Pep Comics #18

(August 1941)

The Case of the Side Show Horrors (Table of Contents)

Shield / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Ju Ju Watson; Betty Warren; I: Mamie; V: The Vulture; Midge (I); Joe (I)

Synopsis:

Ju Ju finds a corpse in the water when out bathing with Betty and Mamie.

[Hangman's Holiday] (Table of Contents)

Hangman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair? [as Cliff Campbell?]

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Thelma Gordon (reporter); V: The Jackal (I); I: Anthracite

Synopsis:

The Jackal hangs people while posing as the Hangman.

Indexer Notes

art credit via email from Kelly Izaj, November 2007
Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.

[Thieves of Wonderland] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Danny; GS: Fairy Queen, Kupkake; V: A band of thieves (I) and their chief (I, D)

Synopsis:

The Fairy Queen transfers Danny and Kupkake to the hills where it is thought the thieves they search for are hiding.

[The Body On the Beach] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Wood?

Pencils:

Carl Hubbell (signed)

Inks:

Carl Hubbell(signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Sergeant Boyle; V: The Nazis

Synopsis:

A German body is washed up on the beach with papers about a coming U-boat attack on the coastguard.

[Palermo the Evil Politician] (Table of Contents)

Fireball / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Fireball; V: Palermo (I); I: Eddie and Suzie Collins

Synopsis:

A strangled man is found in a burning house.

Indexer Notes

Signatures in third panel, Paul Reinman and H. Shorten.

[The Seduction of George Seldes] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair?

Pencils:

Harry Lucey ?

Inks:

Harry Lucey ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

V: Satan, Madam Satan; I: George Seldes, Nita, Tom; GS: Brother Sunbeam

Synopsis:

Madam Satan escapes from the broken spirit bottle.

Indexer Notes

The faces and slender figures here look more like the work of Warren King.

[Tangle With Tiger Blair] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; I: Tiger Blair; Mickey; Janet; V: Gulch (I)

Synopsis:

Kayo saves a girl from drowning in a water tank.

Indexer Notes

art credit via Kelly Izaj email November 2007

[The Curse of the Pharaohs] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Bentley (detective); V: Sir Hubert Tigh (I, D); I: Prof. Lee (D); Ahmid; Tom Daw; Babs Lee

Synopsis:

The curse of the Pharoahs follows the mummy of King Ahm to the home of Sir Hubert Tigh.

Shield and Dusty pin-up (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Irv Novick?

Inks:

Irv Novick?

Colors:

?

Indexer Notes

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