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Issue: Pep #172
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 25 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Title Page
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humorous, teen
Pardon me, Miss Veronica, your father wants to talk to you!
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Ben Rebhuhn (photo); Bill Butler (photo)
Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?
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Advertisement, with response coupon, for the bodybuilding program from American Body Building Club.
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The Choice

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humorous, teen
handsome stranger
Say 'uncle'!
Unable to decide who gets to date Archie, the girls ask a handsome stranger to flip a coin. Veronica gets Archie -- so Betty won.
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Includes indicia on bottom of first page.
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childrens
Cyclists
Isn't that your bicycle?
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Advertisement for bicycle parts from the Bendix Corporation.
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Three joyful Jills in the most exciting comic book ever!
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Promo advertisement for She's Josie (Archie, 1963 series).
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208 different world-wide stamps
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Advertisement for stamps from Jaro Stamp Co.
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$1 spectacular!
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Advertisement for stamps from Stamp Specialties.
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50-year-old collection
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Advertisement for stamps from Jaro Stamp Co.
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United States Commemoratives
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Advertisement for stamps from Anca Stamp Co.
Not Guilty

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humorous, teen
Attention, class! Here is your first question on the grammar quiz!
Moose misunderstands Miss Grundy's question.
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Daffy Daffi-nitions

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humorous, teen
Students! This is our question for the day! Please answer!
The gang shares opinions on what makes a gentleman.
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humorous, teen
What do you mean, no one will see you in this bikini?
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Inking originally tentatively credited to Dan DeCarlo. Credit changed to Rudy Lapick on 3/3/15.
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Mike Marvel (photo)
Boys! Men!
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Advertisement, with response coupon, for the bodybuilding system from Mike Marvel.
The Kloppy Jalopy

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humorous, teen
Mr. Maxwell
Your jalopy looks as pretty as a picture, Arch.....
Archie tries to rent out his Model T to a car show, but fails to tell them that the car has no brakes.
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Here it is!
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Promo advertisement for Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #16.
Hot Daze

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childrens, humorous
It's blazing hot, so dad takes Li'l Jinx and her friends to the beach. But it's so much work getting the kids ready that he forgets his suit.
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Hi, girls and boys -- How would you like to get mail from new friends from all over the world?
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Pen pal service offering a list of names and addresses of 44 different potential pen pals.
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Teacher; student
New Discovery in Hypnotism
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Advertisement, with response coupon, for the book How to Hypnotize by Bradford Chambers, from Bond Book Co.
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Includes reports from fans Melanie Levine (Syosset, N.Y.) First prize - $5.00, Megumi Alice Sumitani (Seattle, Wash.) Second prize - $3.00, and Violet Cruz (New York, N.Y.) Third prize - $2.00.
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Archie Club
If you want to be an ARCHIE CLUB MEMBER eligible to win all these CASH PRIZES, not to mention a BIG BYLINE in a top-notch comic magazine...
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Membership application form for the Archie Club.
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Artist; model
An amazing invention - 'Magic Art Reproducer'
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Advertisement, with response coupon, for the magic art reproducer from Norton Products.
Hi Level Concussion

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humorous, teen
Hi, Jug! How's it going?
When Jughead develops intellectual pretensions, the girls think it's dreamy. So Archie and Reggie become intellectuals, leaving the girls without dates. They take revenge on Jughead.
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Get my new lucky piece... free now!
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Promo advertisement, with order coupon, for subscriptions to Archie (Archie, 1959 series), Pep (Archie, 1960 series), Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series), Archie's Pal, Jughead (Archie, 1949 series), Archie's Girl, Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series), Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series), Life With Archie (Archie, 1958 series), Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series).
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Boys; girl
Jet 'rocket' space ship!
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Advertisement, with order coupon, for play rocket ship from Honor House Products Corp.
Inside back cover.
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Schwinn Deluxe Sting-Ray
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Ad, with response coupon, for the deluxe Sting-Ray and Varsity bicycles from Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
Back cover.

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