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Issue: Pep Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #4 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: 05/11/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 449325.
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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
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 Content Item: FlagAmerica's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 published January 2002
as Cover to Pep Comics #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mosconian Menace: Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten (signed)
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]; The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Keith Kornell [the West Pointer]; J. Edgar Hoover; The Mosconians (villains)
Synopsis: Mosconian spies try to sabotage a volcano and destroy Pearl Harbor.
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In Content Item: FlagAmerica's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 published January 2002
as The Mosconian Menace, Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Story continued from Top Notch Comics #? in Midshipman story.
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The Village of the Doomed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Comet
Character(s): The Comet [John Dickering]; Mr. Cricket (villain, introduction); Riley (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Comet is seen by police and they start shooting at him. Wanting to clear his name and trying to do the right thing he turns himself in. He then escapes after he sees it's just a legal lynching. Shot, while flying away, The Comet collapses and is nursed back to health by a miner. The Comet repays the miner by trying to convince Riley to give his mines safe ventilation. Riley kills his own men, even though his partner protests. The Comet lifts his glass lenses to shoot what he thinks is a club, it's a stick of dynamite and Riley is blown up. Riley's partner then decides to make the changes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Graft Ring Killers

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: superhero
Feature(s): Press Guardian
Character(s): Press Guardian [Perry Chase]; Walton (villain, introduction, death)
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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); Princess Lin Foy (villain, introduction, death); her robots (villains, introduction, death)
First Line: Forward, dealer of death!
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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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The Rescue of Battalion A

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell [as Sundell] (signed)
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; The Nazis (villains)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Mosconian Menace: Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Wood ?
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe
Inker(s): Edd Ashe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Midshipman
Character(s): Lee Sampson (Midshipman); The Wizard (guest-star); The Mosconians (villains)
First Line: Lee Sampson, the midshipman, has received permission to use one of the Navy boats for the afternoon!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: continued from Shield story, continued in Top Notch Comics (Archie, 1939 series) #5's Wizard story.

Page two is found in Jerry Bails' Who's Who as a sample of Ashe's artwork.
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City of the Hawkmen

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: science fiction
Feature(s): Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds
Character(s): Rocket [Sir Rocket]; Queen of Diamonds; The Lizardmen (villains, introduction); their king (villain, introduction); the Ape Men (villains, introduction); The Hawkmen (introduction); Prince Falkar (introduction)
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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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Giants of the West

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, western
Synopsis: General Sherman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten ?
Penciller(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kayo Ward
Character(s): Billy Ward (Kayo's brother, introduction); John Ward (Kayo's dad); Mrs. Ward (Kayo's mom); Silko (villain, introduction)
First Line: When Kayo Ward runs up against a mob of racketeers, he finds that all fighting is not done in the ring.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Hunchback Horror

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; Lady Brenda (Earl's wife, introduction); The Earl of Crackenthorpe (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Legend tells of a Crackenthorpe ancestor who summoned a demon to gain riches to start the family fortune. The bride of each Crackenthorpe heir must bow to the demon, which Lady Brenda does. When her husband, the Earl of Crackenthorpe, comes to save her, the demon kills him. Bentley suspects murder, the suspects: The earl's brother Lionel who is the heir and loves Lady Brenda, the butler who is mentioned in the will, and a cousin who seems to have nothing to gain. Bentley exposes the cousin's plan to masquerade as the demon, kill the earl, and frame Lionel in order to inherit the title himself.
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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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