Pep Comics
#82
(November 1950)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950-09-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I presume you're thinking about my question: What's the shortest distance between two points?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the covers of Pep #145 and Archie Comics Digest #21.
Dollars and Sense
Archie / comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's all the excitement, Veronica?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie's IQ test result has Riverdale High thinking he's a genius, until they realize the test scorers read his age as six and not 16.
Indexer Notes
Art previously credited to Bob Montana, but it matches Schwartz's stories from the period.
The Mail Animal
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you invite a girl to the dance yet, Jughead?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Bubbles Bixby
- Synopsis
- Jughead thinks he has sent a dance invitation to Moose's girl Bubbles instead of history notes. Jughead then has to try and get the letter back from the post office, before it's delivered to her, and Moose finds out about it.
[no title indexed]
Pep Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Indexer Notes
Includes identifying piano tune, counting squares and triangles in drawing, how to tell when a silkworm has finished spinning its cocoon, filling in map of United States, optical illusion, riddle, party game, and rebus.
Sales Talk
Suzie / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How do you do, Miss? I represent the Readit Book Company!
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Suzie's father; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Suzie and her father can't resist bargain sales despite admonishing each other about their spending.
Ashes to Ashes
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fred! Oh Fred!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred starts a fire after shoveling furnace ashes into a wooden bucket instead of a metal bucket, but fortunately, Archie is able to put out the fire since he placed an extinguisher in each room of the house.
Indexer Notes
Art previously credited to Joe Edwards; Berg places his signature as the brand of the furnace (Berg Heater).
Yachts of Fun
Wilbur / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Linda! Red! Hop in! I know where I can rent a boat for fifty cents an hour!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Laurie Lake; Red; Slats
- Synopsis
- Wilbur, Red, and Laurie rent a yacht to show up Slats and Laurie's boat.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Helen Jeter (Philadelphia 4, PA) and second-prize report from Shirley Williams (Fayetteville, AR).
[no title indexed]
Star Dirt / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sees Cinemaland As Bad Town for Romancing
- Synopsis
- Gossip about Hollywood films and their stars.
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch this one, Katy!
- Genre
- humor; teen; fashion
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Randy Van Ronson III; K.O. Kelly; Sis; Danny the Demon
- Synopsis
- Randy gave Katy two tickets to watch him compete in a polo match. She invites K.O. along. After the first half K.O. is visiting the stables and the devil appears on his shoulder and convinces him to put a burr under Randy's saddle. In the second half Randy's horse throws him and Katy comes to his rescue, much to the chagrin of K.O.
Indexer Notes
Outfit and pose by Evelyn Sanne (Brooklyn 2, NY); Katy's suit by Sylvia Hill (Maynard, MA); Randy's fish tail car by Eddie Girou (Bay City, MI); nightie by Bennie Ontiveros (Alamogordo, NM); Sis' pajamas by Ann Tarpy (Santa Barbara, CA); K.O.'s outfit by Beverly Aaron (Seattle 7, WA); Katy's polo match outfit by Kay Bain (Pekinville, TN).
Katy Fashions
Katy Keene / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene
- Synopsis
- Katy Keene paper doll with fashion accessories.
Operation Dalmatian
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5.25 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards (signed as JoEdwards)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed as JoEdwards)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed as JoEdwards)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nope!!! My other skate is not in here---
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Bill Bubblegum [Hap Holliday]; Merry Bubblegum [Merry Holliday]; Alvin
- Synopsis
- Jinx's Uncle Bob, busy with war relief work in Europe, writes the family that he'll be sending a Dalmatian. Jinx thinks it will be a dog, but it ends up being Dalmatian cheese.
Indexer Notes
An issue of Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) is depicted among Jinx's toys in the splash panel.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / letters page / 0.75 page
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Pen Pals: Our club now has thousands of members who have made many new friends through the mail.
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
Indexer Notes
Li'l Jinx shares the names and addresses of 60 new club members.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie, I presume you're thinking about my question: What's the shortest distance between two points?"]
Archie -
1.
Dollars and Sense
Archie -
2.
["There are two girls ... but only one Wilbur"]
Wilbur -
3.
["Wha' hoppen? Why is everybody running? Reggie is back!"]
Reggie -
4.
["They're a million miles ahead of everything!"]
Lionel Trains -
5.
The Mail Animal
Jughead -
6.
[no title indexed]
Pep Fun Page -
7.
Sales Talk
Suzie -
8.
Ashes to Ashes
Archie -
9.
["The magazine that's got everything!"]
Adventures of the Dover Boys -
10.
Yachts of Fun
Wilbur -
11.
["Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!"]
Archie Club News -
12.
["Sees Cinemaland As Bad Town for Romancing"]
Star Dirt -
13.
["The Three Mirthqueteers"]
Archie -
14.
["Watch this one, Katy!"]
Katy Keene -
15.
Katy Fashions
Katy Keene -
16.
["Now you can send for this brand new Katy Keene pin-up!"]
Katy Keene -
17.
Operation Dalmatian
Li'l Jinx -
18.
["Hi, Pen Pals: Our club now has thousands of members who have made many new friends through the mail."]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Mark D. Anderson
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
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