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| Despite what the panel promises, this is the final appearance of The Press Guardian. |
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| page 35. Children playing Baseball in a London Bomb Shelter? Don't think so!
The Rocket - Gulliver in Space? |
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| Publication | January 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Comic Story | Dusty, the Spectacular Boy Detective (13 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Simmons (Dusty's father, name assumed from Dusty's surname, first appearance, death); Ju Ju Watson; William Oswald (death); The Vulture (first appearance, villain) |
| Notes | First appearance of Dusty the Boy Detective, The Shield's partner. Dusty appears in all stories hereafter.
Last name "Simmons" revealed in New Crusaders (Archie, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012). Full first name "Dustin" revealed in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 2018 series) #1 (January 2018). Lou Mougin reports that he invented the name in a fan fiction story called "War With the Wizard" and gave Dusty that name just to give him a last name.
Starting with this issue, the "The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective" feature replaces the "The Shield [MLJ/Archie]" feature in Pep Comics -- but not permanently. The two features will rotate (irregularly) in Pep Comics. |
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| Comic Story | The Pencils of Doom: Part 1 (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: A gang of saboteurs (villains, introductions) |
| Notes | The Comet is still a fugitive. |
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| Comic Story | The Illegal Immigration Racket (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Tonetti (villain, introduction); Peter LaFlamme (introduction) |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of "The Press Guardian" feature. |
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| Comic Story | Adventure of the Jade Buddha (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Ha-Ri (villain, introduction); Abbot of Chak-Ku (introduction) |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Fu Chang" feature in Pep Comics. The feature appears next in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 Series) #283 (June 2020). |
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| Comic Story | The Robot Tanks (7 pages) |
| Content | Characters: The Nazis (villains); a Swiss pilot (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Case of the Switched Suitcases (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Clip (villain, introduction); Hopper (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Pirate Island (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Gen. Schmutzpuss (guest-star); the Pigwidgeons (guest-stars); Bluebeard (villain, introduction) |
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| Text Story | Free Tonguin' (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Carnival of Revenge (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Rupy La Vez (villain); Ronnie Slick (villain); Bucktooth Brown (villain, introduction); Slugger Brown (villain, introduction); Sen. Popoff (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Riddle of the Whirring Wings (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: John Farrell (villain, introduction); Sir Cecil Farrell (introduction, death); Anne Farrell (introduction); Bob Farrell (introduction); Stiles (introduction) |
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