Pep Comics Mile High/Church copies

[Comicdey]

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Pep Comics Church copies

 

How pathetic is it that you don't have the #22. Geez, what a waste.

 

I have always considered #22 to be more of a Archie-prototype issue. #23 is clearly the 1st Archie. You can tell because in #22 Archie is spelled Archy.

 

S

[Silver]

WOW! The thing I appreciate the most is that you took the time to scan them and share with the collecting community! What other high grade runs did you get ahold of?

[metropoliscomics]

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Pep Comics Church copies

 

How pathetic is it that you don't have the #22. Geez, what a waste.

 

I have always considered #22 to be more of a Archie-prototype issue. #23 is clearly the 1st Archie. You can tell because in #22 Archie is spelled Archy.

 

S

 

 

It is? Surely you jest.

 

 

That image has clearly been put through Photoshop. Nice try!

[skybolt]

WOW! The thing I appreciate the most is that you took the time to scan them and share with the collecting community! What other high grade runs did you get ahold of?

 

Yeah, like the Planets he mentioned earlier.

[FFB]

Hilarious.

 

Nice books, Steve.

[markseifert]

Beautiful batch of books, thanks for posting them. I've really enjoyed looking at your art collection from time to time as well.

[143ksk]

Does anyone know why the PhotoJournal pictures only some of the Church Peps? For example numbers 24, 26 and 30 are not the Church copies. I had always assumed it was because the run was broken up and Gerber didn't have access to those numbers. But it appears the run wasn't broken up, so...

[Shield]

 

That image has clearly been put through Photoshop. Nice try!

 

 

Ok wise guy here's another scan.

 

 

So, what happened to the missing Pep's I asked about earlier?

[adamstrange]

For your viewing pleasure:

 

Pep Comics Church copies

 

Thanks for letting us in to the premiere opening of the Fishler Virtual Comic Musuem!

 

The colors on all of the early Shield covers is !

[jbcomicbox]

Does anyone know why the PhotoJournal pictures only some of the Church Peps? For example numbers 24, 26 and 30 are not the Church copies. I had always assumed it was because the run was broken up and Gerber didn't have access to those numbers. But it appears the run wasn't broken up, so...

 

Actually the run was broken up.....long time ago I purchased the 1-5 at Sotheby's and the others went fairly cheap too......If i recall i bought the 1-5 for a total of 7k- the same price a copy of Amazing Spider-man 1 went for.....Years later, my 1-5 became part of a deal for a piece of art.....Steve , I am sure can do the rest of the story......jon

[action1kid]

The Planet #1 Original art cover?

[bluechip]

Archie may not have been spelled Archy in Pep 22, but he was clearly younger in that issue -- shorter, pre puberty and pre high school, even pre Jr. High. seemed to be modelled after Mickey Rooney in his earliest movies. They aged him up in 23 and then seemed to nudge him even older in subsequent

[Shield]

Yeah, after reading that story it's clear he's like 14 in Pep 22. More like 16/17 thereafter...

[metropoliscomics]

Does anyone know why the PhotoJournal pictures only some of the Church Peps? For example numbers 24, 26 and 30 are not the Church copies. I had always assumed it was because the run was broken up and Gerber didn't have access to those numbers. But it appears the run wasn't broken up, so...

 

Gerber must have had the images of the non-Mile High issues already so he did not bother to photograph the Mile Highs.

 

S

[batman_fan]

Wow Steve, Just amazing! Just wondering, what sparked you to chase those books? Was it the Archie link or the Shield, or both?

[benz]

so did 143ksk get the mile high copy of PEP 22? btw is it really Archy in that issue? is there a reprint copy like the ones DC and Marvel havE?

[eccomic]

As per the cover story/article in the Comicbook Market Place # 52, Steve Geppi purchased the Mile High copies of both Archie # 1 AND Pep # 22 for 100K

[143ksk]

so did 143ksk get the mile high copy of PEP 22?

...no

 

 

btw is it really Archy in that issue?

No

 

is there a reprint copy like the ones DC and Marvel havE?

No (although the Archie story has been reprinted a number of times--you can get scans of the whole issue at www.goldcomics.com )

[143ksk]

As per the cover story/article in the Comicbook Market Place # 52, Steve Geppi purchased the Mile High copies of both Archie # 1 AND Pep # 22 for 100K

 

I'm not sure he has either one anymore, though...

[tth2]

As per the cover story/article in the Comicbook Market Place # 52, Steve Geppi purchased the Mile High copies of both Archie # 1 AND Pep # 22 for 100K

 

I'm not sure he has either one anymore, though...

That Geppi is such a flipper!