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Issue: Pep Comics #28 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #28 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: 04/10/1942
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
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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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Can the Hangman Stop America's Greatest Menace?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hangman; Capt. Swastika
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Civil War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Swastika (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain); Slots Moran (villain, introduction); Ice-Pick (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Originally credited Paul Reinman, but there are none of his wedge shaped faces with eyes far apart and out of line. It could be Harry Lucey, when comparing with his signed stories in #26.
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The Box of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chick Magoon (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Hazen (villain, introduction, death); Warden Low (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Devil Buys a Shadow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): The Devil (villain); The Fairy Queen (guest-star); Jeremiah (introduction); his wife (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Kangaroo Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): The Japanese (villain); an Australian native (villain, introduction); Col. Gregory (introduction)
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Pages: 8
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Chaos in Chinatown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Hirohito Moritani (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The "Wings Johnson" feature formerly appeared in Top Notch Comics (Archie, 1939 Series) (last in issue 27), but is now moving to Pep Comics.

This is the final appearance of the "Wings Johnson" feature.
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Band of the Bland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Benny King
Synopsis: Archie tries to get Benny King for the school dance. After a ton of chaos, Archie resigns as class president.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #1 published May 2011
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Reggie has blonde hair.
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The Championship Fight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): The gang of kidnappers (villains); Louis Liverlips (guest-star)
Synopsis: Kayo Ward wins back his championship
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Lin Streeter. Compare with Streeter's Danny in Wonderland in this issue, many faces in front view with funny ears. Al Camy is not difficult to spot, small angular faces with snaring mouth, like in his many signed Black Hood stories.

This is the final appearance of the "Kayo Ward" feature.
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The Case of the Haunting Bag Pipes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Charles Nolan (villain, introduction); Angus Dermott (introduction, death); John Dermott (introduction, death); Lady Dermott (introduction); Bonnie Dermott (introduction); Donald Lorry (introduction); Malcolm Dermott (a ghost, introduction)
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Pages: 6

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