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Issue: Pep #288
Publication Date: April 1974
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Issues: #288 of 275 Issues (307 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Archie, are we on the scenic route?
Synopsis: The boys are snowmobiling and have different ideas of scenic.
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Pages: 1
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Famous Name Prizes or Cash

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Olympic Sales Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for cards.
On inside front cover.
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Pin Head

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie spends too much on a piece of jewelry for Veronica and confusion follows when she tells him he shouldn't have.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10.
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Never Finished High School?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wayne School
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for home study school.
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The Old Pro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead procrastinates about changing his procrastinating ways.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Jughead is reading a "Josie" comic.
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Country & Western Classics

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): E-C Tape Service
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Ad for tapes of country/western songs from 1958-1971. Sold as vinyl records, cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes, or 8-track tapes.
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Decisions Decisions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie goes back and forth trying to decide whether he needs to wear rain gear to school...and makes the wrong decision.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #33 [Direct Edition] published December 2013
as Decisions, Decisions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Free! 40 Red China Stamps

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kenmore Co.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for stamps and a bonus album.
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Make Excellent Extra Cash...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Engravaplates
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for salesmen for personalized, metal social security cards.
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Back Problems

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Charley's lack of studying comes back to bite him, along with a biting comment from Li'l Jinx.
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In Content Item: FlagB&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #237 [Direct Edition] published February 2014
as Back Problems [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: List of pen pals and addresses for the Li'l Jinx Pen Pals Club.
Bottom includes a 1-inch ad for Archie's Restaurant of Joliet, Illinois.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Average number of copies printed during preceding 12 months = 427,482.
Average number of copies in paid circulation during preceding 12 months = 205,802.
Average number of copies by subscription during preceding 12 months = 307.
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Here's Love Spray Perfume

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blair Division of Chap Stick Co.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for a perfume.
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I'll Put Your Daughter's Name...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wallace Brown
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Happy Birthday Music Box.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club News
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Fan letters, with membership coupon for the Archie Club.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Kerri Hatcher (Citrus Heights, CA), Nancy Rubin (Miami Beach, FL), Twyla Carter (Fraser Lake, British Columbia, Canada), Nanette Elman (Massapequa, NY), and Joey Brzoza (Nakina, Ontario, Canada).
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Start Your Collection of Stars Now!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jeri of Hollywood
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for photos of celebrities.
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Shining Example

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Waldo Weatherbee; Geradline Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee makes students do chores around the school instead of sitting in detention hall, and has given Archie the job of polishing doorknobs. Five unpolished doorknobs in the school drive both Mr. Weatherbee and Archie nuts.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie and Me #108 published February 1979
as Shining Example [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #33 [Direct Edition] published December 2013
as Shining Example [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Karate

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Universal
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for self-defense system.
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Join the Jolly Giant and Win the Prizes You Want

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for greeting cards.
On inside back cover.
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Make Money Get Prizes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Co.
Character(s): Chipper Luschenat; Sue Pfankuch; Dan Russell
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for seed packets. Includes photos and testimonials from three kids.
On back cover.

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