Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1960-10-28
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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie! Am I paying you to kiss Veronica?
Characters:
Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

There are 2 other Archie titles with similar covers to this one. They are, Pep #93, and Archie Comics Digest #12.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: eight times a year in January, March, May, June, August, September, October and November
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Challenge
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You look like a happy lad today, Jug!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Archie makes a blanket challenge against anyone who was with Veronica that day. The only problem is that she was in contact with the entire football team that day and they all show up to fight Archie.
Reprints (1)

Young and Foolish
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Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I am so older!
Characters:
Shrimpy; Daphne
Synopsis:
Daphne argues that she's older than Shrimpy.

The Sport
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Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wheee....
Characters:
Shrimpy
Synopsis:
Shrimpy ice skates on a frozen puddle.

New Knowledge
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Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What are you looking at?
Synopsis:
Shrimpy; Daphne

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Shrimpy" feature in Pep Comics. However, the feature is still appearing as occasional filler in almost all Archie comics of this period. It appears next in Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 Series) #18 (Spring 1961).

Masquerade Monkey Shines
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Katy Keene / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:fashion; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello, Katy dahling, I'm giving the most unusual costume pahty and you're invited!
Characters:
Katy Keene; Gloria Granbilt; Sis; K.O. Kelly; Randy van Ronson

Charity Begins at Home
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Katy Keene / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; fashion; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Randy, why haven't you bought any kisses?
Characters:
Katy Keene; Randy van Ronson
Synopsis:
Katy operates a kissing booth.

Sew What
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Katy and Bertha / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Today we'll see the crow's foot, whale bone, frog and feather stitch!
Characters:
Katy Keene; Sis; Bertha

Trip the Light Fantastic
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Gloria & K.O. / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You dance very well, Gloria!
Characters:
K.O. Kelly; Gloria Granbilt

Gloria Gets Her Man
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Gloria & K.O. / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:K.O., where did you get those pretty blue eyes?
Characters:
K.O. Kelly; Gloria Granbilt

Poor Fish
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I was just playing with Gregory and guess what he just got, Daddy!
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx gets pet fish and gives them a bath with soapy water, feeds them every few minutes and tries to pour hot water from the stove in their tank.
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Archie Club News
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Archie Club / letters page / 2 pages

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Inspiration
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There go the friendliest enemies in school!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis:
Archie is hiding from Betty and Veronica so he can prepare for an important debate.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #18.

Well Done, Jane!
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Chicago Roller Skates / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Archie! Am I paying you to kiss Veronica?"]
    Archie
  2. The Challenge
    Archie
  3. Young and Foolish
    Shrimpy
  4. The Sport
    Shrimpy
  5. New Knowledge
    Shrimpy
  6. Masquerade Monkey Shines
    Katy Keene
  7. Charity Begins at Home
    Katy Keene
  8. Sew What
    Katy and Bertha
  9. Trip the Light Fantastic
    Gloria & K.O.
  10. Gloria Gets Her Man
    Gloria & K.O.
  11. Poor Fish
    Li'l Jinx
  12. Archie Club News
    Archie Club
  13. Inspiration
    Betty and Veronica
  14. Well Done, Jane!
    Chicago Roller Skates
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