Pep Comics
#119
(January 1957)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You know, Betty! I dreamed I asked you for a date and not Veronica!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie dreams of asking Betty out.
- Reprints
-
in Archi (Editorial Novaro, 1956 series) #11 (1 de octubre de 1957)
-
- Keywords
- United States flag
Arch for Art's Sake
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Ronnie, what are you and rover boy Andrews doing to kick off the big day tomorrow?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Archie gives Veronica a portrait of himself on her birthday.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #11 (July 1984) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #55 (February 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #55.
Horning In
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What now?! The motor's dying!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica tows Archie's car.
Lucky Heel
Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, Moose! All the other girls are entering their names for the drawing"
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- At the sock hop the girls put their names in numbered socks and place them in a boot. Each boy then draws a sock and that girl is his date for the dance. Planning to draw Veronica's sock, Reggie gets Midge's instead and Moose puts him in the hospital.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #14 (January 1978)
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #6 (May 1983)
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Winter Wedding
Katy Keene / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As our story begins, Katy is a guest of the Van Ronson family at their winter lodge... they have just returned from skiing.
- Genre
- fashion; romance; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Randy Van Ronson; K.O. Kelly; Danny the Demon; Sis; Bertha
- Synopsis
- Randy asks Katy if she'll marry him and they could have a winter wedding. They start to imagine what the ceremony would be like before Katy goes to bed. After having a bad dream about the wedding, Katy decides she won't say yes to a winter wedding.
Indexer Notes
Designs submitted by Joan Williamson, Sandra Daniel, Sandra David, and Patricia Varine.
Archie Does It
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's easy to make these flags
- Characters
- Herbie
Indexer Notes
How to make paper flags, tops, and a water proof paper frog.
A Winter Wonderland!
Wilbur / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Remember Linda, tomorrow night we have a date to go dancing!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkins; Linda Moore; Laurie Lake
- Synopsis
- Wilbur dates Linda every night for two weeks. Linda finds out Laurie's been out of town skiing. Thinking that's why she's been getting Wilbur's attention, Linda waits to see if he will keep their date for the following day. Wilbur goes to get Linda a box of chocolates. He's told he'll get them for free if he'll deliver some first. After he's delivered the last box his car breaks down. When Wilbur finally shows up at Linda's, she slams the door in his face. Rejected, he takes the candy to Laurie's only to find she is upset with him since he's been spending so much time with Linda.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #21 (March 1979)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #21 (March 1986)
- in Archie's Favorite Comics from the Vault (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The way of the Archie Club was that a pen-pal in the United States sent me an old Archie comic magazine, and I joined the club from there.
Indexer Notes
Archie club reporters submit stories to win a cash prize.
Letters from Totty Samuelson, Donna Brown, Mac McLain, Laurie McDonald, John Newell, and Mary Lou Galinski.
Power of Suggestion
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I sez yah did swipe my beanshooter!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat Smith; Fatso
- Synopsis
- Pat steals Fatso's beanshooter.
Cash n' Carry
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a fiver for your birthday party...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat Smith; Sam Smith
- Synopsis
- Pat gets five dollars for his birthday.
Fingerprints
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3.33 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's so dark in here!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Gregory
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx puts so many fingerprints on the walls of her house, to keep up, her daddy finally gets wallpaper that is decorated with fingerprints.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["You know, Betty! I dreamed I asked you for a date and not Veronica!"]
Archie -
1.
["500 large glossy pictures of the world's greatest sports heros free"]
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2.
Arch for Art's Sake
Archie -
3.
Horning In
Archie -
4.
["First in every class!"]
Scripto -
5.
["327 stamps all different yours for only 25ยข"]
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6.
Lucky Heel
Reggie -
7.
["We love those cough drops..."]
Smith Bros. -
8.
["Have the time of your life on Chicago roller skates"]
-
9.
Winter Wedding
Katy Keene -
10.
Archie Does It
Archie -
11.
["Take it from a champion racing driver"]
AMF Roadmaster -
12.
A Winter Wonderland!
Wilbur -
13.
["Scheaffer's cartridge pen"]
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14.
["It's a hit! You can't miss Little Archie comics if you're huntin' for a top notch magazine!"]
-
15.
["Says he'll walk down. Wildroot Cream Oil gives him confidence!"]
-
16.
["The way of the Archie Club was that a pen-pal in the United States sent me an old Archie comic magazine, and I joined the club from there."]
Archie Club News -
17.
["91 hit parade songs $2.98"]
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18.
Power of Suggestion
Pat the Brat -
19.
Cash n' Carry
Pat the Brat -
20.
["Two big new annuals!"]
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21.
Fingerprints
Li'l Jinx -
22.
["Our club now has thousands of members who have made many new friends through the mail."]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
23.
["Do you need extra money?"]
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24.
["How far have we come?"]
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