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Issue: Pep Comics #37 Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/10/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Shield and Hangman
Hangman; Shield; Dusty
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Miscellaneous
1
Polly Wants a Corpse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
?
Subject Matter
Shield
Smooch Schultz (villain, introduction); Knifey Gordon (villain, introduction); Patch-Eye (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
12
The Lamp That Lived

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Scott Meredith?
Bob Fujitani
Bob Fujitani
?
?
Subject Matter
Hangman
Menuhi (villain, introduction, death); Aladdin's Lamp (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
12
Death Is a Persian Cat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Barrister
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
The Hangman
The Hangman
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Miscellaneous
2
The Hunchback's Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
?
Subject Matter
Captain Commando
Ziegfried Werner (introduction); Ole Larkin (introduction); Prof. Buchner (introduction, flashback); Wolfe (villain, introduction, flashback); the Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
10
North African Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten
Carl Hubbell
Carl Hubbell
?
?
Subject Matter
Sergeant Boyle
Prof. Snodgrass (introduction); The Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
8
The Wizard of Wonderland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten
Red Holmdale
Red Holmdale
?
?
Subject Matter
Danny In Wonderland
Fairy Queen (guest-star); The Wizard (introduction); Joe Scarecrow (introduction); a knight (introduction); Danny's dad (guest-star); Danny's mom (guest-star)
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Miscellaneous
7
Danny leaves Wonderland; story swiped from THE WIZARD OF OZ
Introducing Oscar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
?
Subject Matter
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Andrews; Oscar (introduction, Archie's dog)
Archie's dog Oscar has puppies and they cause chaos around the house. Mr. Andrews forces Archie to sell the puppies but soon the family misses them and the puppies come back.
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FlagArchie Archives #1 published May 2011
FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #3 published August 2013
as Introducing Oscar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
First appearance of Archie's dog Oscar, who would be a regular character in the 1940s.
The Turnberry Lighthouse Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Reinman
Paul Reinman
?
?
Subject Matter
Bentley of Scotland Yard
Robert McPherson (villain, introduction); Peter Shelley (introduction); Douglas Rogers (introduction); Mrs. McPherson (introduction); Ellen McPherson (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6

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