Pep Comics
#67
(May 1948)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-03-19
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine
- Editing
- Harry Shorten (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1948.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It burns me up ...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Al Fagaly (caricature)
- Reprints
-
in Pep Comics (Bell Features, 1948 series) #67 ([circa June 1948]) -
in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #10
-
Indexer Notes
Al Fagaly's self-caricature confirmed by "The Art of Archie: The Covers."
Hello Gang!
Archie Club Page / text article / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Archie Andrews]
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Letters
- typeset; ?
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Spot illustration possibly from previous issue. Text explains that the Archie Andrews Club is replacing the Shield G-Man Club, and that one can get the new Archie button free by returning the Shield identification card. Also mentions that the Archie radio show continues on.
The Teacher's Pet!
Archie / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Gabby; Speck
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to stay out of trouble for a change, but with Reggie's help, his good intentions turn sour.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Something to crow about!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the three magazines Archie appears in
Meet a Bit-o-Honey
advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Bit-o-Honey
- Synopsis
- A little girl helps a ski jumper.
- Keywords
- cartoon
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As long as so many readers designed the same dress for me Sis,
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis
- Synopsis
- As Katy walks down the street every man she passes compliments her.
Yo Ho Ho - And a Bottle of Rubbing Alcohol!
Jughead / comic story / 4.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie throws a sword at Jughead who's reading Treasure Island in his attic. Startled, Jug flees, only to step on a skate, hit his head on a beam and get knocked out. Unconscious, he dreams Archie is an evil pirate who hangs him by his thumbs and tries to feed him to the sharks. Until Archie throws a bucket of water on him, to bring him around.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Wilbur / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wanna see Wilbur lay an egg?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Red
- Reprints
The Publicity Agent
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Bill Bubblegum
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx puts Bill's face on posters that say he's wanted for murder. Then posts them all over town. Bill ends up beaten and arrested by the police and given a raise from his boss.
[no title indexed]
letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi Pen Pals:
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
Indexer Notes
Pen pal addresses.
Now You See It - Now You Don't
Archie / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Herbie; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Snuffle; Mr. Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie brings disappearing ink to class so he can prank Archie.
- Reprints
- from Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #12 (April 1947) [Adapted from script with some scenes deleted]
- in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #10
-
[no title indexed]
Gloomy Gus / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Instead of going all the way up why don't we just phone St. Pete from the next cloud?
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Gloomy Gus; Gabby; St. Pete
- Synopsis
- When gabby runs out of halos for the pay phone, he beats the machine until all the halos spill out. Then Gabby and Gus go to work on a weight and fortune machine, because they don't like the fortunes, until they end up behind bars.
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Gloomy Gus" feature.
Captain Tootsie Traps a Bear with Invisible Light
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Reed ?
- Pencils
- C. C. Beck (signed)
- Inks
- Pete Costanza (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion are camping in the mountains.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Secret Legion: Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Coon Tail Charlie - Synopsis
- Using a rifle, with an infra red scope attached, Captain Tootsie tracks and kills a bear that is terrorizing campers.
- Keywords
- Army Sniperscope; bear; camping; hunting; mountains
Meet Nevada Jones
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Willie; Ace Spade
- Synopsis
- Nevada is framed by Ace, a crooked sheriff and bitter rival, and accused of robbing gold from the Wells Fargo stagecoach.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quick, Betty!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Uncle Bumble
- Synopsis
- Veronica's Uncle Bumble has the hiccups. The girls try to frighten him with a bearskin rug, it scares him but doesn't cure the hiccups. Suddenly, a real tiger appears and Uncle Bumble swats at its face and attempts to put his head in the tiger's mouth, thinking it's the girls again. When Veronica reappears and he realizes the tiger is real, he runs through the wall.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
First Archie story by Samm Schwartz, who would go on to become the lead artist for Jughead. Schwartz would continue working at Archie Comics (with the exception of one break in the mid-1960s to head Tower Comics' Tippy Teen) until his death in 1997.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["It burns me up ..."]
Archie -
1.
Hello Gang!
Archie Club Page -
2.
The Teacher's Pet!
Archie -
3.
["Something to crow about!"]
Archie -
4.
Meet a Bit-o-Honey
-
5.
["As long as so many readers designed the same dress for me Sis,"]
Katy Keene -
6.
Yo Ho Ho - And a Bottle of Rubbing Alcohol!
Jughead -
7.
["Wanna see Wilbur lay an egg?"]
Wilbur -
8.
The Publicity Agent
Li'l Jinx -
9.
["Hi Pen Pals:"]
-
10.
Now You See It - Now You Don't
Archie -
11.
["Instead of going all the way up why don't we just phone St. Pete from the next cloud?"]
Gloomy Gus -
12.
Captain Tootsie Traps a Bear with Invisible Light
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
13.
Meet Nevada Jones
Nevada Jones -
14.
["Quick, Betty!"]
Betty and Veronica -
15.
["Lose Weight"]
-
16.
In the Ring
Butterfinger
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- Rob Martindale
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
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