| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | The "By Goldwater" placard under the painting is a reference to Archie Comics head John Goldwater. |
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| Cover | Beautiful Lines |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge |
| Notes | The "By Goldwater" placard under the painting is a reference to Archie Comics head John Goldwater. |
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| Comic Story | Masquerade Monkeyshines (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Archie's plan to wear his usher outfit to the masquerade is foiled, he's forced to improvise while wearing a coat and underwear. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Theodosius Tadpole; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee |
| Notes | Title from Paula at Spy Comics and Cards, July 2007. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Willy; 2 boys; Shopkeeper |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Living Puppets (11 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shield [Joe Higgins]; Marco (puppetmaker); Drago (evil puppeteer) |
| Notes | Title from Paula at Spy Comics and Cards, July 2007.
The inking is most probably by Vigoda, not Novick. |
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| Text Story | The Fat's in the Fire (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie reads a ghoul murder mystery. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Teen |
| Notes | Sequence info from Paula at Spy Comics and Cards, July 2007. |
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| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Katy Keene |
| Notes | The "Katy Keene" feature already appears regularly in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 Series) and Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 Series), and will now appear in Pep Comics too. |
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| Comic Story | The Kiss of Death (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | A train murder mystery. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Mrs. Fanny Worthmore; Jane Gray; Sergeant McGinty |
| Notes | Black Hood not in costume.
Final Golden Age appearance of Black Hood [Kip Burland]. He appears next in Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 Series) #7 (July 1960).
Title from Paula at Spy Comics and Cards, July 2007.
This is the final appearance of the "Black Hood" feature in Pep Comics. The feature appears next in Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 Series) #26 (July 1963). |
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