| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Can the Hangman Stop America's Greatest Menace? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hangman; Capt. Swastika |
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| Comic Story | Civil War (13 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Swastika (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain); Slots Moran (villain, introduction); Ice-Pick (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Originally credited Paul Reinman, but there are none of his wedge shaped faces with eyes far apart and out of line. It could be Harry Lucey, when comparing with his signed stories in #26. |
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| Comic Story | The Box of Horror (13 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Chick Magoon (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Hazen (villain, introduction, death); Warden Low (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Devil Buys a Shadow (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: The Devil (villain); The Fairy Queen (guest-star); Jeremiah (introduction); his wife (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Kangaroo Spy (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: The Japanese (villain); an Australian native (villain, introduction); Col. Gregory (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Chaos in Chinatown (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Hirohito Moritani (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The "Wings Johnson" feature formerly appeared in Top Notch Comics (Archie, 1939 Series) (last in issue 27), but is now moving to Pep Comics.
This is the final appearance of the "Wings Johnson" feature. |
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| Comic Story | Band of the Bland (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie tries to get Benny King for the school dance. After a ton of chaos, Archie resigns as class president. |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Benny King |
| Notes | Reggie has blonde hair. |
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| Comic Story | The Championship Fight (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kayo Ward wins back his championship |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: The gang of kidnappers (villains); Louis Liverlips (guest-star) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Lin Streeter. Compare with Streeter's Danny in Wonderland in this issue, many faces in front view with funny ears. Al Camy is not difficult to spot, small angular faces with snaring mouth, like in his many signed Black Hood stories.
This is the final appearance of the "Kayo Ward" feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Haunting Bag Pipes (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Charles Nolan (villain, introduction); Angus Dermott (introduction, death); John Dermott (introduction, death); Lady Dermott (introduction); Bonnie Dermott (introduction); Donald Lorry (introduction); Malcolm Dermott (a ghost, introduction) |
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