Pep
#288
(April 1974)
Archie,
1960 Series
- Price
- 0.25 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 [vertical]
- Editing
- ?
Famous Name Prizes or Cash
Olympic Sales Club / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for sales people for cards.
On inside front cover.
Pin Head
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie spends too much on a piece of jewelry for Veronica and confusion follows when she tells him he shouldn't have.
- Reprints
-
in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #42 [Newsstand] (December 1986) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #56 (December 1991)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #259 (January 2010)
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10 (April 2015)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #326 (February 2022)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10.
Never Finished High School?
Wayne School / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for home study school.
The Old Pro
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead procrastinates about changing his procrastinating ways.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #265 (February 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #328 (May 2022)
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Indexer Notes
Jughead is reading a "Josie" comic.
Country & Western Classics
E-C Tape Service / advertisement / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Ad for tapes of country/western songs from 1958-1971. Sold as vinyl records, cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes, or 8-track tapes.
Decisions Decisions
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie goes back and forth trying to decide whether he needs to wear rain gear to school...and makes the wrong decision.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #50 (June 1987)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #239 (January 2008)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #33 (December 2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #323 (November 2021)
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Free! 40 Red China Stamps
Kenmore Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for stamps and a bonus album.
Make Excellent Extra Cash...
Engravaplates / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for salesmen for personalized, metal social security cards.
Back Problems
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley's lack of studying comes back to bite him, along with a biting comment from Li'l Jinx.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #7 (June 1988), #35 (May 1996)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #96 (May 2001), #156 (January 2008)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #237 (February 2014)
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[no title indexed]
letters page / 0.75 page
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
Indexer Notes
List of pen pals and addresses for the Li'l Jinx Pen Pals Club.
Bottom includes a 1-inch ad for Archie's Restaurant of Joliet, Illinois.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Louis H. Silberkleit (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Average number of copies printed during preceding 12 months = 427,482.
Average number of copies in paid circulation during preceding 12 months = 205,802.
Average number of copies by subscription during preceding 12 months = 307.
Here's Love Spray Perfume
Blair Division of Chap Stick Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for a perfume.
I'll Put Your Daughter's Name...
Wallace Brown / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Happy Birthday Music Box.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Fan letters, with membership coupon for the Archie Club.
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Kerri Hatcher (Citrus Heights, CA), Nancy Rubin (Miami Beach, FL), Twyla Carter (Fraser Lake, British Columbia, Canada), Nanette Elman (Massapequa, NY), and Joey Brzoza (Nakina, Ontario, Canada).
Start Your Collection of Stars Now!
Jeri of Hollywood / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for photos of celebrities.
Shining Example
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Geradline Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee makes students do chores around the school instead of sitting in detention hall, and has given Archie the job of polishing doorknobs. Five unpolished doorknobs in the school drive both Mr. Weatherbee and Archie nuts.
- Reprints
- in Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #108 (February 1979)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #239 (January 2008)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #33 (December 2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #324 (December 2021)
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Join the Jolly Giant and Win the Prizes You Want
Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for sales people for greeting cards.
On inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie, are we on the scenic route?"]
Archie -
1.
Famous Name Prizes or Cash
Olympic Sales Club -
2.
Pin Head
Archie -
3.
Never Finished High School?
Wayne School -
4.
The Old Pro
Archie -
5.
Country & Western Classics
E-C Tape Service -
6.
Decisions Decisions
Archie -
7.
Free! 40 Red China Stamps
Kenmore Co. -
8.
Make Excellent Extra Cash...
Engravaplates -
9.
Back Problems
Li'l Jinx -
10.
[no title indexed]
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11.
[no title indexed]
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12.
Here's Love Spray Perfume
Blair Division of Chap Stick Co. -
13.
I'll Put Your Daughter's Name...
Wallace Brown -
14.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
15.
Start Your Collection of Stars Now!
Jeri of Hollywood -
16.
Shining Example
Archie -
17.
Karate
Universal -
18.
Join the Jolly Giant and Win the Prizes You Want
Junior Sales Club of America -
19.
Make Money Get Prizes
American Seed Co.
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- Katy Hayhurst
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- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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