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Issue: Pep Comics #34 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1942
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Issues: #34 of 136 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/15/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (9 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. 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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed on the cobble stone at bottom.
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Bulletin No. 13

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield G-Man Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Rug of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Slogg (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A cheap, gaudy rug turned up at several murders.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Meet the Editor

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Harry Shorten
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Harry Shorten bio
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Sabotage!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Miguel Lopez (warden); Ice-Pick (villain, death)
Synopsis: An organizes band of saboteurs operates on American oil fields in Mexico.
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Pages: 13
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Murder Makes a Phone Call

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sidney Benton; Mac Messner
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Character(s): Mr. Jansen (introduction, Erik's father); Mrs. Jansen (introduction, Erik's mother); the Nazis (villains)
First Line: You've heard about the commandos...those super-soldiers who work in the dark and deal constant death and destruction to the Nazi forces.
Synopsis: Captain Commando goes on a mission to destroy German coastal batteries in Norway.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Faces, hands and ears are all signs of Harrison on pencils and probably inked by Shumaker.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
First Line: The anomna ants in Africa link themselves together...
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Pages: 1
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The Magician's Apprentice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Danny; Kuppie; Yoyi Jergisen (a magician, in a dream, introduction)
Synopsis: The Swedish mystic plays magical tricks on Kuppie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Nitroglicerin Mistake

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Slapsie; Captain Twerp; Kreplach (introduction); The Fascists (villains)
Synopsis: Collins is carrying a case of nitroglycerine on a plane bound for the front in Africa.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Swiss flag at the airport is reverse in colors, making it a Red Cross flag.
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The Limerick Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie spends $100, thinking he won a limerick contest. He gets into hot water when Jughead tells him it was a gag.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #1 published May 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Probably done by Holmdale because Montana was working on Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 seriea) #1.
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Case of the Steamshovel Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dr. Edwards (villain, introduction, death); Lord Gannett (introduction, death); Duchess of Bedford (introduction); Duke of Bedford (introduction); Jennings (introduction)
Synopsis: There were four things... a death by lightning, a steam shovel, an unreported flight plan, and a piece of wire... four things which didn't add up.
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Pages: 6

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