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

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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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.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #15 (March 1985)
• in Archie's Favorite Comics from the Vault (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)

Keywords

babysitting; boxing; doll; radiator; refrigerator; televison

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

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

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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)

Script

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Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

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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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Pencils

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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

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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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Pencils

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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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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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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.

Reprints

• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #233 (November 2012), #257 (February 2015)

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.

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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.

[no title indexed] (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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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Danny calls to Katy

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 (signed)

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.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #26 (May 1978)

Keywords

birthday cake; birthday party; frog; squirt gun

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, Pen Pals!

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.

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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)