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| Date | | Number: 22 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Pep Comics 22 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 519606. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| First Line | Criminals everywhere!... Beware! You can't escape the Hangman |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Feature | Shield G-Man Club |
| First Line | Use this entire coupon!!! |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Membership form to join the Shield G-Man Club. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Script | ? [as Joe Higgins] |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | In these grim times we all feel the need for something to laugh at. |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Bulletin #6. |
| Comic Story | Death of a Double / The Shield (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | An ambassador is apparently murdered. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Senor Hernandez; Ludwig (villain); spies; Senor Hernandez's double (death); Ju Ju Watson; Mamie; Fifi (dog); Betty Warren; Tony; the Goon |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| First Line | Death hangs over Senor Hernandez, South American ambassador, as he makes his way down the steps of the capital building. |
| Story | Hangman (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Betruchi and Laval break Lennie out of prison. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Betruchi (villain, death); Lennie (villain, death); Laval (villain, death); Reinmann |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey |
| Inks | Harry Lucey |
| First Line | With Lennie in jail, there remains only the diabolically ingenious Betruchi, and Laval, the boomerang thrower, of the Unholy Three. |
| Notes | This is most probably Lucey, when comparing with his signed stories in #25 and #29. Notice long rounded chins. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Characters | The Monocled Monster; Oscar |
| Pencils | Art Seymour (signed) |
| Inks | Art Seymour (signed) |
| First Line | Shield-Wizard No. 5 |
| Notes | House ad for Shield-Wizard Comics #5. |
| Comic Story | Spumoni the Puppet Master / Danny in Wonderland (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Danny and Kupkake are looking for the kidnapper of children. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Danny; Kupkake; Spumoni (villain, introduction); Snapper (dog) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| First Line | All Wonderland rings with acclaim for the puppet master, Spumoni, whose puppets are so life-like that the spectators would swear they were alive! |
| Comic Story | A Little Detour to France / Sergeant Boyle (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sgt. Boyle travels to France to help a young lady rescue her father from the Nazis. |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Twerp; Corporal Collins; Nazis |
| Script | Bob Wood ? |
| Pencils | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
| First Line | Twerp! Look at what just came from G.H.Q.! |
| Notes | Continued in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1939 series) #20. |
| Comic Story | The Breakup of the Sky Pirates / Jolly Roger (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Orders come down reassigning each Sky Pirate to a different squadron. During an intense dogfight, the Sky Pirates break formation from their squadrons to fly together and they manage to thwart the Nazis from bombing London; afterward, the Sky Pirates are officially commissioned by the R.A.F. as the Jolly Roger Squadron. |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | Nazis; Sky Pirates [Price; Jolly Roger; Frank Root; Marty Martin] |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| First Line | Hoot mon! |
| Story | Archie (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie meets Betty, a girl who has just moved into the neighborhood. He shows off for her, claiming he can do anything. At a carnival that weekend, Betty meets a man who needs a tight rope walker. Betty, remembering that Archie can do anything, volunteers Archie with humorous results. |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | J. B. Cooper; Mildred Cooper; Edna Andrews; Gramps Andrews (introduction for all) |
| Script | Victor Bloom (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Montana (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Montana (signed) |
| First Line | Just a matter of skill, that's all! |
| Notes | For all the parent characters, only Fred Andrews is identified by name in this story. The other parents' names would change over the years. Archie and Betty are a few years younger than usual. First comic story of Archie. First appearance of Betty and Jughead. Archie and his parents first appeared as a promotional advertisement cameo in Top Notch Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #22 released 5 days prior per Catalog of Copyright Entries. |
| Comic Story | The Case of Crummy King / Kayo Ward (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kayo helps a troubled boxer. |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Crummy King (introduction); Julie King (introduction); Slugs Logan (introduction); Lew |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Art Seymour |
| Inks | Art Seymour |
| First Line | Right in the old bread basket, Slugs, from me to you! |
| Notes | Most probably Seymour, when comparing with his signed stories in #24 to 26. |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Sea Serpent / Bentley of Scotland Yard (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A sea serpent attacks boaters in an English lake. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Foxleigh (villain); Stanley Wade (death); Somerset; Stonebrook; Claude Stonebrook |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| First Line | A quiet country lake in England is turned to a scene of panic and confusion, as a monstrous apparition splits the calm water, towers over the rowboat and- |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Characters | Jim |
| First Line | Blueprint reading for better jobs - bigger pay |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Ad for a home study program by the Austin Technical Institute to learn how to read blueprints. |
| Advertisement | Electric Football [Jim Prentice] (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Characters | Jim Prentice |
| First Line | O.K. fellows! Here they are! |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for electric games: football, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey. |
| 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 | |
