• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:acrobats

Synopsis:

Archie is excited to meet the new girl in town and Betty is happy to let him. It turns out the family are acrobats and welcome Archie in acrobatic style.

Reprints (1)

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #13 (August 1975)

• Genre:humor; teen; children

• Keywords:albums; hot foot; practical jokes; record player; records; spanking

Synopsis:

Leroy plays practical jokes on Archie while he's trying to listen to music.

Reprints (2)

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #56 (October 1982)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #9 (October 1988)

The gag is based on the "Music to ____ by" album craze.

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:elope; Maryland; rumors; telephone

Synopsis:

Reggie starts a rumor to discredit Archie, but it gets twisted and backfires on him.

Reprints (1)

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #14 (May 1976)

• Genre:humor; children

• Keywords:doll; fuses; television; TV commercial

• Hap Holliday
• Li'l Jinx
• Ga Ga Zabor

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx wants the doll set she sees on TV, so her father sets out to get it for her, over any obstacle.

Reprints (2)

• in Le Jeune Archie (Editions Héritage, 1976 series) #7
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #13 (August 1975)

In the reprint, two panels are omitted. A panel where the TV goes dark is combined with a spoken line by Li'l Jinx. The other is where Jinx tries to tell Hap that the TV is on the blink.

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, girls and boys--

List of 45 persons (ages 7 to 16) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Jamaica, England, West Pakistan, and Canada.

First prize of $5.00 to David Johnson (Portland, Conn.) for article on machines and automation. Second prize of $3.00 to Danny Duquette (Geraldton, Ontario, Canada) for article on Eskimos. Third prize of $2.00 to Ronnie Hyde (Orlando, Fla.) for article about baseball. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Mary Ann Burkh (New York, N.Y.) for four jokes. Head shots of Archie and Jughead, which may be previously-published art.

• Genre:fashion; teen

• Keywords:horses

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #8 (October 1983) [Design attribution removed]

"Entire pin-up by Cindy Lou Haley, Cheyenne, Wyoming."

• Genre:fashion; western-frontier; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Action Pin-Ups
• Keywords:Appaloosa; Arabian; horses

Synopsis:

Katy riding an Appaloosa mare "Frosty Top" and Katy riding an Arabian "Silver Dawn."

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #8 (October 1983)

• Genre:humor; teen; fashion

• Keywords:horses

Synopsis:

Write your own short story. Word balloons are left empty in a five-panel story about Sis trying to ride a horse.

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #8 (October 1983) [Design attributions removed]

"Entire page, poses, fashions, etc. by Linda Miramontes, Stockton 7, Calif."

• Genre:humor; teen; fashion

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:More Horse Pin-Ups
• Keywords:horses; Palamino; stallion

Synopsis:

Katy with a Palamino mare "Mystery" and Curly's trick stallion "Rebel."

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #8 (October 1983)

• Genre:fashion; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Katy's horse pin-ups in this story...
• Keywords:horse

List of 35 readers who are credited with designing the horse pin-ups in this issue. Illustrated by a drawing of Katy with her horse.

• Genre:humor; fashion; teen

Synopsis:

Katy talks about furs and Sis makes a joke about a skunk.

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #8 (October 1983) [Design attributions removed]

Fashions by Judy Curtin (Melrose, Mass.)

This is the final appearance of the "Katy Keene" feature in Pep (except for a illustration next issue). However, the feature now has its own comic book: Katy Keene Comics (Archie, 1949 Series), and still appears in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 Series).