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Issue: Pep Comics #63 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1947
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Issues: #63 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: 07/01/1947
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Check please!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the covers of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #15, and Laugh Comics Digest #8
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Bulletin No. 41 - Shield G-Man Club

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Writer(s): Joe Higgins (signed)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield G-Man Club
First Line: Hiya Pals: Remember that Pen Pal Club we promised in Bulletin #39?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior front cover.
Mail in coupon features an illustration of the Shield G-Man Club badge.
Includes indicia.
"Joe Higgins" lists the addresses of children who want to be pen-pals.
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The Mix Up

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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Sharp as a gumdrop!
Synopsis: When Archie is sent to the drugstore, he gets his Dad's indigestion pills mixed up with his Mom's shampoo and hair tonic, and Jughead's glue.
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Pages: 10
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Pep Contest Page

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Katy Keene The Pin-up Queen

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Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; Eddie McCracken
First Line: Isn't it wonderful, Sis, to be so popular?
Synopsis: Eddie McCracken gets into trouble when a mannequin he is taking to Katy gets confused for a real woman.
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Pages: 6.67
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Watch for Katy Keene, the Pin-Up Queen...

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Character(s): Katy Keene
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Drugs For Death!!

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Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Ted Kennedy; Judy Mason; "Mozart" Deegan
First Line: Figuring on becoming a mail order detective, ha ha!
Synopsis: The Shield and Dusty the Boy Detective investigate a narcotics ring.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Oh boy! Betty and Veronica are dream girls all right...
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #28.
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Character(s): Talbert Twiddle; Tootsie Twiddle; Fido; Tommy (cat)
First Line: When Talbert Twiddle goes duck hunting, anything can happen...
Synopsis: Talbert Twiddle and his dog Fido go duck hunting.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of "The Twiddles" feature.
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Sink or Swim - An Archie Story

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie dreams of adventure while undergoing an operation on his appendix.
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Character(s): Gloomy Gus; Gabby; Flip O'Toole
First Line: I guess I'll have no luck in this place either...
Synopsis: Gloomy Gus takes the body of a swim instructor whose students have a habit of holding him underwater.
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): L'il Jinx; Bill Bubblegum; Mrs. Bubblegum; Miss Flatt
First Line: It's no use, L'il Jinx!! You're going to take your music lesson, now!
Synopsis: L'il Jinx's parents try to get L'il Jinx to learn the violin.
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Disclose Notes: Story logo has the spelling as Li'l Jinx. The story has the spelling L'il Jinx. The apostrophe is transposed in the story spelling.
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Join the Hundreds of Thousands of Men Who Appear Slimmer...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Commander Abdominal Supporter
First Line: Feel better...look younger with Commander
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Genuine Dick Tracy Wrist Radio

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Character(s): Dick Tracy
First Line: Calling all Dick Tracy fans@
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Make Your Own Models of Dogs, Soldiers – Anything – This Easy New Way!

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Disclose Notes: Interior back cover.
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The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ

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First Line: Look, Joe, let's see if you can make it ring, too
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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