Pep
#401
(July 1985)
Archie,
1960 Series
- Price
- 0.65 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000696407
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie... what do your parents think of your huge teddy bear collection?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
![Cover Thumbnail for Pep (1960 series) #401 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1603/w100/1603641.jpg?-454041502010606783)
Home Sweet Home
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mary leaves on a sales training course, meaning Archie and Fred must survive without her.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #77 (March 1995) - in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #175 (July 2002)
- in Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #45 (January 2015)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #317 (April 2021)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Lodge’s Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Lodge is a successful businessman, good father, and is in great physical shape!
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Follow the path to learn why Mr. Lodge is so fit.
Proof Spoof
Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee asks for a student update.
Speak Up
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog begins talking, but Jughead can't get anyone to believe him.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #88 (October 2002), #165 (January 2011)
-
Bugs a la Carte
Marvelous Maureen / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; humor
- Characters
- Marvelous Maureen; Mortimer; Wonder Blunder; Licus
- Synopsis
- Maureen and crew stop at an intergalactic fast food restaurant. There they meet up with a grossnik battleship crew who also stopped for lunch.
What a Seat-uation
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Svenson the janitor
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee asks Svenson to repair his office chair before the Superintendent's inspection.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #102 (June 1990)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #79 (July 1995)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #181 (March 2003)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #119 (April 2008)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #35 (February 2014)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza (Archie, 2014 series) ([February] 2014)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #95 (February 2020)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Ronnie... what do your parents think of your huge teddy bear collection?"]
Archie -
1.
Home Sweet Home
Archie -
2.
["Mr. Lodge is a successful businessman, good father, and is in great physical shape!"]
Mr. Lodge’s Puzzle Page -
3.
Proof Spoof
Miss Grundy -
4.
Speak Up
Jughead -
5.
Bugs a la Carte
Marvelous Maureen -
6.
What a Seat-uation
Mr. Weatherbee
This issue was modified by, among others
- Igor Dybzinski
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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