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Issue: Pep Comics #19 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1941
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/15/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Criminals Everywhere!... Beware!...

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield [Joe Higgins]; The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Dusty
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Miscellaneous
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The Power Play of Eric Steele

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Ju Ju Watson; Betty Watson; Mamie; J. W. Taylor (introduction, death); Eric Steele (villain, introduction)
The head of the War Bond sales department is found hanged in his office.
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The Death of Doctor Donovan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Thelma Gordon (reporter); Dr. Luke Donovan (introduction, death); Jim Nelson (introduction); Mike Nelson (villain); Smedley (villain, introduction, death); Slugger (villain); his gang (villains)
An inmate of the state insane asylum bolts from his room and escapes.
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Miscellaneous
11
The Sultan of Swami

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
fantasy
Danny; Pasha-El-Raschid (villain, introduction); A genie (introduction); Kupkake (guest-star)
Danny and Kupkake are prisoners of Pascha, and Kupkake offers to find mushrooms for the sultan if he sets them free.
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Miscellaneous
7
The Barrage Balloon Sabotage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
war
Sergeant Boyle; Twerp; A phony major (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)
Barrage balloons over Battersea are shot down by saboteurs.
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Miscellaneous
7
Flaming Mystery: Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Fireball; Chief Harris (introduction); Hedy Harris (introduction); Chub Chester (introduction); Jim Oliver (villains, introduction)
Fireball joins the fire department
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Miscellaneous
7
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The Vampire Frameup

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
horror, occult
Madam Satan (villain); Satan (villain); George Seldes (villain, death); Brother Sunbeam (guest-star); Tom (guest-star); Nita (guest-star)
George spreads the belief among the villagers that Nita, the wife of his cousin, is a vampire.
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Miscellaneous
6
The Boswell Incident

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
sports
Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Dr. Graves (introduction); Mrs. Graves (introduction); Martha Graves (introduction)
A doctor tries to convince people in a small town in Oklahoma to to take anti-cholera injections.
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Miscellaneous
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The Case of the Witch's Curse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Bentley (detective); Sir Roderick Ersworth (villain, introduction); Rothmere (introduction, death); Lord Rothmere (introduction); Sir Reginald Rothmere (introduction); Tom Rothmere (introduction); Melinda Rothmere (introduction)
Bentley is in dreadful danger, as a witch is after him to kill him.
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Miscellaneous
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