Pep Comics #11

(January 1941)

Dusty, the Spectacular Boy Detective (Table of Contents)

The Shield with Rusty the Spectacular Boy Detective / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (credited)

Inks:

Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dustin Simmons](the Shield's partner, appears in all stories hereafter, first appearance, origin; full name revealed in NEW CRUSADERS #2); Simmons (Dusty's father; name assumed from Dusty's surname; first appearance; death); Ju Ju Watson; Betty Warren; William Oswald (death); The Vulture (first appearance, villain)

[The Pencils of Doom: Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Comet / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

A gang of saboteurs (villains, introductions)

Indexer Notes

Comet still a fugitive

[The Illegal Immigration Racket] (Table of Contents)

Press Guardian / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Tonetti (villain, introduction); Peter LaFlamme (introduction)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[Adventure of the Jade Buddha] (Table of Contents)

Fu Chang / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Ha-Ri (villain, introduction); Abbot of Chak-Ku (introduction)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Robot Tanks] (Table of Contents)

Sergeant Boyle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Charles Biro?

Pencils:

Charles Biro

Inks:

Charles Biro

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Nazis (villains); a Swiss pilot (villain, introduction)

[Case of the Switched Suitcases] (Table of Contents)

Midshipman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Clip (villain, introduction); Hopper (villain, introduction)

[Pirate Island] (Table of Contents)

Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Gen. Schmutzpuss (guest-star); the Pigwidgeons (guest-stars); Bluebeard (villain, introduction)

Free Tonguin' (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

[Carnival of Revenge] (Table of Contents)

Kayo Ward / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Bob Wood

Inks:

Bob Wood

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Rupy La Vez (villain); Ronnie Slick (villain); Bucktooth Brown (villain, introduction); Slugger Brown (villain, introduction); Sen. Popoff (introduction)

The Riddle of the Whirring Wings (Table of Contents)

Bentley of Scotland Yard / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Sam Cooper

Inks:

Sam Cooper

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

John Farrell (villain, introduction); Sir Cecil Farrell (introduction, death); Anne Farrell (introduction); Bob Farrell (introduction); Stiles (introduction)