Pep #393 [Newsstand]
(March 1984)

Archie, 1960 Series
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Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000696403
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, I want enough pizza to treat all my friends!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Thunder Bunny; Marvelous Maureen
Reprints

The Song is Ended (Table of Contents: 1)

The Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]
Synopsis
The Archies are harassed by a pair of kids with a lot of snowballs.
Reprints

Vidiocy (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Stan Goldberg
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead dreams he's in a video game.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Katy Keene / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woggon (signed)
Pencils
Hazel Marten
Inks
Cassie Bill
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Cassie Bill

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While Katy is a guest at the Van Ronson family at their ranch…
Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Katy Keene; Gloria Grandbilt; K.O. Kelly; Randy Van Ronson; Big Bertha; Sis
Synopsis
K.O. tries to leave a gift for Katy, but runs into unexpected opposition.
Reprints
  • Reprint from ???

Marvelous Maureen Gets Off Her High Horse or Spies and Seek (Table of Contents: 4)

Marvelous Maureen / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Lori Walls
Pencils
Lori Walls
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Jon D'Agostino ?

Genre
science fiction; humor
Characters
Marvelous Maureen; Clarissa DuBois; Wonder Blunder; Reptilicus; Mortimer; Mr. DuBois
Synopsis
Clarissa makes a play for Wonder Blunder. Maureen is carried off by Mr. DuBois, who may be a walking time bomb.

Improper Connections (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
Inks
Dick Malmgren
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead get into a fight over an extension cord.

The Rabbit and the Ray Gun (Table of Contents: 6)

Thunderbunny / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Marty Greim (credited as Martin Greim)
Pencils
Brian Buniak
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw

Genre
superhero; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Thunder Bunny [Bobby Caswell]; Gloria
Synopsis
Thunder Bunny pursues a man desperate to steal a toy film strip projector shaped like a ray gun.

Indexer Notes

This is the only appearance of the "Thunderbunny" feature in Pep. It was last seen in Thunder Bunny (Archie, 1984 Series) #1 (January 1984), and will next appear in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1983 Series) #13 (October 1984).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Archie, I want enough pizza to treat all my friends!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. The Song is Ended
    The Archies
  3. 2. Vidiocy
    Jughead
  4. 3. ["While Katy is a guest at the Van Ronson family at their ranch…"]
    Katy Keene
  5. 4. Marvelous Maureen Gets Off Her High Horse or Spies and Seek
    Marvelous Maureen
  6. 5. Improper Connections
    Archie
  7. 6. The Rabbit and the Ray Gun
    Thunderbunny
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Ramon Schenk