Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1949-07-25
Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #75 Edit Cover
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Archie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Inks:
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well? What would you like to know?
Characters:
Archie Andrews
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Archie #434

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Shop Talk
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Archie / comic story / 6.5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie-kins, tomorrow's my birthday and I'd be just thrilled...
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Woodley
Synopsis:
Veronica wants a hope chest for her birthday and Archie promises to get her one. After he finds out he can't afford a new one, he decides to make one himself in the school woodshop. The shop teacher, Mr. Woodley, seeing the poor job that Archie has done, decides to help. After Archie rips Mr. Woodley's jacket in the clamp, glues his feet to the floor and sends him into the ceiling with a sander to his backside, the hope chest is delivered to Veronica with Archie bound and gagged inside it.
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Suzie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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Archie Club News / letters page / 0.5 page

Script:
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typeset
  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
Characters:
Archie Andrews
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Promo for Archie Club featuring first-prize report from Bobby Munnier (Fort Branch, IN) and second-prize report from Cecilia Kalencik (New Britain, CT). The first half of this page is a comic ad for Fleer's Double Bubble gum.

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Katy Keene / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks:
Bill Woggon (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:teen; fashion
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You have a perfect form, Katy!
Characters:
Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly; Sis; Windy
Synopsis:
Katy reads that golf helps to keep a figure trim and wants to learn how to play. After convincing K.O. to teach her, she makes a hole in one on the first hole, which prompts her to give up golf and take up tennis.

Indexer Notes

K.O.'s outfit and pose by James Titsworth (Marlow, OK) and Robert Smith (Leominster, MA); Katy's outfit by Chic Delibert (Rochester 8, NY); Katy's dress by Rose Tresca (New York 29, NY); dress on Sis by Lois Taylor (Jacksonville, AK); K.O.'s trunks by Joseph Bright (Philadelphia 43, PA); K.O.'s robe by Jim McGrew (Visalia, CA); sport outfit by Latrice Kiker (Amarillo, TX); K.O.'s slack suit by Mary Charles Hewett (Roanoke, VA).

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Katy Keene / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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Archie / advertisement / 1 page

Bargain Day
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Suzie / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daddykins - may I have $39.50 for a new dress?
Characters:
Suzie; Suzie's father; Ferdie; Madam Scalparelli
Synopsis:
Suzie wants $39.50 for a new dress. Her father gives her $20.00 and tells her to shop around. She runs into Ferdie who she invites to come along. Suzie starts at Madam Scalparelli’s, the most exclusive dress shop in town. When Madam Scalparelli finds out Suzie can't afford anything she attacks Ferdie, causing him to spill ink on four dresses. Finding out the cleaners would cost $20.00, they decide to clean the dresses themselves, with chlorine and ammonia. Upon returning, Madam Scalparelli notices the smell and decides she has to sell the four dresses at a reduced price: $5.00 a piece.

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Archie Pencil Fun / activity / 0.67 page

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Letters:
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Indexer Notes

Includes word ladder and drawing riddle.

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Wilbur / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Hearts and Hamburgers
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:She's gorgeous!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Gilda; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
All the boys in Riverdale are gaga over the new rich girl, Gilda, who takes a liking to Jughead because he's the only boy in Riverdale who doesn't have a crush on her. Jughead begins spending time with Gilda because she buys him food, but when Archie convinces Jughead to tell Gilda that he loves her, she ends their friendship.
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Indexer Notes

First Archie story with pencils and inks by George Frese. Contains stereotypical Asian caricature.

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Pep Puzzle Page / activity / 0.67 page

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Letters:
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Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Li'l Jinx
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Includes word ladder and maze.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

A Shaggy Dog Story
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Wilbur / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Say Pop! I have a little surprise for you!
Characters:
Wilbur Wilkin; Mr. Wilkin; Red; Linda Moore; Mrs. Moore; Laurie Lake; Mr. Dripwaite
Synopsis:
Wilbur brings home a stray puppy. His Pop has a fit, telling Wilbur to get rid of the dog before school. Wilbur puts the dog in a doghouse in his backyard and nails the entrance shut. Wilbur meets Red who points out that the dog and the doghouse have followed. They then put the dog in Linda's yard. Wilbur has a phone call from Linda's mom who tells him she tied the dog to the clothes line. The dog breaks free and appears at the school with Linda's monogrammed underpants. Red then takes the dog and Wilbur later learns there is a $100.00 reward, for the dog that Red has now lost.

Indexer Notes

The "Wilbur" feature already appears regularly in Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 Series) and Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 Series), and will now appear in Pep Comics too.

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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Star Dirt / text article / 2 pages

Script:
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Letters:
typeset
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Broadway: The 20th Century pulled into Grand Central one morning...
Synopsis:
Nine articles about Hollywood stars

Love Thy Neighbor
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5.5 pages

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  • Genre:children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yeah? Well that goes double for you!!!
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Bill Bubblegum; Alice; Alice's mother; George
Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx is fighting with the new neighbor girl Alice. This upsets Li'l Jinx's father who tells her she has to learn how to get along with new people and he decides to show her how it's done. Alice's mother sees him talking to Alice and tells George, who's reading about local kidnappers. George punches him in the face. The two men realize it was a mistake and shake hands. Unable to make the girls do the same they decide to take the other's daughter and practice archery, which escalates into the fathers fighting again, and their daughters apologize to each other for their father's hot tempers.

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Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / letters page / 0.5 page

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Letters:
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Pen Pals: Our club has been rolling for some time now.
Characters:
Li'l Jinx

Indexer Notes

Li'l Jinx prints the names of 28 club members and encourages members to send letters about their pen pals.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Well? What would you like to know?"]
    Archie
  2. Shop Talk
    Archie
  3. ["When does 1=3? When one is Suzie!"]
    Suzie
  4. ["Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!"]
    Archie Club News
  5. ["You have a perfect form, Katy!"]
    Katy Keene
  6. ["Don't miss Katy Keene"]
    Katy Keene
  7. ["Hey gang! Our radio show's got a new time and a new sponsor!"]
    Archie
  8. Bargain Day
    Suzie
  9. [no title indexed]
    Archie Pencil Fun
  10. ["Wilbur gets 100%"]
    Wilbur
  11. Hearts and Hamburgers
    Jughead
  12. [no title indexed]
    Pep Puzzle Page
  13. ["It's darling! It's romantic! It's Darling Romance!"]
  14. A Shaggy Dog Story
    Wilbur
  15. ["Here it is! Your Archie Annual"]
    Archie
  16. ["Broadway: The 20th Century pulled into Grand Central one morning..."]
    Star Dirt
  17. Love Thy Neighbor
    Li'l Jinx
  18. ["Hi, Pen Pals: Our club has been rolling for some time now."]
    Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
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