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| Date | | Number: 16 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Pep Comics 16 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons] |
| Pencils | Irv Novick |
| Inks | Irv Novick |
| Comic Story | The Vulture and the Robot Plane / The Shield (13 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; The Vulture (villain) |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Menace of Playland / Danny in Wonderland (7 pages) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Danny; Kupkake; the Mermaid Queen; Peg Leg (villain, introduction); Patch (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Inks | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Notes | story swipes Disney's PINOCCHIO |
| Comic Story | The Skyscraper Sabotage / The Comet (6 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Comet [John Dickering]; Thelma Gordon (newspaperwoman); Spike (villain, introduction); a construction foreman (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| Notes | The Comet is still a fugitive from the law. This is the final appearance of the "The Comet" feature in Pep Comics. The feature appears next in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1965 Series) #2 (January 1966). "The Comet" is replaced next issue by "Hangman", which is a spin-off of "The Comet". The Comet [John Dickering] will appear in "Hangman" as a supporting character (for a short time). |
| Story | Fireball (5 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Fireball [Ted Tyler]; Stein (villain, introduction); his Bund group (villains, introductions) |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey ? |
| Inks | Harry Lucey ? |
| First Line | National defense suffers a severe blow through a chain of violent death of defense leaders. |
| Notes | 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. |
| Comic Story | The Masquerade of Captain Twerp / Sergeant Boyle (7 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Sergeant Boyle [Henry Boyle]; Corporal Collins; Captain Twerp; Hirsch (introduction); Mr. Brown (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Charles Biro ? |
| Pencils | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Comic Story | Graduation Week / The Midshipman (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lee Sampson graduates from Annapolis |
| Characters | Lee Sampson (Midshipman); Franklin D. Roosevelt (guest-star) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of "The Midshipman" feature. Originally credited to Mort Meskin, but there are none of his long chinned faces with squinting eyes, or very long legged figures with small heads. Looks more like an unknown novice or tryout artist before closing the feature. |
| Comic Story | Origin of Madam Satan / Madam Satan (6 pages) |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Madam Satan [Tyra] (introduction, origin, death, return); Satan (villain); Madam Satan (villain); John (introduction, death); his father (introduction, death); his mother (introduction, death) |
| Script | Abner J. Sundell |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey |
| Inks | Harry Lucey |
| Comic Story | The Marriage of Kayo Ward / Kayo Ward (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kayo Ward and Connie Hodges almost get married |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Crusty (villain, introduction); Biff Bioni (villain, introduction); Ronald Duckman (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Bob Wood ? |
| Inks | Bob Wood ? |
| Notes | Looks like an even simpler artist is trying to imitate Wood. |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Pirate's Ghost / Bentley of Scotland Yard (6 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Inspector Bentley; Harley Lane (villain, introduction); Martin Lane (introduction, death); Bart Lane (introduction, death); Wilks (introduction); Miss Allen (introduction); Miss Lane (introduction) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Sam Cooper (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Cooper (signed) |
| 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 | |

