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Pep, #229

Published: May 1969

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Issue Contents:

"Make Money Get Prizes"

Story Notes

Ad, with order coupon, for selling products from American Seed Co.

"Win $1,000 college scholarship"

Story Notes

Ad, with order coupon, for Junior Sales Club of America.

"Electric split level, fully-furnished doll house with complete doll family."

Story Notes

Ad, with order coupon, for doll house and ancillaries from Honor House Products Corp.

"Hi! I'm Jeri Lawrence"

Story Notes

Ad for celebrity photos and posters from Jeri of Hollywood.

Hair

Story Featuring Archie

Storyline

The teachers try to annoy Archie by pretending not to notice his long blond hair. He foresaw this, and is amusing himself. He pretends to give it up, but only sells the wig to Jughead, who now sports it around the school.

Credits
Story Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #22.

"Enjoy an exciting, romantic, impressive look anytime!"

Story Notes

Ad, with order coupon, for adhesive van dyke, mustache, and sideburns.

"Grow amazing live sea-monkeys"

Story Notes

Ad, with order coupon, for sea monkeys from Sales Unlimited.

Statement of Ownership and Circulation
Storyline

Statement of ownership and circulation

Story Notes

Editor, John L. Goldwater. Publisher, Louis H. Silberkleit. Date of filing November 1, 1968. Average paid circulation of each issue in preceding 12 months, 292,572.

"Archie Club members, send in your news reports and win cash prizes in the Archie Series Magazines."

Story Notes

Reports from readers Betty Mirard, Samuela Samanego, Patty Ivins, Robby Lucke, Grace Nordhoff, and Michael Leff. Illustration of membership card and button, each with likeness of Archie

"Here's a whole treasure chest of fun"

Story Notes

Nineteen small ads, with order coupon, for novelties from Honor House Products Corp.

"Archie Groovy Stationery Kit"

Storyline

Promo, with order coupon, for stationery kits from Archie Comics

Characters
Other

"35!"

Storyline

Names and addresses of fans seeking pen pals

Credits
Story Notes

Spot illustration of Li'l Jinx

Seeing Stars

Story Featuring Li'l Jinx

Storyline

Li'l Jinx stays up so late studying stars that she falls asleep on the field trip to the planetarium.

Characters
Other
Credits

"The grooviest chicks in comics stomp out new records for fun!"

Storyline

Promo, with order coupon, for Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie Giant Series #162)

Story Notes

Thumbnail of cover; cover art by Dan DeCarlo

Study Fuddy-Duddy

Story Featuring Archie

Storyline

Archie and Veronica are studying together, but they require conversation, music, and food. Mr. Lodge tackles their homework to demonstrate how it would be better done in silence. Archie and Veronica take advantage of his concentration to enjoy some privacy.

Credits

"10 Way Hair Piece"

Story Notes

Ad, with order coupon, for girl's hairpiece from Beauty Aids Co.

"100 Little Dolls"

Storyline

Ad, with order coupon, for plastic and rubber dolls from The 100 Doll Company

Story Featuring Betty and Veronica's Pin Up

"There's Julia... the new girl in town!"

Storyline

Veronica thinks the new girl Julia is beautiful. Betty says you can't tell with the "maxi" fashion.

Credits

Story Featuring Miss Grundy Pin Up

"Miss Grundy!!!"

Storyline

Mr. Weatherbee is angry that Miss Grundy is barefoot in school.

Credits

"Amazing $1 Art Offer"

Credits
Story Notes

Ad, with order coupon, for art prints from Colonial Studios.

The Sound of Music

Story Featuring Dilton

Storyline

The Archies recruit Dilton to troubleshoot electrical problems in their sound system. He grounds to the water line, piping music throughout the Lodge mansion, then to the sewer line, piping music throughout the city.

Credits

"If you need extra money & you know just 10 people..."

Story Notes

Ad, with response coupon, for selling greeting cards from Wallace Brown.

Story Featuring Archie

"It says everyone should blow his top every once in a while!"

Storyline

Dilton's psychology book suggests that everyone should blow his top now and then. Moose takes it literally.

Credits
Story Notes

The psychology book's author, according to its cover, is Dan DeCarlo (artist for this sequence)