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Issue Details

Issue #400
Published May 1985
Cover Price 0.65 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick

Cover Details - "400th issue!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Dan DeCarlo; Barry Grossman; Rod Ollerenshaw; Richard Goldwater
Genre humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

22 page Archie story "Pep 400"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Ms. Beazly; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Moose Mason; Dan DeCarlo; Jim DeCarlo; Dan DeCarlo Jr.; Frank Doyle; Samm Schwartz; Bob Bolling; Al Hartley; Barry Grossman; Rod Ollerenshaw; Lori Walls; Richard Goldwater; Michael Silberkleit; John Goldwater; Louis Silberkleit; Lisa Goldwater; David Silberkleit; George Gladir; Stan Goldberg; Dick Malmgren; Rudy Lapick; Rich Margopoulos; Bill Yoshida; Lisa Sears; Larry Teich; un-named Archie Comics staffers
Synopsis Archie and the gang go to the Archie Comics offices in Mamaroneck to discuss possible ideas for the 400th issue of Pep Comics.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes This trip to the real Archie offices includes caricatures of nearly all the staffers and freelancers at the time. In-jokes include the presence of a "Florida contingent" of staffers who had moved there from New York (Frank Doyle, Bob Bolling, Al Hartley, and Samm Schwartz), gratuitous plugs for Archie advertising clients and toy tie-ins, and longtime Jughead specialist Samm Schwartz staring amorously at posters of Jughead.

1 page activity "Pep no. 400 Puzzle Page!"

Characters Rod Ollerenshaw; Barry Grossman; Dexter Taylor; Victor Gorelick; Dan DeCarlo; Lori Walls
Script Rod Ollerenshaw
Pencils Rod Ollerenshaw
Inks Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw