Pep Comics #120

(March 1957)

Three Cornered Calamity (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

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Pencils:

Harry Lucey

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Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Aunt Agnes

Synopsis:

Archie needs help to learn how to babysit. When Veronica can't get the job done, Betty does.

Keywords:

babysitting; boxing; doll; radiator; refrigerator; televison

Blood Won't Tell (Table of Contents: 2)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:

When Reggie cuts in on a couple dancing, the girl insults him.

Keywords:

dancing

Shoes Your Weapons! (Table of Contents: 3)

Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Moose Mason; Midge Klump

Synopsis:

While bowling, all Midge can throw is gutter balls. But she won't quit because her feet hurt and her bowling shoes are the only comfortable shoes she owns.

Keywords:

bowling; gutter balls; shoes

Married Blitz! (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

Jughead tells Betty that women are like elephants. Nice to look at but who wants to own one.

Keywords:

marriage

Weed It and Reap (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

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Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:

Archie can't tell the difference between a garden plant and a weed. Jughead suggests digging everything up. Whatever grows back will be a weed.

Keywords:

gardening; weeds

["We love those cough drops..."] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Zoo-Illogical (Table of Contents: 7)

Pat the Brat / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Pat The Brat; Pat's Dad; Pat's Mom

Synopsis:

Pat's dad takes him to the zoo and ends up getting arrested and fined.

Keywords:

drum; jail; monkey; zoo

Two Big New Annuals! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Archie Giant Series Magazines / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

File Card (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

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Letters:

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Editing:

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Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee gives Veronica a filing job. She then passes it off on to Betty, so it will keep Betty away from Archie. When Betty asks for Archie's help with the job, and gets it, it drives Veronica crazy knowing the two of them will be spending time together, alone. Veronica talks Mr. Weatherbee into giving her the filing job back, but Betty still has Archie because now Veronica has to do the filing by herself. Frustrated, Veronica ends up sitting on the floor shredding files with her teeth and hands.

Reprints:

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #32 (1978)

Keywords:

file cabinets; filing

To the Point (Table of Contents: 10)

Wilbur / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

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Pencils:

Joe Edwards ?

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Slats

Synopsis:

Slats hurts his head, slamming it into the roof of his new foreign car after sitting on Laurie's knitting needles.

Keywords:

knitting needles; nurse; sports car

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.2 pages (report information)

Script:

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Pencils:

Dexter Taylor ?

Inks:

Dexter Taylor ?

Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Anne Leff (Bronx, N.Y.) for paragraph about visiting the Bronx Zoo. Second prize of $3.00 to Agnes Stillman (Pittsfield, Mass) for paragraph on her friends visiting a school class for deaf children. Third prize of $2.00 to Mary Abramowitz (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) for paragraph on starting a lending library in her neighborhood. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Dorothy Wells (North Little Rock, Ark.) for paragraph about holding a hobo party. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Rosalie Parry (Peoria, Ill.) for paragraph about holding a penny carnival and donating the money to the March of Dimes. Sixth prize of $1.00 to Betty Cunningham (Staten Island, N.Y.) for paragraph about the civics club in her school.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1956 (Table of Contents: 13)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script:

Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1956. No circulation figures given.

["Danny calls to Katy"] (Table of Contents: 14)

Katy Keene / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Bill Woggon; Patricia Crivelli (story idea)

Pencils:

Bill Woggon

Inks:

Bill Woggon

Colors:

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Letters:

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Katy Keene; Gloria Grandbilt; Danny; Errol Swoon

Synopsis:

Katy gets the part in a movie, but Gloria badgers Danny until he gives the part to her instead. After finding she has to wear a clown suit, Gloria quits and Katy gets the part again.

Keywords:

clown; costume party; movie; poem

Indexer Notes

Story is told in verse. Fashions, etc., by Rochelle Hochstein (Houston, Texas), Lloyd E. Heighes (York, Pa.), Patricia Crivelli (Philadelphia, Pa.), and Janet Nielsen (Chicago, Ill.).

Birthday Party (Table of Contents: 15)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3.25 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

Joe Edwards

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Ga'Ga; Barry

Synopsis:

Jinx explains to her father how she got so dirty at Ga'Ga's birthday party.

Keywords:

birthday cake; birthday party; frog; squirt gun

["Hi, Pen Pals!"] (Table of Contents: 16)

Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script:

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

List of 48 persons (ages 10 to 15) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Trinidad, West Pakistan, Sweden, England, Philippines, Malaya, and Canada.

["Jim and Betty Solve the 'Flying Saucer' Mystery!"] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

White Cloverine Brand Salve; Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless" (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)