Additional Information |
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Publication | March 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly, except January, April, July and October |
Notes | Official credit from Archie comics. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Teen |
Notes | Official credit from Archie comics. |
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Publisher advertisement | Bulletin No. 25 (1 page) |
Featuring | Shield G-Man Club |
Credits | Script:? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)] | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | The Madman's Castle (10 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kurt Reimar (villain, introduction); Maximilian (villain, introduction, death); Count De Maximilian (introduction, death); Charlotte Max (introduction) |
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Comic Story | We'll Never be Licked (9 pages) |
Content | Characters: Danton (an artist from 2944, introduction); The Nazis (villains) |
Notes | Originally credited "George Harrison?" on pencils and "Clem Weisbecker?" on ink. The artwork, like the rounded inking and especially the apricot-like ears with large rounded outer edge are identical to his signed Boy Buddies story in Hangman #8. So most probably all done by Harrison. Stories signed by Clem/Pen have long narrow faces and ears, with more angular inklines. |
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Comic Story | The Noose (9 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Elias Wolfe (flashback, villain, death); Richard Wolfe (villain, death) |
Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Hangman" feature in Pep Comics. "Hangman" also appears regularly in Black Hood Comics (Archie, 1943 Series) and will continue there until Spring 1944 (#10). |
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Text Story | Corpses Don't Walk (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Joe Manton; Jake Walker; Sheriff Carr |
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Comic Story | Oscar Is Lost (6 pages) |
Synopsis | When Oscar runs away, Archie and Mr. Andrews look for him. |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Oscar (Archie's dog) |
Notes | official credits from Archie comics (previous indexer thought the "story by Hubbell" credit line meant that Hubbell drew it.) |
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Comic Story | Fuddy and Duddy (6 pages) |
Content | Characters: Fuddy Goober (introduction); Duddy Goober (introduction) |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Li'l Chief Bugaboo |
Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Li'l Chief Bugaboo" feature in Pep Comics. The feature appears next in Jolly Jingles (Archie, 1943 Series) #13 (Spring 1944).
Writing previously credited to Theresa Woik(Szenics). She is not known to have written
any comics, although was an inker and letterer. Dave Higgins is known to have written comics, and the "By Dave Higgins" credit line suggests that he may have written this story as well as drawn it. |
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Comic Story | The Spells of King Jerque II (6 pages) |
Content | Characters: King Jerque II (villain, introduction) |
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