Pep Comics
#61
(May 1947)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-03-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine
- Editing
- Harry Shorten (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch your hat & coat and girl friend
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Laugh Comics #119
[The Raffle Ticket]
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie hides his winning raffle ticket in an old picture frame and has to find it after his mom sells the picture.
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ankles aweigh--er--I mean anchors aweigh...
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis; Skipper Mason
- Synopsis
- Katy Keene and Sis go to Skipper Mason in search of a story they can send in to Shorten's Short Story Book.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If it's an Archie magazine, it's the best!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the 6 Archie comics.
[no title indexed]
The Shield / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bailey! Wake up! Durn your hide!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Ping Bailey; Mr. Crusty
- Synopsis
- An aspiring newspaper reporter named Ping Bailey leads the Shield and Dusty to an illegal liquor racket.
Pep Comics Puzzle Page
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
[no title indexed]
Willy the Wise-Guy / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Willy! Wait up!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Willy
- Synopsis
- Willy gets an advertising job.
[no title indexed]
Gloomy Gus / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Edward Kean ?
- Pencils
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Inks
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, shed a tear for Gloomy Gus...
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Gloomy Gus; Gabby
- Synopsis
- Gloomy Gus travels down to Earth and inhabits a Houdini-like magician's body.
[no title indexed]
The Twiddles / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Buy a New Car!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Talbert Twiddle; Tootsie Twiddle; Gramps Twiddle
- Synopsis
- The Twiddles get a sleek new car.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Watch your hat & coat and girl friend"]
Archie -
1.
[The Raffle Ticket]
Archie -
2.
["Ankles aweigh--er--I mean anchors aweigh..."]
Katy Keene -
3.
["If it's an Archie magazine, it's the best!"]
-
4.
["Bailey! Wake up! Durn your hide!"]
The Shield -
5.
Pep Comics Puzzle Page
-
6.
["Hey Willy! Wait up!"]
Willy the Wise-Guy -
7.
Hollywood Gossip
-
8.
["Oh, shed a tear for Gloomy Gus..."]
Gloomy Gus -
9.
["Buy a New Car!"]
The Twiddles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Luke A.
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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