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Issue: Pep Comics #44 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1943
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Issues: #44 of 136 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/23/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, 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): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero, teen
First Line: I always get a big kick out of Archie!
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Comics v2 #1 published December 1943
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer did not notice signature, and incorrectly thought it was by Bob Montana.
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Bulletin No. 22

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
First Line: The Black Hood is on the Air!
Synopsis: The Black Hood's radio show is broadcast over the Mutual Network.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ghost Goes East

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Snaky Charmer (villain, introduction, death); The Ghost Artist (introduction)
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Comics v2 #1 published December 1943
as The Ghost Goes East [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Hangman and the Snail!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Snail [Twisto] (villain, introduction, death); Samson (villain, introduction, death); Bella (introduction)
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Comics v2 #1 published December 1943
as The Hangman and the Snail [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Runaway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Higgins
Inker(s): Higgins
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Tree on Col. Bungsnort's Nose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Archie the Pug

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Oscar; Coach Leftjab (introduction)
Synopsis: Archie takes his father's eyeglass prescription uptown where he is challenged by Reggie to a boxing match. When a trapeze knocks Reggie out before the match, Archie is thought to be a boxing star. He joins the boxing team and makes the middleweight class by half a pound. At the match, he is nearly knocked out, but saved when Mr. Weatherbee picks up the prescription and thinks it is Archie's.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
In Content Item: FlagSuper Comics v2 #1 published December 1943
as Archie the Pug [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Island Ho!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Thud (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Triple-Cross

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chet Manning
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Heroes Never Die

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Pierre Gaule (introduction, death); The Nazis (villain)
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Comics v2 #1 published December 1943
as Heroes Never Die [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9

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