Pep #192
(April 1966)

Archie, 1960 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're cancelling our invasion of Earth?
Genre
science fiction; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead scare off invading aliens with their eating habits.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Hillcrest Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Greatest! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Hoping to break Archie and Veronica up, Reggie tells Moose that Archie was mocking his strength.
Reprints

Archie Gets All the Brakes (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Archie / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Right Sign (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Bob White
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Miss Grundy asks the class what they think are the first signs of spring.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, I must admit, it is a way of getting down the mountain!
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica is critical of Archie's skiing technique.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Honor House Prod. Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

3-D (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle ?
Pencils
John Rosenberger
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie outlines the elaborate lengths he has to go through to get some alone time with Veronica.

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

Betty and Veronica / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Starry Eyed (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.25 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Merry Holiday
Synopsis
Enamored with the gold star she got in school, Jinx buys a box of gold stars and begins awarding them for jobs well done.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Li'l Jinx / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page (report information)

["Hi! I'm Jeri Lawrence--Jeri of Hollywood!] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Jeri of Hollywood / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Honor House Prod. Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Archie Club News (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Instead of the usual letters page, this issue carried news of the overwhelmingly positive reader response to the first appearance of Pureheart the Powerful, and announced a contest for the best written letters about the new series.

Not This Time (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
John Rosenberger
Inks
John Rosenberger
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty begins surreptitiously helping Archie beat Reggie, which only emboldens Archie into challenging Reggie to more stunts.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #243, writing is credited to Jim Ruth and inks are credited to Marty Epp.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Norton Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You're cancelling our invasion of Earth?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. ["Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Just Answer this Advertisement..."]
    Hillcrest Products Co.
  3. 2. The Greatest!
    Archie
  4. 3. Archie Gets All the Brakes
    Archie
  5. 4. The Right Sign
    Jughead
  6. 5. ["Well, I must admit, it is a way of getting down the mountain!"]
    Veronica Pin Up Page
  7. 6. ["Treasure Chest of Fun"]
    Honor House Prod. Corp.
  8. 7. 3-D
    Archie
  9. 8. ["Join the Parade!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  10. 9. Starry Eyed
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. ["Li'l Jinx Pen Pals"]
    Li'l Jinx
  12. 11. ["Hi! I'm Jeri Lawrence--Jeri of Hollywood!]
    Jeri of Hollywood
  13. 12. ["Polaris Nuclear Sub"]
    Honor House Prod. Co.
  14. 13. Archie Club News
    Archie
  15. 14. Not This Time
    Archie
  16. 15. ["Cast your ballot for a successful future!"]
    International Correspondence Schools
  17. 16. ["Nationally Famous Prizes at No Cost to You!"]
    Junior Sales Club of America
  18. 17. ["Draw any person in one minute!"]
    Norton Products
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Mike Wagner