stumbles across a geyser of gas. When he awakens he finds himself in the past. A village of Indians is menaced by two metal monsters than can fire bolts of electricity and the Jaguar has to find a way to defeat them.
- Keywords
- aliens; buffalo; electricity; gas; geyser; Indian relics; time travel; totem pole
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Jim Ludwig via the GCD Errors List (26 July 2005)
Way Out!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Greg; Ga Ga
- Synopsis
- Jinx decides she's going to be the first girl on the moon, so she and her friends build their own rocket.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #4 (May 1976)
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #6 (May 1983)
-
- Keywords
- carnival rides; junk; moon; rocket
[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 the Greatest!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 44 persons (ages 7 to 15) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Canada, Australia, Guam, and the Philippines.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Shirley Pitonak (Cleveland, Ohio) for article on the Aardvark. Second prize of $3.00 to Jo-Ann Limpa (Whitestone, N.Y.) for article on supersonic airplanes. Third prize of $2.00 to Susan M. Brenner (Novelty, Ohio) for article about horses. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Dolores Roy (Worcester, Mass.) for article on the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
War and Peace
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica enlists Betty in her war on men. Betty has her own agenda when Archie is involved.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #13 (August 1975)
-
- Keywords
- checkers; hugging; kissing; knitting; television
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Boys and girls, before you're dismissed, are there any more questions about outer space?"]
Archie -
1.
Archie the Archer
Archie -
2.
["I'm sure glad we have these U. S. Royals!"]
Roy & Al - The U.S. Royal Twins; U.S. Royal Bicycle Tires -
3.
Say It With Flowers
Betty [Archie] -
4.
The World of Jughead Is Out of This World!
The World of Jughead -
5.
Demon Dynamos!
Jaguar -
6.
Way Out!
Li'l Jinx -
7.
["It's the Greatest!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
9.
["If you want to be an Archie Club member..."]
Archie Club -
10.
War and Peace
Betty and Veronica
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