Pep Comics #4

(May 1940)

[The Mosconian Menace: Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Shield / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Shield [Joe Higgins]; The Wizard; Keith Kornell [the West Pointer]; J. Edgar Hoover; The Mosconians (villain)

Synopsis:

Msoconian spies try to sabotage a volcano and destroy Pearl Harbor.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

continued from TOP NOTCH COMICS #?; continued in Midshipman story

[The Village of the Doomed] (Table of Contents)

Comet / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks:

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Cole

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Comet [John Dickering]; Riley (villain, introduction, death); Mr. Cricket (introduction)

Synopsis:

Comet is still an outlaw

[The Graft Ring Killers] (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

Characters:

Press Guardian [Perry Chase]; Walton (villain, introduction, death)

[Ling Foy's Warriors of Brass] (Table of Contents)

Fu Chang / comic story / 6 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); Princess Lin Foy (villain, introduction, death); her robots (villains, introduction, death)

[The Rescue of Battalion A] (Table of Contents)

Sergeant Boyle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell (signed)

Pencils:

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks:

Charles Biro (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War

Characters:

Sergeant Boyle; The Nazis (villains)

[The Mosconian Menace: Part 3] (Table of Contents)

Midshipman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Wood?

Pencils:

Ed Ashe

Inks:

Ed Ashe

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Lee Sampson (Midshipman); The Wizard (guest-star); The Mosconians (villains)

Indexer Notes

continued from Shield story, continued in TOP NOTCH COMICS #?
Originally credited "Bob Wood?", but page two is found in Jerry Bails' Who's Who as a sample of Ashe's artwork.

City of the Hawkmen (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell

Pencils:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Rocket [Sir Rocket]; Queen of Diamonds; The Lizardmen (villains, introduction); their king (villain, introduction); the Ape Men (villains, introduction); The Hawkmen (introduction); Prince Falkar (introduction)

Indexer Notes

continued next issue

Giants of the West (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Western; Fact

Synopsis:

General Sherman

[Silko and the Racketeers] (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

Characters:

Billy Ward (Kayo's brother, introduction); Mr. John Ward (Kayo's dad); Mrs. Ward (Kayo's mom); Silko (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Art originally credited to Phil Sturm, but he is a writer, and the art here is identical to Wood's signed story in # 2. Some confusion as to Wood as a writer or artist. He is only credited on script by Jerry Bails' Who's Who on this feature, and as artist for Midshipman, but the artwork is exactely the same. Only difference is the cartoon eyes of Kayo, which disappeared little by little.

The Hunchback Horror (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 Earl of Crackenthorpe (villain, introduction); Lady Brenda (introduction)