Pep Comics #36

(February 1943)

Bulletin No. 15 (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Shield G-Man Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Souls for Sale! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; Adolf Hitler (villain); The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Marshall Klopp (villain, introduction); General Richter (villain, introduction); Schultz (villain, introduction); J. Edgar Hoover

Indexer Notes

Script credit revised from Woolfolk ? to Woolfolk, per Dorothy Woolfolk and P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #158 (May 2019).

The Secret of the Leopard's Curse (Table of Contents: 3)

Hangman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Meredith ?

Pencils

Bob Fujitani

Inks

Bob Fujitani

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Thelma Gordon; The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Alfred Harding (villain, introduction, death)

Books Don't Bleed (Table of Contents: 4)

Hangman / text story / 1.8 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Feldman

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Janice Lane; Mr. Lane (corpse); Vivian; Mildred; fake Mike O'Leary

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

The Pyramid Pillbox (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Commando / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero; war

Characters

The Boy Soldiers: Armand De Latour; Flatbush; Billy Grayson; Percy
Captain Commando [John Grayson]; Erwin Rommel (villain); the Nazis (villains)

[Young Soldiers of America Club] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Plot to Capture Boyle] (Table of Contents: 8)

Sergeant Boyle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

Carl Hubbell

Inks

Carl Hubbell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Sergeant Henry Boyle; Yogi Ramashapiro (introduction); Marshall Dommel (villain, introduction); Heinrich (villain, introduction); two other spies (villains, introduction for both)

[The Kidnapping of Princess Morgiana] (Table of Contents: 9)

Danny in Wonderland / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

Red Holmdale

Inks

Red Holmdale

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Confucious (introduction)

The 3-11 Club (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Montana

Pencils

Bob Montana

Inks

Bob Montana

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Corp. Brent (introduction)

Synopsis

After Archie catches Corporal Brent with Veronica, he is challenged to a duel at the Academy the next day.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #1 (May 2011)
• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #3 ([August] 2013)
• in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #6 (March 2017)

The Case of the Steeplechase Murders (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Inspector Bentley; Brett Bolger (villain, introduction); Jacky Tarr (introduction, death); Mrs. Tarr (introduction); Julius Post (introduction)