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:

funny animal

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:

Abner Sundell

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

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

When the Redmen Rode (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Western; Fact

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:

Superhero; Spy; 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:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Detective

Characters:

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

[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:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Detective

Characters:

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