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Issue: Pep #138
Publication Date: April 1960
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Issues: #138 of 275 Issues (307 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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: 01/29/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date and volume number confirmed from the publication date and volume number reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 14, Part 1, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1960. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B826452. Catalog stated they received notice on this comic in 1959. Copyright office also still records the title as being "Pep Comics."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Let me clue you in!
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Pages: 1
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My Problems as a Teen-Ager

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie's typical day deciding what to do.
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Pages: 6
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Capital Blessing

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Leroy (Veronica's cousin)
Synopsis: Leroy says bedtime prayer; including "Please, make Montreal the capital of Canada" because that's what he wrote on his test.
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Music Mania

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Souphead (Jughead's cousin)
Synopsis: Souphead cuts into his drum (to see what's inside) with a knife given to him by his neighbor (so he wouldn't be able to play it).
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It's For the Birds

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday (Jinx' Daddy)
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx adds a light bulb to heat an empty birdhouse, to try and get a bird to live in it.
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The Boxer and the Lady

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Genres: drama, informational
Character(s): Katy Keene; Ingebar Yoyohanson; Briget (Ingebar's fiancee); K.O. Kelly; Danny (the movie director)
Synopsis: Katy is co-starring with Ingebar in a movie, and misfortune strikes.
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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: This is an advertisement for Betty & Veronica Annual 8 and Jughead Annual 8; both covers are shown.
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Food for Thought

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Reggie sells Moose some brain pills.
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Lightning Strikes Twice

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead are grocery shopping when their cart hits a woman's cart who might have run into Archie's jalopy "last week."
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For the Present

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Mary Holliday (Jinx' Mommy); Hap Holliday (Jinx' Daddy)
Synopsis: Jinx hasn't gotten anything for her Daddy for his birthday.
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Feature(s): Li'l Jinx Penpal Club
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday
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Disclose Notes: New Penpal club members: Diane Carpenter, Shirley Gaye Griffith, Lee J Kowarth, Kyrie Adamie, Kathleen Ann O'Connor, Susan Ford, Vicki Balster, Ester Everette, Debra Wergett, Joan Woodburn, Chong Shin Fui, Jean Johnson, Irma Vuori, Joyce Landman, Nancy Rowell, Diane Mora, Patricia Griener, Jean Williams, Margaret Herboldt, Elizabeth Roche, Karen Bosley, Molly Mannix, Kerstin Gustafsson, Shirley Erbele, Susan Schiffman, Lucine Pnzelone, Vun Sang Choi, Yvonne Sanders, Susan Souza, Barbara Arnold, Toni Reeves, Joanne Toce, Mary Beth Milowicki, Theresa Placanica, Nancy Ann Simpson, Eileen Baluk, Linell Kam, Elaine Mason, Lynn Go Chee Kit, Virginia Zbarauskas, Sheryl Boultinghouse, Marcial Gonzolez, Susan Smolen, Emma French, Annette Andrews, Rosemary Jackson, and Audrey Hoyt.
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Archie Club News
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Disclose Notes: This is a listing of prizes from a recent Archie Club contest: first place, Jeffrey Reiser; second place, Michael Yep; third place, Patty Pirolli; fourth place, Mary Bailin; and fifth place, Donna Wilcox. Also, there is a form that can be filled out to join the club.
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Fashion Plate

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Genres: humorous, informational, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; unnamed salesman; little boy
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie are working odd jobs for a month to earn money to buy custom suits; instead, they end up buying uniforms for a little league team and become the Manager and Coach, respectively.
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