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Issue: Pep Comics #120 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1957
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Issues: #120 of 136 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Katy Keene (inset); Wilbur (inset); Li'l Jinx (inset); Pat the Brat (inset)
First Line: What do you mean you think you're going to be famous because of the test, Moose?
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Pages: 1
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Three Cornered Calamity

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Aunt Agnes
Synopsis: Archie needs help to learn how to babysit. When Veronica can't get the job done, Betty does.
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Pages: 6
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Blood Won't Tell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: When Reggie cuts in on a couple dancing, the girl insults him.
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Pages: 0.5
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Shoes Your Weapons!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: While bowling, all Midge can throw is gutter balls. But she won't quit because her feet hurt and her bowling shoes are the only comfortable shoes she owns.
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Married Blitz!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Jughead tells Betty that women are like elephants. Nice to look at but who wants to own one.
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Weed It and Reap

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie can't tell the difference between a garden plant and a weed. Jughead suggests digging everything up. Whatever grows back will be a weed.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Character(s): Smith Brothers
First Line: We love those cough drops...
Synopsis: Children sing the Smith Brothers jingle while riding a merry-go-round.
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Disclose Notes: Ad in panel format for Smith Brothers Cough Drops.
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Zoo-Illogical

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Pat The Brat; Pat's Dad; Pat's Mom
Synopsis: Pat's dad takes him to the zoo and ends up getting arrested and fined.
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Pages: 5
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Two Big New Annuals!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Giant Series Magazines
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Betty and Veronica Annual #5 and Jughead Annual #5, with mail-in coupon. Cost is 25 cents each. Covers are partially depicted, along with original art.
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File Card

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee gives Veronica a filing job. She then passes it off on to Betty, so it will keep Betty away from Archie. When Betty asks for Archie's help with the job, and gets it, it drives Veronica crazy knowing the two of them will be spending time together, alone. Veronica talks Mr. Weatherbee into giving her the filing job back, but Betty still has Archie because now Veronica has to do the filing by herself. Frustrated, Veronica ends up sitting on the floor shredding files with her teeth and hands.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Annual Digest #32 published January 1978
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Pages: 5
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To the Point

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Slats
Synopsis: Slats hurts his head, slamming it into the roof of his new foreign car after sitting on Laurie's knitting needles.
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.2
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Anne Leff (Bronx, N.Y.) for paragraph about visiting the Bronx Zoo. Second prize of $3.00 to Agnes Stillman (Pittsfield, Mass) for paragraph on her friends visiting a school class for deaf children. Third prize of $2.00 to Mary Abramowitz (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) for paragraph on starting a lending library in her neighborhood. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Dorothy Wells (North Little Rock, Ark.) for paragraph about holding a hobo party. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Rosalie Parry (Peoria, Ill.) for paragraph about holding a penny carnival and donating the money to the March of Dimes. Sixth prize of $1.00 to Betty Cunningham (Staten Island, N.Y.) for paragraph about the civics club in her school.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 10 cents.
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Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1956

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1956. No circulation figures given.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Danny; Errol Swoon
First Line: Danny calls to Katy
Synopsis: Katy gets the part in a movie, but Gloria badgers Danny until he gives the part to her instead. After finding she has to wear a clown suit, Gloria quits and Katy gets the part again.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story is told in verse. Fashions, etc., by Rochelle Hochstein (Houston, Texas), Lloyd E. Heighes (York, Pa.), Patricia Crivelli (Philadelphia, Pa.), and Janet Nielsen (Chicago, Ill.).
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Birthday Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Barry
Synopsis: Jinx explains to her father how she got so dirty at Ga'Ga's birthday party.
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Pages: 3.25
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
First Line: Hi, Pen Pals!
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: List of 48 persons (ages 10 to 15) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Trinidad, West Pakistan, Sweden, England, Philippines, Malaya, and Canada.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): White Cloverine Brand Salve; Wilson Chemical Co.
Character(s): Jim; Betty
First Line: Jim and Betty Solve the 'Flying Saucer' Mystery!
Synopsis: Jim and Betty use their telescope and binoculars to spot the first Earth satellite.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad in comic format for receiving premiums for selling White Cloverine Brand Salve. Wilson Chemical Company, Tyrone, Pa.
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Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
Character(s): Mickey Mantle (photo)
Synopsis: Despite hitting the winning home run in a baseball game, Billy is upset because he can't afford a bicycle. New York Yankees baseball player Mickey Mantle tells him to sell greeting cards with the Junior Sales Club of America and get one as a premium.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad partially in comic format for Junior Sales Club of America, Springfield, Mass.

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