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Issue: Pep Comics #76 Public Domain
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/19/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
I hope I did not keep you waiting long, Archie!
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FlagPep Comics #74 published January 1949
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
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Later redrawn for the covers to Laugh Comics #115, and Archie Comics Digest #17.
It's a Steal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Fred Andrews
Doing your English homework, Archiekins?
Archie thinks Mr. Weatherbee might be a kleptomaniac.
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Miscellaneous
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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.
No Business Like Show Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational
Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly; Windy; Randy Van Ronson; Jack Granara; Robert Ryan
As our scene opens, Katy is on her way to Hollywood to take a screen test.
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
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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
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Subject Matter
Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
Here it is! Your Archie Annual
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Miscellaneous
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Order form for the first Archie Annual and a poster of Archie.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Dubble Bubble
Gosh, Pud, that's a super-duper tree-hut!
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad in comic form.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews
Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Miscellaneous
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Promo for Archie Club featuring first-prize report from Salvatore Mazzara (Brooklyn, NY) and second-prize report from Peggy Fairbank (Baltimore 18, MD).
Pop Gets Plastered

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Suzie; Ferdie; Suzie's father; Suzie's mother
Hi, Daddy...what's up?
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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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Puzzle Page
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Includes maze and connect the dots.
Gas Pains

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur Wilkin; Red; Linda Moore; Mrs. Moore
Summertime and the livin' is easy...
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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Miscellaneous
6
A New Twist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
Hmmm!
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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Miscellaneous
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Star Dirt
Swedish actress finds her luck in the rain
Gossip about Hollywood movies and their stars.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Birds and the Bees

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Merry Holliday; Pinkie
Li'l Jinx!
Jinx gets some bee hives to try and get honey.
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Miscellaneous
5.5
Edwards' signature is disguised as the leaves on a tree.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Li'l Jinx
Hi, club members: Our club has been rolling along...
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Miscellaneous
0.5
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)
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Subject Matter
Life is a jigsaw puzzle, with the parts scattered.
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Miscellaneous
1
Promo for the story "Goodbye, My Love! Goodbye!" in Darling Romance (Archie, 1949 series) #2.

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