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Issue: Pep Comics #76 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1949
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Issues: #76 of 136 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/19/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: I hope I did not keep you waiting long, Archie!
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In Content Item: FlagPep Comics #74 published January 1949
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the covers to Laugh Comics #115, and Archie Comics Digest #17.
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It's a Steal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Fred Andrews
First Line: Doing your English homework, Archiekins?
Synopsis: Archie thinks Mr. Weatherbee might be a kleptomaniac.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Ray Gill; the extent of Ray Gill's work is currently unknown. As per Ray's brother Joe, Ray never drew for Archie Comics; rather, he wrote the scripts and outlined the stories (Charlton Spotlight #5). Pencils match the early signed stories of Schwartz.
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No Business Like Show Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly; Windy; Randy Van Ronson; Jack Granara; Robert Ryan
First Line: As our scene opens, Katy is on her way to Hollywood to take a screen test.
Synopsis: Katy and Sis' flight lands in Los Angeles, where they are surprised to find Randy at the airport. Despite Randy's hopes to get Katy alone, Jack Granara of RKO Studios and actor Robert Ryan meet up with Katy and drive her to the studio for her screen test. Meanwhile, in New York, K.O. continues training for his next match, the outcome of which will allow him to visit Hollywood for a match.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Poses, gowns, etc. by Margie Mollie Brown (New York 27, NY); training outfit by Gretchen Bemus (Piqua, OH). Granara was a real-life publicist for RKO. Robert Ryan is noted as the star of RKO's "The Set-Up" (1949).

Storyline continued from Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #27; continued in Wilbur Comics #26. (Stories were published out of order.)
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
First Line: Here it is! Your Archie Annual
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Order form for the first Archie Annual and a poster of Archie.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble
First Line: Gosh, Pud, that's a super-duper tree-hut!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic form.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Club featuring first-prize report from Salvatore Mazzara (Brooklyn, NY) and second-prize report from Peggy Fairbank (Baltimore 18, MD).
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Pop Gets Plastered

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Suzie; Ferdie; Suzie's father; Suzie's mother
First Line: Hi, Daddy...what's up?
Synopsis: Suzie's father doesn't want to spend the money to hire a professional to plaster a spot in the ceiling so Suzie and Ferdie decide to surprise him by doing it themselves.
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Pages: 6
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Puzzle Page
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes maze and connect the dots.
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Gas Pains

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red; Linda Moore; Mrs. Moore
First Line: Summertime and the livin' is easy...
Synopsis: Wilbur thinks Linda is trying to commit suicide by inhaling gas in the oven after he turned her down for a date.
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Pages: 6
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A New Twist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
First Line: Hmmm!
Synopsis: Jughead learns a Ju-Jitsu move where he can toss an opponent with a twist of the wrist so Coach Kleats puts him on the wrestling team to defeat a tough opponent from a rival school.
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Pages: 7
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Star Dirt
First Line: Swedish actress finds her luck in the rain
Synopsis: Gossip about Hollywood movies and their stars.
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Pages: 2
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The Birds and the Bees

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Merry Holliday; Pinkie
First Line: Li'l Jinx!
Synopsis: Jinx gets some bee hives to try and get honey.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
Disclose Notes: Edwards' signature is disguised as the leaves on a tree.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Li'l Jinx
First Line: Hi, club members: Our club has been rolling along...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Li'l Jinx provides the names of 28 new club members and encourages readers to send her letters about their new friends.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Life is a jigsaw puzzle, with the parts scattered.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for the story "Goodbye, My Love! Goodbye!" in Darling Romance (Archie, 1949 series) #2.

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