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Issue: Pep Comics #38 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1943
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Issues: #38 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: 02/10/1943
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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield and Hangman
Character(s): Shield; Hangman; Dusty
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Devil-Eyed Doctor of Nazidom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): J. Edgar Hoover (guest-star); Dr. Joseph A. Klee (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains); Elise (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Crime behind the Noose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Fujitani
Inker(s): Bob Fujitani
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hangman
Character(s): Barton Nash (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Murder out of Mind

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Barrister
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hangman
Character(s): The Hangman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Story of Boots O'Grady

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Commando
Character(s): Boots O'Grady (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Yanks Have Come!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Carl Hubbell
Inker(s): Carl Hubbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sergeant Boyle
Character(s): Gen. Forain (introduction); The Fascists (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Return to Wonderland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Red Holmdale
Inker(s): Red Holmdale
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Danny in Wonderland
Character(s): The Fairy Queen (guest-star); The Chief of Superstition Land (villain, introduction); the Devil (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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On the Farm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Montana
Penciller(s): Bob Montana
Inker(s): Bob Montana
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Sam Andrews (introduction, Archie's uncle); Aggie Andrews (introduction, Archie's aunt)
Synopsis: Archie is sent to help on his uncle's farm but only causes more trouble for his uncle.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #1 published May 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Case of the Laughing Corpse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane [as Pen Star] (signed)
Inker(s): Pen Shumaker [as Pen Star] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bentley of Scotland Yard
Character(s): Dr. John Fraggus (villain, introduction); Eli Fraggus (introduction, death); Evelyn Fraggus (introduction); George Mariner (introduction); Mrs. Triggs (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Gil Kane and Pen Shumaker are credited by Jerry Bails' Who's Who as working as a team under the pen name "Pen Star". When comparing the story in issue #41, signed only by Kane, the inking, especially on faces, is very different, while figures and layout are similar.

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