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Pep Comics 15 - 1941
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | May 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly | Editing: Abner Sundell |
| Featuring | Shield |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick | Inks: Irv Novick |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shield; Dusty |
| Comic Story | The Framing of Frank Cliff (13 pages) |
| Featuring | Shield |
| Credits | Script: Harry Shorten (signed) | Pencils: Irv Novick (signed) | Inks: Irv Novick (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; V: John Kahn; Tony Spolito (I for both); I: George Dobe; a judge (both D); Frank Cliff |
| Comic Story | Murder of a Princess (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Danny In Wonderland |
| Credits | Script: Harry Shorten | Pencils: Lin Streeter (signed) | Inks: Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Danny; GS: Queen of Fairies; Cupcake; V: A queen (I); Esmerelda (I); and an accomplice (I, D); I: A king; a princess |
| Comic Story | The Watch Factory Victims (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Comet still a fugitive |
| Featuring | Comet |
| Credits | Script: Joe Blair | Pencils: Lin Streeter (signed) | Inks: Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Comet [John Dickering]; Thelma Gordon (newspaperwoman); V: A watch factory owner (I); I: Dr. Ferguson; a factory worker |
| Comic Story | The Insurance Arson Shakedown (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Fireball |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Lucey? | Inks: Harry Lucey? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Fireball [Ted Tyler]; I: Gloria; V: A gang of arsonists (I) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Paul Reinman, but none of his very special wedge shaped heads with eyes far apart and out of line are present. Compare with his signed story in #19. The faces here, with prominent cheekbones could be Lucey. Art looks like his credited story Madam Satan in #16, and signed story in Crime Does Not Pay #22. He is credited to this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | The Poisoning Plot (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Sergeant Boyle |
| Credits | Script: Charles Biro? | Pencils: Charles Biro | Inks: Charles Biro |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Sergeant Boyle; Corporal Collins; I: Quartermaster Acido; V: The Fascists |
| Comic Story | The Money in the Marker Buoy (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Midshipman |
| Credits | Script: Joe Blair |
| Content | Characters: Lee Sampson (Midshipman) |
| Notes | Originally credited "Mort Meskin?", but there are none of his long chinned faces with squinting eyes, or very long legged figures with small heads. |
| Comic Story | Air Race of Death (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An uncertain Lucey. |
| Featuring | Lucky Larson |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Lucey? | Inks: Harry Lucey? |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Lucky Larson (test pilot); V: Boss Widmer (I); I: Joe (D), Billy |
| Comic Story | Kayo's Gym For Kids (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Kayo Ward |
| Credits | Script: Harry Shorten? | Pencils: Bob Wood | Inks: Bob Wood |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; V: Alderman McGainess (I); I: Slasher Smith |
| Notes | Looks like an even simpler artist is trying to imitate Wood. |
| Comic Story | The Tobias Ghost (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Bentley of Scotland Yard |
| Credits | Script: Joe Blair | Pencils: Sam Cooper (signed) | Inks: Sam Cooper (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Inspector Bentley; V: The Ghost (I, D; Hugh Tobias); I: Powers (D); Joan Kent; TomRoss; Andre Duve |
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