Pep Comics #26

(April 1942)

[The Case of William Wayne] (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; Ronson (villain, introduction, death); Brown (introduction, death); Bill Wayne

[The Menacing Missionary] (Table of Contents)

Hangman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Woolfolk ?

Pencils:

Harry Lucey (signed)

Inks:

Harry Lucey (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hangman; The Missionary [John Weems] (villain, introduction); Brother Thomas (introduction); Henry Desnark (introduction); Maude Desnark (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Originally credited "Paul Reinman ?".

[The Timid Lion] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Danny; Kuppie; Snapper; The Timid Lion (becomes a man in this story)

Japs Raid (Table of Contents)

Sergeant Boyle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Virginia Hubbell ?

Pencils:

Carl Hubbell

Inks:

Carl Hubbell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Sergeant Boyle; Corporal Collins; Japanese (villains)

[The Russian Mission] (Table of Contents)

Jolly Roger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Ed Smalle (signed)

Inks:

Ed Smalle (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation; war

Characters:

Jolly Roger; C.T. Price; Marty martin; Frank Root; Colonel Vodka (introduction); Nazis (villains)

[Veronica Makes the Scene] (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Montana (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Montana (signed)

Inks:

Bob Montana (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge (introduction); Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Penny Reems; Betty Cooper (cameo)

Synopsis:

Archie meets Veronica and asks her out, not knowing that she's a rich girl with expensive tastes. He gets a job at the El Crocadero to get money for the date, but that is where Veronica ends up wanting to go. Since Archie wore his work uniform for the date, he has to juggle working and dating Veronica.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Best of Archie (Putnam Publishing Group, 1980 series) #[nn] (1980)
• in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #1 - Best of the Forties (1991)
• in Archie: His First 50 Years (Abbeville Press, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #1 (May 2011)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Veronica Lodge.
First view of Riverdale High School exterior.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Black Hood / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Black Hood

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Archie: His First 50 Years (Abbeville Press, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)

Indexer Notes

House ad for the Black Hood feature in Top-Notch Comics (Archie, 1939 series).

[The Bandit King of Sao Paulo] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ed Bresnick (signed)

Pencils:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Inks:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Kayo Ward; Louis Liverlip; President of Sao Paulo; Pablo (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Lin Streeter.

[Case of the Druid Curse] (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; Roger Steyne (villain, introduction); Alfred Steyne (introduction, death); McCarthy (introduction, death); Irene Steyne; her fiance; Harold Steyne; Lady Ruth Steyne

Reprints:

• in Black Hood Comics (Archie, 1943 series) #14 (Spring 1945)