Pep #211

From the Archie Series comes this November 1967 issue of Pep, where the gang — perched playfully atop the masthead — has caught Beatlemania-style fever over a British band called The Owls. The cover, penciled by Dan DeCarlo and inked by Rudy Lapick, captures the scene outside the venue with spot-on comic timing: fans are literally being carried out overcome with excitement, while Archie and a friend chat out front, someone quipping that this must be "a real groovie group." It's a charming, of-its-moment snapshot of mid-'60s pop culture enthusiasm rendered in Archie's warm, breezy style.