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Issue: Pep #140
Publication Date: August 1960
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Issues: #140 of 275 Issues (287 Printings)
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: 05/21/1960
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
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 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1960. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B857037. 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
Format Notes:  
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Spring dance

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Based on the plot of the first story in the issue, "Actions Speak Louder Than Words."
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis: The story of Archie and Reggie's attempts to get the money to go to a dance, all told without a single word of dialogue.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In addition to the lack of dialogue, the only caption in this story is one at the beginning explaining the technique and asking readers to write in if they like it. Archie would do a number of silent stories from this point on, many of them drawn by Lucey.

This story is one of the most famous showcases for Harry Lucey's skill at conveying emotion and plot through body language alone. Dan Nadel, whose book "Art In Time" includes a chapter on Lucey, has singled this story out as an "extraordinary" example of Lucey's art.
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Missed By a Nose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Neal Adams
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Neal Adams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Neal Adams
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Leroy
Character(s): Leroy; Leroy's dad
Synopsis: Leroy tells his dad that there was someone who wanted to see him.
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Pages: 0.5
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Bed Made

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Neal Adams
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Neal Adams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Neal Adams
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead does the old joke where he tells Archie he has to "make his own bed."
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Archie is reading Archie Comics' "The Fly." This was the title Neal Adams originally applied to work on at Archie Comics, being assigned to write and draw joke pages instead.
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It's a Ball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Harold
Penciller(s): Joe Harold
Inker(s): Joe Harold
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Shrimpy
Character(s): Shrimpy; Brando
Synopsis: Shrimpy is pitching well now that the ball is broken in.
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Pages: 1
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Double Rocket Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woggon
Penciller(s): Bill Woggon
Inker(s): Bill Woggon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational
Feature(s): Katy Keene
Character(s): Katy Keene; Randy; K.O. Kelly; Gloria
Synopsis: Katy dreams that she marries Randy and becomes "Queen of Outer Space," while K.O. and Gloria get revenge on the couple in a spaceship shaped like a boxing glove.
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Pages: 4
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A New Hair-Do

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woggon
Penciller(s): Bill Woggon
Inker(s): Bill Woggon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational
Feature(s): Gloria
Character(s): Katy Keene; Gloria; Danny
Synopsis: Gloria demands to be picked over Katy for a part, until she finds out what costume the part requires.
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Pages: 2
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Nothing But the Tooth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Greg; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx comes up with a plan to get extra money from the Tooth Fairy.
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Pages: 4
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Information Please

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Moose
Character(s): Moose Mason
Synopsis: Two drunks ask Moose to settle an argument.
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Pages: 0.5
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Ignorance is Bliss!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Veronica thinks Archie peeked at his birthday gift in advance. Reggie makes things worse by telling Archie she got him a bow tie, making it impossible for Archie to talk to Ronnie without saying "bow tie" by accident.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #17 published April 1976
as Ignorance Is Bliss! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6

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