Pep Comics #13

(March 1941)

[The Death Rain] (Table of Contents: 1)

Shield / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten [as Shorten] (signed)

Pencils

Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; The Vulture (villain)

[The Sleeping Princess] (Table of Contents: 2)

Danny In Wonderland / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

Lin Streeter

Inks

Lin Streeter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Danny ; The Queen of Fairies (guest-star); A witch (villain, introduction, death?); A princess (introduction)

Reprints

• in Super-Dooper Comics (Able Manufacturing, 1946 series) #4 ([1946])

[Terror in the Tenements] (Table of Contents: 3)

Comet / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Lin Streeter

Inks

Lin Streeter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Comet [John Dickering]; Thelma Gordon (newspaperwoman); Sam Harvey (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Comet still a fugitive

[Arson, Incorporated] (Table of Contents: 4)

Fireball / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lucey ?

Inks

Harry Lucey ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fireball [Ted Tyler] ; John Haines (villain, introduction); Arson, Inc. (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Paul Reinman, but none of his very special wedge shaped heads with eyes far apart and out of line are present. Compare with his signed story in #19. 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.
He is credited to this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

[The Greek / Italian Restaurant] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Charles Biro?

Pencils

Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)

Inks

Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Sergeant Boyle; The Fascists (villains); Capt. Twerp (guest-star)

[The Baseball Blackout] (Table of Contents: 6)

Midshipman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair [as Blair] (signed)

Pencils

Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Inks

Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Lee Sampson (Midshipman); Mugsy (villain, introduction); Leo (villain, introduction); the Boss (villain, introduction)

[Introducing Lucky Larson] (Table of Contents: 7)

Lucky Larson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

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.

Cherry Creek (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

[Match with Tornado Thompson] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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 (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Sam Cooper [as S. Cooper] (signed)

Inks

Sam Cooper [as S. Cooper] (signed)

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)