Pep Comics #18

(August 1941)

The Case of the Side Show Horrors (Table of Contents: 1)

The Shield / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Ju Ju Watson; Betty Warren; Mamie (introduction); Midge (introduction); Joe (introduction); The Vulture (introduction)

Synopsis:

Ju Ju finds a corpse in the water when out bathing with Betty and Mamie.

[Hangman's Holiday] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Hangman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Blair ? [as Cliff Campbell] (signed)

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Thelma Gordon (reporter); Anthracite (introduction); The Jackal (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The criminal mastermind, the Jackal, knows the Hangman’s after him. So, he puts on a Hangman suit himself and starts committing murders in the Hangman’s name. However, he’s easily identified by having two thumbs on his right hand.

Indexer Notes

Art credit via email from Kelly Izaj, November 2007.

Title taken from an ad in Jackpot Comics #2.

[Thieves of Wonderland] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

fantasy-supernatural

Characters:

Danny; GS: Fairy Queen, Kupkake; V: A band of thieves (I) and their chief (I, D)

Synopsis:

The Fairy Queen transfers Danny and Kupkake to the hills where it is thought the thieves they search for are hiding.

[The Body on the Beach] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

Bob Wood ?

Pencils:

Carl Hubbell (signed)

Inks:

Carl Hubbell (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

war

Characters:

Sergeant Boyle; The Nazis

Synopsis:

A German body is washed up on the beach with papers about a coming U-boat attack on the coastguard.

[Palermo the Evil Politician] (Table of Contents: 5)

Fireball / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Harry Shorten [as H. Shorten] (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Fireball [Ted Tyler]; Eddie Collins (introduction); Suzie Collins (introduction); Palermo (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

A strangled man is found in a burning house.

Indexer Notes

Signatures in third panel, Paul Reinman and H. Shorten.

[The Seduction of George Seldes] (Table of Contents: 6)

Madam Satan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Blair?

Pencils:

Harry Lucey ?

Inks:

Harry Lucey ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

V: Satan, Madam Satan; I: George Seldes, Nita, Tom; GS: Brother Sunbeam

Synopsis:

Madam Satan escapes from the broken spirit bottle.

Indexer Notes

The faces and slender figures here look more like the work of Warren King.

[Tangle with Tiger Blair] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Tiger Blair; Mickey; Janet; Gulch

Synopsis:

Kayo saves a girl from drowning in a water tank.

Indexer Notes

art credit via Kelly Izaj email November 2007

[The Curse of the Pharaohs] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Bentley (detective); V: Sir Hubert Tigh (I, D); I: Prof. Lee (D); Ahmid; Tom Daw; Babs Lee

Synopsis:

The curse of the Pharoahs follows the mummy of King Ahm to the home of Sir Hubert Tigh.

Shield and Dusty pin-up (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:

Irv Novick?

Inks:

Irv Novick?

Colors:

?

Indexer Notes

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