Pep Comics #20

(October 1941)

[Dr. Wang's Kidnapping Plot] (Table of Contents)

Shield / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Dr. Wang (villain)

[The Man Who Tried to Escape the Hangman] (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:

The Jackal (villain)

Indexer Notes

art credits via Kelly Izaj email November 2007
Title taken from ad in ZIP COMICS #20.

[Black Bart the Pirate] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Kupkake; mermaids; King Neptune (first appearance); Davey Jones (first appearance); Black Bart (first appearance; villain; death)

[The Invasion of Physhnchips] (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

Characters:

Sergeant Boyle; Twerp; Corporal Collins; The Nazis (villains)

[Flaming Mystery: Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Fireball / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Fireball [Ted Tyler]; Jim Oliver (villain)

Indexer Notes

Fireball next appears in MIGHTY CRUSADERS (1966) #4
Originally credited to Paul Reinman, but his faces with eyes far apart and out of line, and the wedge shaped heads are not seen here. This is the same artist that drew some Fran Frazer and Zambini stories. Notice the narrow pointed ears and long creepy fingers, which are found in all his stories.

[The Temptation of Ralph Saunders] (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:

Satan (villain); Madam Satan (villain); Brother Sunbeam; Ralph Saunders (first appearance); Ellen (first appearance; death)

[The Restoration of Kayo Ward] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten [as Cliff Campbell?]

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Indexer Notes

GS: Dr. and Mrs. Graves, Martha Graves; Kayo's face is restored by plastic surgery
art credit via Kelly Izaj email November 2007

[The Case of the Flames of Purgatory] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Bob Montana (signed)

Inks:

Bob Montana (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Reeves (first appearance; villain; death); Sir Linsley (first appearance; death); James Linsley (first appearance); Christina (first appearance); Philbert Linsley (first appearance)

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Mort Meskin.