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| Publication | April 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Red Wilson; Wilbur Wilkin |
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| Synopsis | Bennie wishes he could play guitar and be popular. |
| Featuring | Jim Major |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Jim; Bennie |
| Notes | Ad in comic form. |
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| Comic Story | Wilbur Meets Laurie Lake (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Commodore Lake moves to Westfield to get his daughter away from the boys in the city. Wilbur meets the pair at the station and makes a shambles of trying to take their baggage to their new home. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkins [Wilbur Wilkin]; Red Wilson; Laurie Lake (introduction); Commodore Lake; Mr. Wilkins [Mr. Wilkin] |
| Notes | The writer uses Wilkins as the family last name instead of Wilkin. |
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| Advertisement | In the Nick of Time (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Old Nick detects a flaw in a purse snatcher's alibi and captures him for the police. |
| Featuring | Old Nick |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Old Nick |
| Notes | Ad in comic format for Old Nick candy bar. Small panel at bottom is an ad for Bit-O-Honey candy bar. |
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| Comic Story | The Daring Young Man (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur and Red go to the circus. Red gets a job, but Wilbur tries to sneak in, with unpleasant results. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Alligator; Snake; Mrs. Giganchua (gorilla); Mr. Giganchua (gorilla) |
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| Featuring | Whiz Quiz |
| Notes | Combination maze and number game. |
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| Publisher advertisement | It Can't Be Done! |
| Synopsis | Archie fills up both Betty's and Veronica's dance cards. |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
| Notes | Promo for the Archie feature in Archie Comics, Pep Comics, and Laugh Comics with an original art cartoon. |
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| Comic Story | The Speed Demon (8.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur and Red plan to participate in the Westfield jalopy race to Flatburg, but Slats sabotages Wilbur's jalopy. Wilbur causes so much trouble trying to fix it that Mr. Dripwaite bans him from the race. Later Mr. Dripwaite's car won't start, so he is forced to ride with Wilbur and Red to the finish line of the race, with predictable results. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Linda Moore; J. K. Dripwaite; Slats Morgan |
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| Publisher advertisement | Look Who's Coming! |
| Featuring | Nevada Jones |
| Content | Characters: Nevada Jones; Blaze (horse) |
| Notes | Promo for Nevada Jones feature "in the next issue of Pep Comics." |
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| Text Story | Wilbur Builds His Dream Boat (1.75 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur builds a sailboat and wants Red and Linda to take a ride in it. However, Red and Linda are reluctant to ride in anything Wilbur builds. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Red Wilson |
| Notes | At one point the script refers to Wilbur as Archie. |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1947 |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1947. No circulation figures given. |
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| Activity | Wilbur's Hollywood Quiz Page (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Red Wilson (cameo); Wilbur Wilkin (cameo) |
| Notes | A caricature of Harpo Marx made up of 12 pieces to be cut out and put together. Also a rebus to name "Ronald Coleman" and a list of first names and a list of last names to match for the full names of seven Hollywood stars. |
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| Comic Story | The Sky's the Limit (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur builds a model airplane for the hobby show, but it causes nothing but trouble when he tries to fly it. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkins [Wilbur Wilkin]; Red Wilson; Linda Moore; Mr. Wilkins [Mr. Wilkin]; Mr. Floogledorf; Swami River; J. K. Dripwaite |
| Notes | Wilbur's high school is listed as Riverdale in the first panel.
The writer uses Wilkins as the family last name instead of Wilkin. |
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| Featuring | Whiz Quiz |
| Notes | Word square with garden implements theme and word puzzle with words containing "bat." |
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| Publisher advertisement | How's Your Blood Pressure? |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Superhero | Characters: Super Duck (cameo) |
| Notes | Promo for Super Duck comics with head shots of Super Duck. |
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| Synopsis | Katy's future is told by a swami with a crystal ball. Later she and Sis go to the observation tower on the 100th floor of the "Umpire State Building." |
| Featuring | Katy Keene the Pin-Up Queen |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene; Sis Keene; Swami Riva |
| Notes | Fashions, etc., by Betty Priddy (Ardmore, Okla.), Sherry Wesley (Tyrone, Okla.), Betty Bullard (Oceanside, Calif.), Betty Thornton (Nashville, Tenn.), Peggy Tuggle (Hillsboro, Texas), Elmer Cravens (Cleveland, Ohio), Irene Vernak (Ambridge, Pa.), Marilyn Carlson (Chico, Calif.), Vita Rando (Endicott, N.Y.), Josephine Castorena (Los Angeles, Calif.), Iris Ernstine (Kansas City, Mo.), Becky Reitz (Brooksville, Pa.), Eleanor Helmes (Hempstead, N.Y.), and Bernadette Mohawk (Chicago, Ill.). "Umpire State Building" is an alias for Empire State Building in New York City. Mention is made of "Corny Wilde" and "Forever Ember" which is a play on the movie "Forever Amber" and its star Cornel Wilde. |
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| Activity | Watch for Katy Keene (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene |
| Notes | Combination promo and activity with a paper doll of Katy and five outfits, along with a plug for the Katy features in Pep, Wilbur, Laugh, and Suzie comics. Fashions by Arlene Isemoto (Hilo, Ha.), Leona August (Cleveland, Ohio), Rosemary Lawler (Springfield, Ohio), Joan Dumbauld (Duglin, Ga.), Mary Littlefield (Camas Valley, Ore.), and Nancy Allgeier (Irvington, N.J.) |
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| Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Kids from a rival school try to ruin an award party by stealing the ice cream and Tootsie Rolls. Captain Tootsie tracks them down and saves the ice cream and also replaces the Tootsie Rolls the thieves had eaten. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | National Radio Institute |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: J. E. Smith (photograph) |
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| Advertisement | American Boys Bill of Rights (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daisy Manufacturing Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Buck Rogers |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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