Pep #177

(January 1965)

The Third Man (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Charlie; Marge

Synopsis

After Veronica announces that she's going to the big sports rally with someone other than Archie and Reggie, the boys team up to find out who she's going with and get rid of him.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #36 (June 1979)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #17 (July 1985)

Keywords

arm-wrestling; bus; fighting

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Christmas Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, Mr. Andrews! We’re gonna help Archie decorate the tree!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

The gang arrives to help Archie decorate for Christmas.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #32 (June 1965)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree; record albums; record player; snow

Veronica's Winter Fashions (Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fashion; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica in four poses wearing winter fashions. Main illustration has her in red sweater and red stretch pants.

Keywords

snow; winter

Guardian Angle (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats

Synopsis

Coach Kleats tells Archie to guard the football team's star player, Reggie, and make sure he's in shape to play in the upcoming game. Archie turns this to his advantage by constantly tagging along with Reggie when he tries to get some time alone with Veronica.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #36 (January 1980)
• in Archie Giant Comics Flash (Archie, 2022 series) (2022)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #123 (November 2022)

Keywords

bodyguard; convertible; football; shower

For Holidays Merry and Sparkling with Laughter (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Archie's Christmas Stocking / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Cut It Out! (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis

Daddy is constantly cutting the coupons and offers out of magazines, trying to win something -- anything.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #42 (June 1980)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #52 (August 1995)

Keywords

contests; coupons; magazines

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's a great recipe for making new friends--

Characters

Li'l Jinx (cameo)

Indexer Notes

List of 44 persons (ages 8 to 17) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Canada, Scotland, Australia, England, Jordan, Turkey, Libya, and India.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Karen Temple (Monroe, La.) for article on stars. Second prize of $3.00 to Ellen M. Urey (Grove City, Pa.) for article on her visit to Washington, D.C. Third prize of $2.00 to Jimmy Kline (Lakewood, Calif.) for five jokes. Fourth prize of $1.00 to David Hart (Lamarque, Texas) for three jokes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Nurses (Table of Contents: 10)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert

Synopsis

When Albert cuts his finger on a thorn, the girls use their nursing skills on him and nearly kill him in the process.

Keywords

bandages; first aid; sprained ankle