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Issue: Pep Comics #97 Public Domain
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/11/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
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Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Women are not catty, Archie! They have much cleaner minds than men!
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Later redrawn for the cover of Archie's Joke Book Magazine #53
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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Hats off Archie --- the queen is passing by!
When Betty is elected Miss Popularity by the boys of Riverdale High, Jughead explains that it's partially because she doesn't limit herself to dating one boy. Betty then convinces the boys to ask Veronica for dates so that she won't have time to date Archie. Her plan backfires when Archie reacts by filling his calendar with dates too.
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Kiss and Don't Tell

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
If Archie ever finds out about this gag someone's gonna get hurt!
Betty gives Jughead a black eye because he messed up her and Archie's game of padiddle.
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Broom for Improvement

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Suzie; Ferdie
Ferdie, take me in your arms!
Ferdie uses a broom to learn a new dance step, but when the dance arrives, he can only replicate the moves by holding a broom behind Suzie.
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It Pays to Be Ignorant

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Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Red Wilson; Slats Morgan
What did you say?
Wilbur and Slats think men are superior to women, so they challenge Linda and Laurie to see who can borrow the most money from Red.
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Archie Andrews
Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Promo for Archie Club membership with first-prize report from Leanna Stein (San Francisco, CA) on getting a puppy for good behavior and second-prize report from Judy Lee (Copley, OH) on conservation club.
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From Hollywood
Archie Andrews
Star Sparkles With Glamour 'Round the Clock
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10 anecdotes from Hollywood.
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Katy Keene; Sis; Danny O'Connel; the Painter
Katy, this is Danny at Colossal Studios calling..
Katy poses in a swimsuit for the man she thinks the studio sent to make a prop painting of her, but the man turns out to be a painter for her apartment.
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Katy's smock, beret, etc. by Nancy Wydeven (Kimberly, WI); artist's table, etc. by Ronald Thomas Kirchner (Hope, AR); robe by Harley Womack (Belzoni, MS); negligee and pose by Patricia Barclay (Macomb, IL); Katy's shorty robe and pose by Lonnie Jo House (Prescott, AR); Katy's swim suit and pose by Mae Meabon (Huntington, WV); Sis's dress by Deanna Bermas (Brooklyn 29, NY); pose by Bernice Private (Graceville, MN).
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Katy Keene
Don't miss a single story of Katy in Katy Keene...
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Promo for Archie Comics publications in which Katy Keene appears. Pose and gown by Gloria Krowiak (Winnipeg, Manitoba).
Katy Fashions

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Katy Keene
Paper doll.
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Star swim suit on Katy by Willa Dean Justice (Clinton, TN); swim outfit by Janet Prickett (Wheatridge, CO); skirt by Kay Olson (Arlington, TX); P.J.'s by Marlene Swartz (Portland 11, OR); other designs by Judith Higbee (Minneapolis, MN); Rosamond Adams (San Diego 5, CA); and Dolores Vincent (Wichita 12, KS). Includes text with instructions on how to order Katy Keene new pin-up #1.
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Li'l Jinx; Bill Bubblegum [Hap Holliday]; Merry Bubblegum [Merry Holliday]
Mommy, I want a drink!!
Merry thinks that Li'l Jinx has locked herself in the bathroom with the shower running and can't reach Bill, so she calls the fire department to break the door down - only to find Bill showering inside with his earplugs in.
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Hi, Pen Pals: Our club now has thousands of members who have made many new friends through the mail.
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Li'l Jinx shares the names and addresses of 44 new club members.

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