Pep #189

Pep #189 kicks off 1966 with a wonderfully relatable two-panel cover by Dan DeCarlo: a ringing telephone sends a dark-haired girl in red racing across the living room in record time — 1.4 seconds, according to the amused blonde onlooker — while a bemused father barely glances up from his newspaper. The gang of familiar Riverdale faces perched atop the bold red PEP logo adds a cheerful, bustling energy that captures everything fun about Archie's world. A charming slice of mid-sixties teen comedy that's hard not to smile at.