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Issue: Pep Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #2 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: 01/02/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 444867.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shield
Character(s): The Shield [Joe Higgins]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
In Content Item: FlagAmerica's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 published January 2002
as Cover to Pep Comics #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Peril in Puerto Rico

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten ?
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shield
Character(s): The Shield [Joe Higgins]; J. Edgar Hoover; The Nordics (villains)
Synopsis: The Shield stops the Nordics from capturing a U.S. oil tanker off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmerica's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 published January 2002
as Peril In Porto Rico [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Face in the Clouds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Comet
Character(s): The Comet [John Dickering]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: A previous indexer claimed that the story was signed by Cole, but no such signature is obvious.
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The Knock Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan (signed)
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ryan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Toney Pimento (boxer dog); Pokey (kangaroo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: funny-animal strip
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter
Inker(s): Lin Streeter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds
Character(s): Rocket [Sir Rocket]; Queen of Diamonds; Arni Retlek (villain, introduction)
First Line: Arni Retlek grand counselor of the Diamond Empire, enviously sees Sir Rocket's growing friendship the queen, and plans revenge.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.
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When the Redmen Rode

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Character(s): General Miles; Geronimo (Apache chief); Captain Lawton; Leonard Wood (surgeon)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Fight with Red Morgan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Sturm (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kayo Ward
Character(s): Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Connie; Biff Brady (boxer); Red Morgan (villain, introduction); Slick (villain, introduction)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story formerly credited to Harry Shorten ?, but Sturm's name is clearly evident in the newspaper story byline.
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Mystery of the Missing Messenger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell
Penciller(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Sergeant Boyle
Character(s): Sergeant Boyle [Henry Boyle]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Moronia Bund Threatens Editor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero, war
Feature(s): Press Guardian
Character(s): Press Guardian [Perry Chase]; Von Leo (villain, introduction); Moronia Bund (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Clad in a green suit and fedora with red mask, gloves and tie, Press Guardian, playboy son of the publisher of the Daily Express newspaper, goes after a nefarious Bund operating in the city that had ties to the Nazis.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter (signed)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Fu Chang
Character(s): Fu Chang (detective); Tay Ming (fiancee); The Tiger-Devil Cult (villains, introduction); the Tiger-Devil (villain, introduction)
First Line: The time is at hand for our great triumph.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.
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The Sleeping Beauty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kin Platt (signed)
Penciller(s): Kin Platt (signed)
Inker(s): Kin Platt (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Prince Buttonhead
Character(s): Prince Buttonhead; Fumblefoot (horse); Sleeping Beauty
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Lesson in Victory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Wood ?
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe
Inker(s): Edd Ashe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Midshipman
Character(s): The Midshipman [Lee Samson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Art originally credited "Bob Wood ?", but it must be the same artist as on the first signed Ashe story in issue #1.
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The Terror of Rocky Pool

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Sam Cooper (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Cooper (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bentley of Scotland Yard
Character(s): Inspector Bentley; The Terror of Rocky Pool (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.

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