Pep Comics
#13
(March 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-01-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
- Editing
- Abner Sundell
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
[no title indexed]
The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]
- Keywords
- bondage; coffins; knives; premature burial
[The Death Rain]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten (signed as Shorten)
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; The Vulture (villain)
[The Sleeping Princess]
Danny in Wonderland / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- Danny ; The Queen of Fairies (guest-star); A witch (villain, introduction, death?); A princess (introduction)
- Reprints
in [Terror in the Tenements]
The Comet / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Comet [John Dickering]; Thelma Gordon (newspaperwoman); Sam Harvey (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Comet still a fugitive
[no title indexed]
Fireball / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chief, as president of the City Fire Insurance Company, I demand some action on the large amount of fires in the city for the past month
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fireball [Ted Tyler] ; John Haines (villain, introduction); Arson, Inc. (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
The faces here, with more prominent cheekbones point to Lucey. Art looks like his credited story Madam Satan in #16, and signed story in Crime Does Not Pay #22.
[The Greek / Italian Restaurant]
Sergeant Boyle / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Charles Biro ?
- Pencils
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Inks
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sergeant Boyle; The Fascists (villains); Capt. Twerp (guest-star)
[The Baseball Blackout]
The Midshipman / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (signed as Blair)
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Lee Sampson (Midshipman); Mugsy (villain, introduction); Leo (villain, introduction); the Boss (villain, introduction)
[Introducing Lucky Larson]
Lucky Larson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Lucky Larson (introduction); Mr. Garson (introduction); Maxine Garson (introduction); A gang of German spies (villains, introductions, mostly deaths)
Indexer Notes
Art similar to Smalle's other signed aviation features, "Wings Johnson of the Air Patrol" in Top-Notch Comics, and "War Eagles" in Zip Comics.
[Match with Tornado Thompson]
Kayo Ward / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Tornado Thompson (villain, introduction); Dice Brady (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Kayo Ward becomes world's champion (what happened to Joe Louis?)
The Case of the Whistling Doom
Bentley of Scotland Yard / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Sam Cooper (signed as S. Cooper)
- Inks
- Sam Cooper (signed as S. Cooper)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Inspector Bentley; Lord Coverley (villain, introduction); Jeffrey Wyndham (introduction, death); Ernest Yardley (introduction); Sir Cedric Coverley (introduction); Pamela Coverley (introduction); James True (introduction)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective -
1.
[The Death Rain]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] -
2.
[The Sleeping Princess]
Danny in Wonderland -
3.
[Terror in the Tenements]
The Comet -
4.
["Chief, as president of the City Fire Insurance Company, I demand some action on the large amount of fires in the city for the past month"]
Fireball -
5.
[The Greek / Italian Restaurant]
Sergeant Boyle -
6.
[The Baseball Blackout]
The Midshipman -
7.
[Introducing Lucky Larson]
Lucky Larson -
8.
Cherry Creek
-
9.
[Match with Tornado Thompson]
Kayo Ward -
10.
The Case of the Whistling Doom
Bentley of Scotland Yard
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