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| The blank top corner on page 15 feels like a good design choice that gives more impact to the drawing (partly through novelty). I like to think they did it on purpose, just because it looked good. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly (March, June, September and December) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen |
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| Publisher advertisement | Bulletin No. 30 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Monthly bulletin for the Shield G-Man Club. |
| Featuring | Shield G-Man Club |
| Credits | Script:? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)] | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Carnival Chuckles (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie is fined $10 by Reggie's father for reckless driving and breaks his carnival date with Veronica to get a job. He gets a job at the carnival and has to avoid Reggie and Veronica, who go there on the same day. |
| Content | Genre: Teen |
| Notes | The last page shows Archie and Jughead in Pop Tate's, but the soda jerk does not look like Pop.
The last page may also have a different letterer. |
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| Comic Story | The Beast That Was a Huntsman (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A white ape returned from death to hunt it's killer. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: John Frazee (explorer); Sir Malcolm Briggs (hunter) |
| Notes | Originally credited Irv Novick. Artwork identical to several signed Clem/Pen stories, and has the typical long Weisbecker faces with angular chin. |
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| Activity | Pep Contest Page (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Winners of a contest for best letter about your favorite character in Pep Comics. Winners received a year's subscription to Pep Comics or a war stamp. |
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| Comic Story | Special Communique # 18 (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero; War | Characters: Jonesie (dog) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Clem Gretter. His style is different when compared with signed story in US Marines Comics #1. This story could be Clem Weisbecker on pencils, but none of his long, angular chinned faces are found, and it loos more like Novick. Clem and Pen had many of the stories in this feature. All three are credited by Jerry Bails' Who's . |
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| Synopsis | Advertisement for Black Hood Comics (Archie, 1943 series) #13. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Suzie; Mr. Schlomp (Truck Company); Fuzznicle |
| Notes | The "Suzie" feature starting in this issue of Pep Comics is in addition to the feature's appearances in Suzie Comics (Archie, 1945 Series). |
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| Text Story | Three on a Yacht (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie takes Veronica and Jughead for a ride on his yacht. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Marco Loco; Snooch; Jeremy Bloog (marooned sailor) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Harry Sahle, but this art is identical to Hubbell's other signed stories in this feature.
This is the final appearance of the "Marco Loco" feature. |
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