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Issue: Pep Comics #64 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1947
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Issues: #64 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: 09/01/1947
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: Harry Shorten is identified as the editor in the Katy Keene story.

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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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Would you like something to look at while you're waiting to see the doctor?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bulletin No. 42 - Shield G-Man Club

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Joe Higgins]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield G-Man Club
Character(s): The Shield [Joe Higgins]
First Line: Hiya Pals: Boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior front cover.
Features an illustration of the Shield G-Man Club badge.
Includes indicia information.
"Joe Higgins" lists the names of more children who would like to be pen-pals.
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No Body's Dummy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Joe; Henry; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
First Line: You always say you'd die for my sake, but you never do!
Synopsis: Archie gets a dressmaker's dummy for Veronica's sewing class, but several people mistake the manikin for a real girl, which leads to lots of problems.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie: His First 50 Years #[nn] published January 1991
as Nobody's Dummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie Americana Series #1 published January 1991
as No Body's Dummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #2 published January 2012
as Nobody's Dummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: In the book Archie: His First 50 Years (Abbeville Press, 1991), author Charles Phillips describes this story as "possibly the funniest (Archie) story to appear during the 1940s."

Pencil credits from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #51.
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Pep Contest Page

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (page color, text color)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Here's a contest in which it's pie to win!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contest to win a year's subscription of Pep Comics.
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Katy Keene The Pin-Up Queen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Katy Keene; Eddie Van Clacken; Sis
First Line: A formal dance in the terrace room at the hotel New Corker-- why, Eddie, I'd love to go.
Synopsis: When Eddie Van Clacken invites Katy to a party, Katy has to decide which reader-submitted design to wear.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Fashions supplied by Ruth Brown, Marjorie Trammell, Patty Gill, Jeanne Shern, Joan Allore, Arthur Taylor, Barry Waddle, Lupe Serna, Marion Yee, Harriet Kruss, Ivan Kirov, Peggy Sue Coleman, Jean Carpenter, Frances Yates, Estella Dowling, Terry Saraceno, Kay Binder, Eleanor Goldman, Joyce Smith, Emmalee Freeman, Mrs. Earl Sands, Frank Knight
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Woggon (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Woggon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Woggon (signed)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Katy Keene
Character(s): Katy Keene
First Line: Your star Katy Keene, the Pin-Up Queen, now showing in four great comic magazines!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Death Takes No Holiday

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Daro; Risa; Strongo; Midge; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Phil; Leo
First Line: Circus days! Days of peanuts, popcorn and gaiety!
Synopsis: The Shield and Dusty investigate a series of accidents at a circus.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: This is the final non-reprint appearance of the rotating "The Shield [MLJ/Archie]"/"The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective" features in Pep Comics.
"The Shield [MLJ/Archie]" feature will next appear in Fly Man (Archie, 1965 Series) #34 or The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1965 Series) #1, both dated November 1965.
"The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective" feature does not appear again.

Final non-reprint Golden Age appearance of The Shield [Joe Higgins]. He appears next in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1965 Series) #1 (November 1965). (His successor, The Shield [Bill Higgins], first appeared a few months earlier in Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 Series) #31 (May 1965).)
Final non-reprint Golden Age appearance of Dusty [Dusty Simmons]. He appears next in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1965 Series) #4 (April 1966).
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Man's Best Friend - An Archie Story

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (page color)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Oscar; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie's dad wants Archie to get rid of his dog, Oscar.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Rewritten from the story Oscar the Watchdog in Archie Comics #4.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Gloomy Gus; Gabby; Pete
First Line: Hi ya Pete - we're here to pick up those prospects you told us about yesterday!
Synopsis: Gloomy Gus and Gabby take over the bodies of a dead president and prime minister of a revolutionary country.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Pep Comics Hollywood Quiz Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Match the celebrity first and last names; cut out and piece together the caricature to identify him.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Willy; Willy's sister; Willy's mom; Willy's dad
First Line: This mirror that makes you look fat, sure will be some joke when I get it home - haw-haw! Anything for a laugh!
Synopsis: Willy puts up a mirror which makes members of his family look fat.
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Pages: 3
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Pep Comics Puzzle Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Gloomy Gus; Suzie; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Connect all the dots in their order – and watch for a great personality to appear!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A word square, a word ladder and a connect-the-dots.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Bill Bubblegum
First Line: Wheee... look at that football sail!!
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx's dad gives her some pants to take to the tailor to be shortened.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Li'l Jinx's father in typical character design.
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America's Greatest Zipper Billfold Bargain!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Billfolds are printed in breath taking colors!
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Pages: 1
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Joe DiMaggio's Own Story!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (page color, text color)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe DiMaggio (photograph)
First Line: The smash-hit baseball story of the year!
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Pages: 1
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The 97 Pound Weakling

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photograph)
First Line: Who became "The world's most perfectly developed man"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior back cover.
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Pals in Pleasure

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The gang loves Baby Ruth candy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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