Pep
#174
(October 1964)
Archie,
1960 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times a year in January, March, May, June, August, September, October, and November
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, I wouldn't dream of coming to the beach on this miserable day!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- beach; guitars; swim suits; telephone; telephone booth
The Rebel
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is upset when Veronica makes him wash the dishes. Jughead says men need to be more assertive or women will take over the world.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- apron; broom; dish-washing
[no title indexed]
Bendix Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You called for a piano tuner?
- Synopsis
- A boy calls a piano tuner to help him fix all the cables on his bicycle. The piano tuner recommends replacing the cables with the Bendix automatic bike axle.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Bendix Automatic bicycle axles. The Bendix Corporation, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y. Art style is very much influenced by Peter Max.
[no title indexed]
Betty / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Juggie, how come you never had a steady girl friend?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty asks Jughead why he's never had a steady girl friend. Jughead says he's just lucky.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #32 (June 1965) - in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #67 (May 2000)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #19 (May 2016)
-
- Keywords
- comic books; hamburgers
Indexer Notes
Rack in foreground has issues of Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Archie, Josie, Pep and Laugh comics. And Jughead appears to have a comic book rolled in his back pocket.
[no title indexed]
Veronica / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, come on, one more little kiss...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie wants another kiss from Veronica, but Mr. Lodge isn't happy.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #32 (June 1965)
- in Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine (Archie, 1989 series) #8 (January 1993)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #110 (December 2002)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #274 (November 2019)
-
- Keywords
- allowance; kissing; records
On the Move
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Betty and Veronica to a drive-in theater showing a double-feature of silent movies. Jughead livens things up with the sound effects he provides while eating in the back seat.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #33 (1978)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #268 (June 2016)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #4 (October 2019)
-
- Keywords
- candy; celery; drive-in movies; kissing; olives; paper bag; silent films; soda; sound effects
Indexer Notes
The stars of the silent films are Mary Pickchevrolet (a play on Mary Pickford) and Douglas Fatbanks Jr. (a play on Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.).
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #268.
Who Is This...Man??
The World of Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Jughead Jones (silhouette)
Indexer Notes
Promo for The World of Jughead #30, with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted. Rest is mostly text with a silhouette head shot of Jughead.
Automation
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Mr. Doogle
- Synopsis
- Greg shows Jinx a candy vending machine, but the machine malfunctions.
- Reprints
- in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #3 (1978) [edited]
-
- Keywords
- candy; vending machine
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Making new and exciting friends is so easy!
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx (cameo)
Indexer Notes
List of 51 persons (ages 8 to 14) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Jamaica, Canada, Australia, and England.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Adrienne Jenkins (Baltimore, Md.) for article about the Paricutin volcano in Mexico. Second prize of $3.00 to Clatilde Capece (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for a short story.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
The Observers
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica go out wearing short shorts, thinking it's no big deal, but they're annoyed to find that all the boys make suggestive comments about their exposed legs.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #32 (October 1978)
-
- Keywords
- rain; raincoats; shorts; umbrellas; wolf whistles
Indexer Notes
Betty and Veronica wear clear plastic raincoats that are offered as a premium with subscriptions in some promos.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Betty, I wouldn't dream of coming to the beach on this miserable day!"]
Archie -
1.
The Rebel
Archie -
2.
["You called for a piano tuner?"]
Bendix Corporation -
3.
["Juggie, how come you never had a steady girl friend?"]
Betty -
4.
["Oh, come on, one more little kiss..."]
Veronica -
5.
On the Move
Archie -
6.
Who Is This...Man??
The World of Jughead -
7.
Automation
Li'l Jinx -
8.
["Making new and exciting friends is so easy!"]
Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
11.
The Observers
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Rodney Hinkle
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Roger Reus
- Per Sandell
- Jonathan Sari
- Jaime Weinman
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