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| Date | | Number: 25 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| File name | Pep Comics 025 (MLJ) (1942) (c2c) (The Secret Scanp+Mark Bowen).cbz | |||
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| Notes | Cover-to-cover scans by The Secret Scanp edited by Mark Bowen. There are paint stains throughout this book, but mostly only in the page margins. A couple pages are heavily stained in the art area, though, but they're still fully legible. There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page | |||
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| Name | Pep Comics 25 | 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Shield [Joe Higgins]; Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Dusty |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Feature | Shield G-Man Club |
| Characters | Shield [Joe Higgins] |
| First Line | Use this entire coupon!!! |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Membership form for the Shield G-Man Club. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Script | ? [as Joe Higgins] |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Just let me get one thing off my chest... |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Bulletin promoting Special Comics. |
| Story | The Shield (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joe Higgins has a dream, which he treats as a premonition, in which a series of events lead up to the death of his partner, Dusty. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Duke Moran (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions); Slinky (introduction, death); J. Edgar Hoover (guest-star); Mrs. Vanasterbilt (introduction); Shield [Joe Higgins]; Betty Warren; Ju Ju Watson; Lil Livingston |
| Script | Harry Shorten ? |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| First Line | Fate is a spider! |
| Notes | Signed by the artist (Novick) on the last panel of the final story page. |
| Comic Story | The Walrus's Prison Break / Hangman (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Walrus breaks out of prison. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Walrus (villain); Spike; Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Thelma Gordon; Butch |
| Script | Harry Stein (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Lucey (signed) |
| First Line | Brought to justice by the Hangman and working in the prison laundry... |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Shield-Wizard No. 6 |
| Characters | Shield [Joe Higgins]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Dusty |
| First Line | Grimly, the boy detective, Dusty battled against overwhelming odds... |
| Notes | House ad for Shield-Wizard #6. |
| Publisher advertisement | Shield-Wizard |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation |
| Notes | Date of filing: October 1, 1941. No circulation data included. Printed at reduced size, rendering it illegible. |
| Comic Story | The Boogy-Woogy Balloon / Danny in Wonderland (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Boogies and the Woogies build a hot air balloon so that Danny and his friends can return to Wonderland. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | The Boogies (guest-stars); the Woogies (guest-stars); Kupkake [Kuppie]; Danny; Snapper (dog); Lizzie; Elmira |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| First Line | Kuppie, Snapper and me really must get back to Wonderland... |
| Comic Story | Battle in Tobruk / Sergeant Boyle (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Low on supplies, Sgt. Boyle manages to fend off the Italian soldiers at Tobruk until supplies can arrive. |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | The Fascists (villains); Prof. Tuttle (introduction); Sgt. Boyle; Capt. Twerp; Col. Drinkhouse |
| Script | Virginia Hubbell ? |
| Pencils | Carl Hubbell |
| Inks | Carl Hubbell |
| First Line | Dey are weakening! |
| Comic Story | Radio-Free Germany / Jolly Roger (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jolly Roger is captured by the Gestapo as he delivers radios to the Free German Movement. |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | The Nazis (villains); Jolly Roger; Price; Frank Root; Marty Martin; Fritz; Mr. Smith |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| First Line | While off-duty, Jolly Roger and his Sky Pirates listen to an outlaw... |
| Comic Story | Archie's Taxi Service / Archie (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie's jalopy is costing too much, so Archie offers to make it a taxi service. He picks up a man at the train station and while trying to shortcut, ends up on a road to the country. Bad things happen to the man and when Archie's jalopy is hit by a train, they end up walking 17 miles to Riverdale. When Archie goes to school the next day, he finds out that the man is the new principal. |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; The Riverdale High principal (probably NOT Mr. Weatherbee) |
| Script | Bob Montana (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Montana (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Montana (signed) |
| First Line | Gee, Archie, you're going awfully fast! |
| Notes | First appearance of Archie's jalopy. |
| Comic Story | Action in San Paulo / Kayo Ward (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The President of San Paulo manipulates Louis Liverlip into fighting Kayo Ward. |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Louis Liverlip (introduction); Louis Burpo (introduction); President of San Paulo; Kayo Ward; Lew Black |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Art Seymour (signed) |
| Inks | Art Seymour (signed) |
| First Line | Remember, big boy, you're supposed to be here on business! |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Poisoning Monkey / Bentley of Scotland Yard (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bentley investigates the death of the Duke of Ashwold. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Mary (villain, introduction); James (introduction); Duke of Ashwold (introduction, death); Anne Ashwold (introduction); William Ashwold (introduction); Leland (introduction); Roger Burton (introduction); Gerald (introduction); Bentley |
| Script | Joe Blair ? |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| First Line | Within the grim and cold walls of his castle, the Duke of Ashwold... |
| Advertisement | Comicscope (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Special to the readers of Pep Comics |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Ad for the Comicscope and 50 naval pictures. |
| Advertisement | Lancaster County Seeds (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | C'mon boys girls men women - pick your prize |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad by the Lancaster County Seed Co. |
| 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 | |
