Pep Comics #2

(February 1940)

[Peril In Porto Rico] (Table of Contents)

Shield / comic story / 10 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]; J. Edgar Hoover; The Nordics (villain)

Synopsis:

The Shield stops the Nordics from capturing a US oil tanker off the coast of Porto Rico.

Reprints:

• in America's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield (Archie, 2002 series) #1 (2002)

[The Face In the Clouds] (Table of Contents)

Comet / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Comet [John Dickering]

The Knock Out (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Pencils:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Toney Pimento (boxer dog); Pokey (kangaroo)

Indexer Notes

funny-animal strip

[Retlek Vs. the Rocket] (Table of Contents)

Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Manly Wade Wellman

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Rocket [Sir Rocket]; Queen of Diamonds; Arni Retlek (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by Bob Hughes. Excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.

When the Redmen Rode (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters:

General Miles; Geronimo (Apache chief); Captain Lawton; Leonard Wood (surgeon)

[The Fight With Red Morgan] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten?

Pencils:

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks:

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Connie; Biff Brady (boxer); Red Morgan (villain, introduction); Slick (villain, introduction)

[Mystery of the Missing Messenger] (Table of Contents)

Sergeant Boyle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell

Pencils:

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks:

Charles Biro (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Sergeant Boyle

Moronia Bund Threatens Editor (Table of Contents)

Press Guardian / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy; superhero; war

Characters:

Press Guardian [Perry Chase]; Von Leo (villain, introduction); Moronia Bund (villain, introduction)

[The Tiger-Devil Cult] (Table of Contents)

Fu Chang / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Manly Wade Wellman

Pencils:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Fu Chang (detective); Tay Ming (fiancee); The Tiger-Devil Cult (villains, introduction); the Tiger-Devil (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by Bob Hughes. Excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.

[The Sleeping Beauty] (Table of Contents)

Prince Buttonhead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kin Platt (signed)

Pencils:

Kin Platt (signed)

Inks:

Kin Platt (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Prince Buttonhead; Fumblefoot (horse); Sleeping Beauty

[A Lesson In Victory] (Table of Contents)

Midshipman / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Wood?

Pencils:

Ed Ashe

Inks:

Ed Ashe

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Midshipman Lee Samson

Indexer Notes

Originally credited "Bob Wood?", but it must be the same artist as on the first signed Ashe story in issue #1.

The Terror of Rocky Pool (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Manly Wade Wellman

Pencils:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Inspector Bentley; The Terror of Rocky Pool (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by Bob Hughes. Excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.