Pep #285
(January 1974)

Archie, 1960 Series
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Price
0.20 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 [circular]
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
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dig the new twins in school!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Laugh Comics Digest Magazine #38.

Cut Down to Size (Table of Contents: 1)

Ethel; Moose / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Feature Logo
Big Ethel; Big Moose
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Ethel tries to convince Moose to leave Midge for her.
Reprints

String Along with Me (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Feeling the student body is too infatuated with guitars, Mr. Weatherbee bans the instrument from the school.
Reprints

Excuse Me (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Jinx gets involved with something and returns home late, then tries to think up a mitigating excuse.
Reprints

Where Destiny Leads Me (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski ?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Stan Goldberg
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie reneges on an offer to treat Jughead to a meal when he gets a sudden date with a hot girl.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writing credit taken from credits in Archie Double Digest #241. If correct, this is one of Mike Pellowski's first published works.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Dig the new twins in school!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Cut Down to Size
    Ethel; Moose
  3. 2. String Along with Me
    Mr. Weatherbee
  4. 3. Excuse Me
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. Where Destiny Leads Me
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Joey Beretta
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Ramon Schenk