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Issue: Pep Comics #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #20 of 136 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Dusty
First Line: Lawbreakers!!! The noose is your warning -- the gallows is your goal; you can't escape the Hangman!
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Pages: 1
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Dr. Wang's Kidnapping Plot

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Dr. Wang (villain)
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Pages: 13
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The Man Who Tried to Escape the Hangman

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Jackal (villain)
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Title taken from ad in ZIP COMICS #20.
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Black Bart the Pirate

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Character(s): Kupkake; mermaids; King Neptune (first appearance); Davey Jones (first appearance); Black Bart (first appearance; villain; death)
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Pages: 7
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The Invasion of Physhnchips

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Character(s): Sergeant Boyle; Twerp; Corporal Collins; The Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 7
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Flaming Mystery: Part 2

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fireball [Ted Tyler]; Jim Oliver (villain)
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Fireball" feature in Pep Comics. The feature appears next in New Crusaders (Archie, 2012 Series) #6 (March 2013)

Final Golden Age appearance of Fireball [Ted Tyler]. He appears next in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1965 Series) #4 (April 1966).

Originally credited to Paul Reinman, but his faces with eyes far apart and out of line, and the wedge shaped heads are not seen here. This is the same artist that drew some Fran Frazer and Zambini stories. Notice the narrow pointed ears and long creepy fingers, which are found in all his stories.
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The Temptation of Ralph Saunders

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Satan (villain); Madam Satan (villain); Brother Sunbeam; Ralph Saunders (first appearance); Ellen (first appearance; death)
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Pages: 6
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The Restoration of Kayo Ward

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Genres: sports
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: GS: Dr. and Mrs. Graves, Martha Graves; Kayo's face is restored by plastic surgery
art credit via Kelly Izaj email November 2007
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The Case of the Flames of Purgatory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Reeves (first appearance; villain; death); Sir Linsley (first appearance; death); James Linsley (first appearance); Christina (first appearance); Philbert Linsley (first appearance)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Mort Meskin.

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