Pep Comics #30

(August 1942)

[The Strangler] (Table of Contents)

Shield / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten?

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Strangler (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain)

Synopsis:

Shield verifies that his super-powers are permanently lost

Rhymed Invitations To Death (Table of Contents)

Hangman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Woolfolk?

Pencils:

Harry Lucey?

Inks:

Harry Lucey?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mother Goose [John Dickson] (villain, introduction, death); Simon Dickson (introduction, death); Robin Dickson (introduction, death); Mr. Dickson (introduction, death)

[The Coming of Captain Commando] (Table of Contents)

Captain Commando / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Commando [John Grayson] (introduction); the Boy Soldiers [Billy Grayson (introduction), Gerald Sykes (introduction); Armand De Latour (introduction); Erik Jansen (introduction] The Nazis (villains)

Station D-E-A-T-H Broadcasting (Table of Contents)

Hangman / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hangman

[Nightmares, Inc.] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Bob Montana

Inks:

Bob Montana

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Alice (guest-star); Welsh Rabbit (introduction); Dill Pickle (introduction); I. Scream Cohen (introduction)

[Murder of a Rajah] (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

Genre:

war

Characters:

Rajah of Bapal (introduction, death); his son (introduction); The Japanese (villains)

[The Escort Agency] (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 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; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy

Synopsis:

Archie sets up an escort agency to raise money and ends up dating his teacher Miss Grundy.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #1 (May 2011)

Indexer Notes

Miss Grundy is now single and is no longer principal.

[Case of the Corpse On Ice] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Donald Grayson (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Slade (introduction, death); Major Grayson (introduction, death); Foreman Walters (introduction); Julian Thomas (introduction); Joe (introduction)

God's Wrist Watch (Table of Contents)

Sergeant Boyle / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Sergeant Boyle