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| Date | | Number: 56 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Pep Comics 56 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: quarterly in March, June, September, and December |
| 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. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Pencils | Al Fagaly (signed) |
| Inks | Al Fagaly (signed) |
| First Line | So-o-o! |
| Publisher advertisement | Bulletin No. 34 (1 page) |
| Feature | Shield G-Man Club |
| Script | ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Archie (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie tries to invent things. |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Oscar (Archie's dog) |
| Pencils | Bill Vigoda |
| Inks | Bill Vigoda |
| First Line | You will notice the simple... |
| Notes | Oscar's last appearance was in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #12. Art ID by Gary Watson, August 2009. |
| Activity | Pep Contest Page (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Winners of an ongoing contest. |
| Comic Story | Death Trims a Window / The Shield (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Shield and Dusty fight a man who kills department store workers and displays their corpses in the window. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mr. Russell; Mr. Johnson |
| Pencils | Irv Novick |
| Inks | Irv Novick |
| Activity | Pep Jitterbug Maze! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Puzzle page with a maze, a riddle, and a crossword puzzle. |
| Pencils | Al McLean (signed) |
| Inks | Al McLean (signed) |
| Story | Suzie (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Suzie applies for a job posing for an artist. |
| Characters | Suzie; Ham Sanavich; Mrs. Magee; Mrs. Gotrocks |
| Script | Bill Woggon ? |
| Pencils | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Letters | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| First Line | Hmm! |
| Notes | Suzie's address is given as 241 Church St., which was the address for the Archie Comics headquarters. Woggon signature spotted by Gary Watson, August 2009. |
| Text Story | Murder Wears a Mask / The Shield (1.75 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Bill Adams (death); Cliff Gerther |
| Notes | Sequence added by Gary Watson, August 2009. |
| Statement of Ownership | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher) |
| Story | Willy the Wise-Guy (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Willy gets a job at a soda fountain and sells soda and castor oil simultaneously. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Willy; Mr. Schultz |
| Pencils | Red Holmdale (signed) |
| Inks | Red Holmdale (signed) |
| First Line | Are you sure you can... |
| 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. |
| Activity | Pep (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Features a maze, connect-the-dots, and a crossword puzzle. |
| Pencils | Al McLean (signed) |
| Inks | Al McLean (signed) |
| Notes | While featuring Archie, this feature was not reprinted in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5. |
| Comic Story | Love Thy Neighbor / The Twiddles (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Twiddle seems smitten with the new neighbor. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Talbert Twiddle; Tootsie Twiddle; Tommy (cat); unnamed neighbors |
| Script | Bill Woggon ? |
| Pencils | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Letters | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Activity | Injun Puzzle (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Features a riddle and connect-the-dots. |
| Pencils | Al McLean (signed) |
| Inks | Al McLean (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Last Communique / Captain Commando (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Commando tells the Japanese about the story of the Trojan Horse and then launches a similar attack. |
| Characters | unnamed soldiers |
| Pencils | Clem Weisbecker (signed) |
| Inks | Clem Weisbecker (signed) |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Captain Commando" feature. Final Golden Age appearance of Captain Commando [John Grayson]. He appears next in Archie's Superteens versus Crusaders (Archie, 2018 series) #2 (September 2018). Signature noted by Gary Watson, August 2009. |
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