Pep Comics #39

(May 1943)

Bulletin No. 18 (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Shield G-Man Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The City of Corpses (Table of Contents: 2)

The Shield / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What was the gruesome thing that threatened to...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; A gang of Nazi spies (villains, introduction)

Murder by Appointment (Table of Contents: 3)

Hangman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bob Fujitani

Inks

Bob Fujitani

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Thelma Gordon; The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Wile (villain, introduction, death); Peter Reeves; Major Balfour; William Tucker; John Brenner; Raymond Flynn

One Day to Live (Table of Contents: 4)

Hangman / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Morton Marsh (house name)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No one could say that Stuyvesent Grayson was a pleasant person.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Stuyvesent Grayson (death); Carlotta Grayson; Dr. Felix Courtney

[The Private War of Flatbush] (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Commando / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

superhero; war

Characters

The Boy Soldiers: Armand De Latour; Flatbush (first named); Billy Grayson; Percy (first named)
Captain Commando [John Grayson]; Adolf Hitler (villain)

Keywords

Nazis

[Catching a Train to Germany] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

Carl Hubbell

Inks

Carl Hubbell

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Sergeant Boyle; The Nazis (villains)

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Sergeant Boyle" feature.

This is the final Golden Age appearance of Henry Boyle. He appears next in The Original Shield (Archie, 1984 Series) #4 (October 1984).

[Prince Pluto's Vacation] (Table of Contents: 7)

Danny in Wonderland / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

Red Holmdale

Inks

Red Holmdale

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Prince Pluto (introduction); inhabitants of Shadowland (introductions)

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Danny in Wonderland" feature.

[Heil Jughead] (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry P.

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Harry Sahle

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is me, Jughead!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Betty run a booth at a war stamp rally where kids can throw baseballs at a Hitler dummy. Unfortunately, Jughead ends up in the booth.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2 (October 2011)
• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)

Murder at the Carnival (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

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Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Gil Kane

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Inspector Bentley; Mrs. Pawley (villain, introduction); Joe Jackson (introduction, death); Ace Scott (introduction); Panther Woman (introduction); Tex (introduction)