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Issue: Pep #141
Publication Date: September 1960
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Issues: #141 of 275 Issues (307 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: 06/28/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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 B857035. 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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The King Is Back

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover appears to have Archie as an Elvis Presley-style star, but the scene appears in only one flashback panel of the interior "The King Is Back!" story.
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The King Is Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jervis (butler)
Synopsis: Archie's newest music craze is the bongos. Mr. Lodge reviews Archie's previous music fads as an Elvis-style rocker and then a ukulele player from the Roaring '20s. This time the bongo rhythm captures Mr. Lodge and Jervis the butler and they do a set on the bongos and double-bass.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the cover-featured story, but only one flashback panel refers to Archie as a guitar player.
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Hey Kids! Help John Wayne Defend the Alamo!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle
Character(s): Davy Crockett (as played by John Wayne); Jim Bowie (as played by Richard Widmark); William Travis (as played by Laurence Harvey)
Synopsis: Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and others make the decision to defend the Alamo
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format promoting the movie "The Alamo" on the top half of the page. Contest tie-in "Enter the Popsicle "Alamo Heroes" Contest!' on the bottom half of the page. Art identification by Gene Reed on GCD-Main list on 2015-08-12.
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Mis-Count!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Shrimpy
Synopsis: Shrimpy and his friend count all the pebbles on the beach, but come up with conflicting numbers.
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Pages: 0.5
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Keeping Score!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Shrimpy
Synopsis: A girl writes an impossibly large number on a fence (1 followed by many zeroes) and then tells Shrimpy that's how many times she hates him.
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Pages: 0.5
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Knowledge Is Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge (cameo)
Synopsis: Reggie gets the only "A" in the class for his composition. His trick was to write about "Our Underpaid Teachers."
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Pages: 1
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Trapeze Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Katy Keene; Danny; Joe Cadona; Bongo (gorilla)
Synopsis: Katy plays a trapeze artist in a circus movie. She befriends a circus gorilla who saves her when a pole breaks.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Fashions and poses by Jo Ellen Shattuck (San Diego, Calif.), Carole Shadrick (Decatur, Ill.), Lucille Young (Portland, Ore.), Judith Watson (Gates, Ore.), and Caroline Antl (Owatonna, Minn.).
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They Said It Couldn't Be Done!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #12, with mail-in coupon. Premium is a free 1961 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Cover and calendar are depicted, along with original art.
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Balloon Sur-Prizes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Jinx's father is on the entertainment committee for the country club dance and is in charge of providing balloons. Jinx and Greg take some of the balloons and put slips of paper with prizes written on them in them, intending to use them for a party of their own. However, their balloons get taken to the adult dance and there's trouble when there are no prizes to match to the slips of paper.
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Pages: 4.33
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
Character(s): Li'l Jinx (cameo)
First Line: Hi, girls and boys --
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: List of 44 persons (ages 7 to 14) desiring pen pals. All are from the United States.
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No Delay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis: Jughead can't wait for dinner, so he sits and eats inside the refrigerator.
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Tom Murray (Holden, Mass.) for article about his visit to an Coast Guard icebreaker. Second prize of $3.00 to Jane Irene Wagner (Ridgeway, Pa.) for article on a fly's eyes. Third prize of $2.00 to Sandy Bacon (Racine, Wis.) for article on dogs. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Corol Cope (Tahoe Valley, Calif.) for two jokes. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Lana Kay Speicher (Wray, Colo.) for three jokes.
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[untitled]

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: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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Unfair Tactics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis: Archie gets in trouble with all his teachers and is ordered to report to the principal's office after school. Mr. Weatherbee uses some reverse psychology to get Archie to change his ways.
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Pages: 6

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