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Issue: Pep Comics #56 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1946
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Issues: #56 of 136 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines
On Sale Date: 02/11/1946
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten ?
Disclose Notes: First issue to be published under the Archie Comics brand.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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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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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: So-o-o!
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #5 published April 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bulletin No. 34

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield G-Man Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Oscar (Archie's dog)
First Line: You will notice the simple...
Synopsis: Archie tries to invent things.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #5 published April 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Oscar's last appearance was in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #12.
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Pep Contest Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Winners of an ongoing contest.
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Pages: 1
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Death Trims a Window

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Russell; Mr. Johnson
Synopsis: The Shield and Dusty fight a man who kills department store workers and displays their corpses in the window.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Pep Jitterbug Maze!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Puzzle page with a maze, a riddle, and a crossword puzzle.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #5 published April 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Suzie; Ham Sanavich; Mrs. Magee; Mrs. Gotrocks
First Line: Hmm!
Synopsis: Suzie applies for a job posing for an artist.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Suzie's address is given as 241 Church St., which was the address for the Archie Comics headquarters.
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Murder Wears a Mask

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bill Adams (death); Cliff Gerther
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Willy; Mr. Schultz
First Line: Are you sure you can...
Synopsis: Willy gets a job at a soda fountain and sells soda and castor oil simultaneously.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Weirdly, a story featuring Archie in a similar predicament appears in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #18, which was released two months prior to this issue.
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Pep

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Features a maze, connect-the-dots, and a crossword puzzle.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: While featuring Archie, this feature was not reprinted in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5.
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Love Thy Neighbor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Talbert Twiddle; Tootsie Twiddle; Tommy (cat); unnamed neighbors
Synopsis: Mr. Twiddle seems smitten with the new neighbor.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Injun Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Features a riddle and connect-the-dots.
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Pages: 1
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The Last Communique

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): unnamed soldiers
Synopsis: Captain Commando tells the Japanese about the story of the Trojan Horse and then launches a similar attack.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.

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