Pep Comics #17

(July 1941)

[The Case of the Kid Lookout] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Shield / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Slats Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Senator Blowhard; Blinker (villain); Blinker's gang (villains)

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #16 ([May] 1974)

Keywords

kidnapping; robbery; senator

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Hangman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten ? (signed as Cliff Campbell); Abner J. Sundell ? (signed as Cliff Campbell)

Pencils

George Storm (sourced)

Inks

George Storm (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One night the police are startled by the crashing entry into the station house of one they think to be their enemy -- the Comet.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hangman [Bob Dickering] (the Comet's brother, origin); The Comet [John Dickering] (death); Thelma Gordon (John's sweetheart); Big Boy Malone (villain, death); Chugger (villain)

Synopsis

John "The Comet" Dickering sees his brother Bob being kidnapped by a couple of Big Boy Malone's men and flies to his aid, but is shot and killed in the process. Bob swears revenge and becomes The Hangman. When Chugger is found not guilty because John Dickering isn't alive to testify against him, the Hangman hustles Chugger out of the courtroom and subjects him to his own methods of extracting a confession, all leading to the execution of Big Boy Malone.

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #16 ([May] 1974)
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2006 - The Golden Age Firsts of MLJ Comics: Volume 1 ([June] 2018)
• in The MLJ Companion: The Complete History of the Archie Comics Super-Heroes (TwoMorrows, 2016 series) #nn (August 2016)

Keywords

Daily Tabloid; Times-Bugle

Indexer Notes

Death (and final Golden Age appearance) of the Comet [John Dickering], who returns in The Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #30 (October 1964).

Both Shorten and Sundell may have used the house name Cliff Campbell according to Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

[Prisoners of the Cyclops] (Table of Contents: 3)

Danny in Wonderland / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils

Lin Streeter (signed)

Inks

Lin Streeter (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; humor

Characters

Danny; a giant cyclops (villain); Kupkake; Margie

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #16 ([May] 1974)

Keywords

cyclops; Odyssey

Indexer Notes

story swiped from Homer's "Odyssey."

[Trapped by the Fuzzy Wuzzies] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Charles Biro ?

Pencils

Charles Biro

Inks

Charles Biro

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Sergeant Boyle [Henry Boyle]; Corporal Collins; Capt. Twerp; the Fascists; "Fuzzy Wuzzies"

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #16 ([May] 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Fireball / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lucey ?

Inks

Harry Lucey ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They're dropping the stuff, Mike! Let's get it!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fireball [Ted Tyler]; a gang of smugglers (villains)

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #16 ([May] 1974)

Indexer Notes

The faces here, with prominent cheekbones could be Lucey. Art looks like his credited story Madam Satan in #16, and signed story in Crime Does Not Pay #22.

[The Corruption of Carl Jensen] (Table of Contents: 6)

Madam Satan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair ?

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Harry Lucey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Carl Jensen, Anita Lewis; Mr. and Mrs. John Jensen (Carl's parents); Brother Sunbeam; Satan (villain); Madam Satan [Iola] (villain)

Synopsis

Using the sinister name Iola and dressing in a slinky dress, Madam Satan lures Carl Jensen away from his true love, Anita, and is soon completely in the toils of the creature of the netherworld, beginning a mad and expensive orgy of merrymaking. All too soon, he is goaded into a life of crime, being asked by "Iola" to shower her with expensive gifts, even if he had to steal them. After beating up his father and shooting Anita, Carl comes to her senses....then sees "Iola" as she really was: her face a grinning, green skull!

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #16 ([May] 1974)
• in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Archie, 2014 series) #3 (July 2015)
• in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Archie, 2016 series) #1 - The Crucible (July 2016)
• in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Occult Edition (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)

Special Offering for Pep Comics Fans (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Pep Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

George Storm (sourced)

Inks

George Storm (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The world's heavyweight champion is about to lose a decision to Dan Cupid, as the preacher is about to marry him to Connie Hodges.

Genre

sports

Characters

Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Slug (villain); Rip

Synopsis

On his wedding day, Kayo's face is badly burned. Ashamed of his scarred face, he flees and becomes a hobo. While on a train he befriends a man who has tuberculosis. To get money to have him treated, Kayo fights a local fighter in a small town.

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #16 ([May] 1974)

Keywords

boxing; fire; hobo; scars; train; tuberculosis; wedding

Indexer Notes

Kayo's scarred face is never shown.

The Case of the Parachute Killer (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Inspector Bentley; Roger Kimberley (villain); Sir Archibald Waverley (death), Linda Waverley; John Waverley; Reginald Waverley; Jarvis (a butler)

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #16 ([May] 1974)

Steel Sterling pin-up (Table of Contents: 10)

Steel Sterling / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Charles Biro ?

Inks

Charles Biro ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Looney; Dora Cummings; Sergeant Clancy

Indexer Notes

Found on the back cover.