Pep Comics (1940) #77

Archie 1940–1959 series Cover date Jan 1950

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

Value history

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About this issue

Pep Comics #77 (1940) is issue #77 of Archie's Pep Comics (1940–1959), with a cover date of January 1950. Written by Joe Edwards, Ray Gill and Bill Woggon and drawn by Joe Edwards, George Frese, Samm Schwartz and others.

Creators

Writers: Joe Edwards, Ray Gill, Bill Woggon
Pencillers: Joe Edwards, George Frese, Samm Schwartz, Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon
Inkers: George Frese, Samm Schwartz, Bill Vigoda
Cover artist: Bob Montana

Characters

The stories

“Dance Your Troubles Away”

Veronica wants Archie to learn the Charleston for the dance competition that night.

After hearing about Katy's desire to meet some big wheels to get ahead in the movie industry, Randy arranges for Katy to meet some big wheels - the mechanical ones that operate in his father's factory.

“In Days of Old”

Ferdie dreams that he's Hercules and he has to go to battle with Suzie who is the Queen of the Amazons.

“So's Your Antenna”

Laurie's father gives her $300 ($3,118 adjusted for inflation in 2018) for a portable radio for the lodge but Wilbur tells her that she could buy a TV for that amount so he convinces her to buy one and offers to do the installation himself.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.