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| Name | Pep Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B Periodical. Copyright number B 437359. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Comic Story | G-Man Extraordinary / The Shield (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Shield is sent to stop a Stokian spy ring. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Klotz (villain, introduction); J. Edgar Hoover |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Coming of the Comet / The Comet (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | After injecting himself with a gas fifty times lighter than hydrogen, John Dickering discovers he can now take leaps that are more like flying. Beams now shoot from his eyes and when the rays cross what ever he's looking at disintegrates. Glass is the only thing that can stop the beams. He vows to use his new powers for good. He starts by going after a typhoid racketeer. Killing three associates The Comet comes upon Dr. Archer and takes him up into the sky to convince him to stop his typhoid racket. After Dr. Archer pleads to be let down The Comet lets him go, letting him fall to his death. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Dr. Archer (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Letters | Jack Cole |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Feature | Jocko |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Jungle |
| Characters | Jocko (Introduction; only appearance ?) |
| Script | Dick Ryan (signed) |
| Pencils | Dick Ryan (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Ryan (signed) |
| First Line | Look - Jock is back. |
| Story | Sergeant Boyle (6 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Pencils | Charles Biro |
| Inks | Charles Biro |
| First Line | Henry 'Hank' Boyle, an American student in London, starts out for home when war breaks out, but his ship is torpedoed by a German u-boat. |
| Notes | Biro credit is suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He can be difficult to distinguish from Carl Hubbell. |
| Story | The Queen of Diamonds (6 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Rado Von Kelter (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Manly Wade Wellman (see notes) |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Inks | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| First Line | The Diamond Empire, hidden wonder of the world, holds its secrets behind impassable barriers. |
| Notes | Script credit from Bob Hughes by textual analysis. Excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses. This is the only appearance of "The Queen of Diamonds" feature. Next issue, it will be replaced by a spin-off, "The Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds". |
| Story | Fu Chang (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fu Chang possesses a set of magic chessmen with all the magic powers of Aladdin’s lamp which are responsible for Fu Chang’s spectacular solutions of great international mysteries. He saves Tay Ming from the Dragon by praying to his god, who brings the chessmen to life to defeat the Dragon and save his girlfriend (later fiancee). |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Tay Ming (girlfriend); The Dragon (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Manly Wade Wellman (see notes) |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter (see notes) (signed) |
| Inks | Lin Streeter (see notes) (signed) |
| First Line | Fu Chang, American university-educated Chinaman, makes his home in San Francisco's Chinatown. |
| Notes | Art credits from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #150 (February 2011) but lists Lin Streeter as Jim Streeter. Signed by Lin Streeter on the last page. Script credit from Bob Hughes by textual analysis. Excessive use of passive voice, run-on sentences held together by ellipses. |
| Text Story | Murderer's Brew (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Crime |
| Script | Will Harr |
| Story | Bentley of Scotland Yard (6 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | The Mayfair Monster [Sir Rupert Napier] (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Manly Wade Wellman (see notes) |
| Pencils | Maurice Gutwirth (see notes) (signed) |
| Inks | Maurice Gutwirth (see notes) (signed) |
| First Line | In London the night was clear and calm -- and nobody was prepared for the Mayfair Monster. |
| Notes | Script credit from Bob Hughes by textual analysis. Excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses. Artist signed on last page. |
| Text Article | Jack Dempsey (1 page) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Jack Dempsey (boxer) |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
| Inks | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
| Comic Story | Klondike Cafe Robbed / The Press Guardian (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Falcon saves newspaper reporter Flash Calvert from Slug Wickum and his gang. |
| Genre | Adventure; Superhero |
| Characters | Flash Calvert (newspaper reporter, introduction); Jim Boyd (newspaper editor, introduction); Slug Wickum and his gang |
| Pencils | Jack Binder (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Binder (signed) |
| Notes | The Press Guardian, a.k.a. The Falcon, wore a colorful winged costume in this issue only. Beginning in issue #2, his outfit consisted of a business suit, fedora, and face mask. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Animal Antics |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Script | Dick Ryan (signed) |
| First Line | And if he cries just take him in your arms and walk the floor with him |
| Comic Story | The Rivalry / The Midshipman (5 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Script | Will Harr (signed) |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe (signed) |
| Inks | Edd Ashe (signed) |
| Notes | Name changed to "Sampson" in issue #3. |
| Story | Kayo Ward (6 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Lew Black (introduction); Connie (introduction); One Round Hogan (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Phil Sturm (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Wood (see notes) |
| Inks | Bob Wood (see notes) |
| First Line | Fists fly inside and outside the ring, as a crooked manager and his fighter try to make a sap out of 'Kayo' Ward! |
| Notes | The art is identical to the signed Bob Wood story in next issue. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
