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| Date | | Number: 43 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Pep Comics 43 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: monthly except June and November | Editing: Harry Shorten (uncredited) |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor; Superhero; Teen |
| Pencils | Bob Montana Bob Montana |
| Inks | Bob Montana Bob Montana |
| First Line | Jughead! C'mon over here, quick! |
| Notes | Cover plugs Archie radio show. |
| Publisher advertisement | Bulletin No. 21 (1 page) |
| Feature | Shield G-Man Club |
| Script | ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Information about pen pals, and includes first few names and addresses. Includes plug for Shield G-Man Club. |
| Comic Story | Invitation to Murder / The Shield (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joe Higgins stands accused of murder of one of his old friends. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Bill Pierce; Biff Cook; Sid Ross; Clarence Grant |
| Pencils | Irv Novick |
| Inks | Irv Novick |
| Notes | Shield graduated high school in 1936, making him 26 years old (at an 8-year class reunion??) Credit line reads "By Irv Novick". |
| Comic Story | Green Death / Hangman (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr Peters and Dr Mordecai, Botany Professors, traveled to Tibet. Upon their return to the United States, Dr Peters had lost his mind, due to attempting to bring back a sacred plant. |
| Characters | a Tibetian (villain, introduction, death); Frank Mordecai (introduction, death); Dr. Mordecai (introduction); Dr. Peters (introduction) |
| Pencils | Bob Fujitani |
| Inks | Bob Fujitani |
| Comic Story | Gone Fishing / Li'l Chief Bugaboo (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bugaboo has trouble fishing. |
| Characters | Li'l Chief Bugaboo |
| Script | Dave Higgins ? |
| Pencils | Dave Higgins |
| Inks | Theresa Woik |
| Notes | Credit line reads "by Higgins & Woik". Dave Higgins is known to have written comics, Terry (Woik) Szenics is known to have inked and lettered comics. |
| Text Story | Wise Guy (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Harry Shorten ? |
| Publisher advertisement | Archie Talks / Archie (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Archie and his pals appears Monday - Friday on the Blue Radio Network, but Souphead does not. You can write and ask for him to appear. |
| Script | ? [as Souphead Jones] |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Comic Story | Archie the Jockey: Part 2 / Archie (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Jughead mentions that jockeys have to be a certain weight, Archie stuffs himself in hopes of becoming overweight. Archie gets sick and is visited by Dr. Breakbone. Dr. Breakbone gives Archie a vigorous exercise routine and Archie breaks his arm. When he tells Mr. Lodge of the incident, Mr. Lodge says picking Archie to be a jockey was only a joke. |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Dr. Breakbone |
| Script | Harry Sahle |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Inks | Janice Valleau |
| Notes | Continued from last issue. |
| Comic Story | Marco and the Pirates / Marco Loco (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | His crew doesn't like him, but the pirates like his ship. |
| Characters | Moroco Loco; Snooch; A band of pirates (villains, first appearance) |
| Script | Carl Hubbell |
| Pencils | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Hubbell |
| Notes | Snooch is called "Smooch" in one panel. |
| Comic Story | Airborne Hillbilly / Catfish Joe (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An airplane makes an unscheduled landing in the bayou. |
| Characters | Catfish Joe |
| Script | Larry Harris |
| Pencils | Larry Harris |
| Inks | Larry Harris |
| Notes | Credit line says "by Larry Harris". Harris claims he created, wrote, and drew Catfish Joe. |
| Comic Story | Beginnings / Captain Commando (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | While facing certain death, Captain Commando and the Boy Soldiers think about what led them to where they are. |
| Genre | Military; Superhero |
| Characters | Thorndike (flashback); Professor Bergeret (flashback); Nazis |
| Pencils | Irv Novick |
| Inks | Irv Novick |
| Notes | Byline reads "By Irv Novick". It is revealed in this story that Percy is the son of the Earl of Lothar. Story contains a discussion about then current pro baseball, including Carl Hubbell. |
| 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 | |
