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Issue: Pep #146
Publication Date: May 1961
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Issues: #146 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: 03/02/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Editors listed in statement of ownership.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie, which of the flowers in my garden do you like the best?... The roses or the tulips?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Pep Comics #87.
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Class Will Tell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Smithers; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Veronica and Betty try to top each other in pageantry. Archie, tired of their one-upmanship, comes up with an ultimate entrance of his own.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Double Parked

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Colonel Parkhurst
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge doesn't like Archie and Veronica "parking" on his couch each night.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Help Unwanted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead is working for Pop, but Pop doesn't think he's much help.
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Pages: 0.5
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Matter Over Mind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie daydreams in class.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mystery Package

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, mystery, teen
Character(s): Katy Keene
Synopsis: Katy has a package for "K. Keene" delivered to her by mistake. When she goes to the police, they ask her to deliver the package in a tough neighborhood (shadowed by plainclothes detectives) to catch a suspected criminal.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Fashions, etc., by Sharon Lee Turner (Beckley, W. Va.), Becky Allen (Little Rock, Ark.), and Rosemary Robinson (Oak Grove, Ky.) Art appears to be layouts by Woggin with other artists doing the pencils and inks.
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Take This Free Gift...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 with premium of three ballpoint pens. Clip art of head shots of the main characters.
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Sur-Prizes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous, teen
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Merry Holliday
Synopsis: Li’l Jinx's father loses his wallet and Jinx puts it in a box of cereal for a "prize." Unfortunately, her father returns the cereal box to the store before Li’l Jinx can tell him and he has to buy all the boxes of cereal to find it.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #62 published October 1983
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4.33
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: List of 40 persons (ages 7 to 17) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Trinidad, Pakistan, Canada, and Bermuda.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club News
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.3
Disclose Notes: Winners of the "Why I like to Ride a Bike" contest are listed: Richard Pidgeon (Norfolk, Va.), Carmack Daugherty (Parsons, Tenn.), Sidney Hollander (Dorchester, Mass.), Donald Rumbaugh (Tucson, Ariz.), Reesa Lasky (Haddonfield, N.J.), Patricia Glinska (Buffalo, N.Y.), Carla Sue Cane (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), and Eva Norton (Hazelwood, Mo.) They each won a bicycle.
First prize of $5.00 to Ronnie Dumoulin (Rock Island, Ill.) for article on minerals. Second prize of $3.00 to Lynette Raymond (South Hadley Falls, Mass.) for article on barracudas.
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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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1960

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1960. Average paid circulation for the previous 12 months was 269,504.
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Sympathy Pains

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Big Moose
Synopsis: Archie pretends to have spells of vertigo in order to get sympathy from the girls. He overdoes it and the girls' boy friends seek revenge.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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