(November 1942)

Archie, 1940 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-09-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
Brand
An MLJ Publication
Editing
Harry Shorten

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Shield and Hangman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Montana (signed)
Inks
Bob Montana (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Shield; Dusty; Hangman
Keywords
machine guns; swastikas; swords; World War II
Cover Thumbnail for Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #33
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Black Swan Inn (Table of Contents: 1)

Shield / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk?
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Schultz (villain, introduction, death); his spy ring (villain, introduction, death); Adolf Hitler (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain); Nazis (villains)

Suicide for the Slant-Eyes (Table of Contents: 2)

The Shield / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Scott Feldman
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Shield

The Crusader (Table of Contents: 3)

Hangman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk?
Pencils
Art Peddy
Inks
Mort Leav
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Crusader (villain, introduction); Hassen Ben Sober (introduction)

Horns! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Hangman / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Scott Feldman
Letters
typeset
Characters
The Hangman

[The Courage of Red Brewster] (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Commando / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
S. M. Iger?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Red Brewster (introduction, death); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)

[Halloween in Wonderland] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Harry Shorten
Pencils
Red Holmdale
Inks
Red Holmdale
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Veronica the Witch (villain); Gobbo the Goblin (villain); Alice of Wonderland (guest-star)

[Secret Mission] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Harry Shorten
Pencils
Carl Hubbell
Inks
Carl Hubbell
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Corporal Collins (guest-star); The Nazis (villains)

[Jughead's Cousin] (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Montana
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Bob Montana
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Streaky Shore; Mary Ann Lee (introduction)
Synopsis
Archie brings Jughead's southern cousin Mary Ann Lee to the dance, not knowing she's unattractive and overweight.
Reprints

The Light That Lives (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Joe Blair?
Pencils
Paul Reinman
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Baronet Grove (villain, introduction, death); Roger Grove (introduction); Penelope Grove (introduction); Derek Wadsby (introduction); Dr. Fruke (introduction); Stark (introduction)

Indexer Notes

story bears some resemblance to Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Speckled Band"

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Shield and Hangman
  2. 1. Black Swan Inn
    Shield
  3. 2. Suicide for the Slant-Eyes
    The Shield
  4. 3. The Crusader
    Hangman
  5. 4. Horns!
    The Hangman
  6. 5. [The Courage of Red Brewster]
    Captain Commando
  7. 6. [Halloween in Wonderland]
    Danny In Wonderland
  8. 7. [Secret Mission]
    Sergeant Boyle
  9. 8. [Jughead's Cousin]
    Archie
  10. 9. The Light That Lives
    Bentley of Scotland Yard
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Katie
  • Del Gruber
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Luke A.
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.