Pep Comics #37

(March 1943)

Bulletin No. 16 (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Polly Wants a Corpse (Table of Contents: 2)

The Shield / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Smooch Schultz (villain, introduction); Knifey Gordon (villain, introduction); Patch-Eye (villain, introduction, death)

The Lamp That Lived (Table of Contents: 3)

Hangman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Meredith?

Pencils

Bob Fujitani

Inks

Bob Fujitani

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Menuhi (villain, introduction, death); Aladdin's Lamp (introduction)

Death Is a Persian Cat (Table of Contents: 4)

Hangman / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Barrister

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Mathias Ghormley (corpse); Eleanor Ghormley; Jameson Ghormley

[The Hunchback's Tale] (Table of Contents: 5)

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]; Ziegfried Werner (introduction); Ole Larkin (introduction); Prof. Buchner (introduction, flashback); Wolfe (villain, introduction, flashback); the Nazis (villains)

[Young Soldiers of America Club] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[North African Adventure] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

Carl Hubbell

Inks

Carl Hubbell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Characters

Sergeant Boyle; Prof. Snodgrass (introduction); The Nazis (villains)

[The Wizard of Wonderland] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

Red Holmdale

Inks

Red Holmdale

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Fairy Queen (guest-star); The Wizard (introduction); Joe Scarecrow (introduction); a knight (introduction); Danny's dad (guest-star); Danny's mom (guest-star)

Indexer Notes

Danny leaves Wonderland; story swiped from THE WIZARD OF OZ

[Introducing Oscar] (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Montana

Pencils

Bob Montana

Inks

Bob Montana

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Oscar (introduction, Archie's dog)

Synopsis

Archie's dog Oscar has puppies and they cause chaos around the house. Mr. Andrews forces Archie to sell the puppies but soon the family misses them and the puppies come back.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #1 (May 2011)
• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #3 ([August] 2013)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Archie's dog Oscar, who would be a regular character in the 1940s.

The Turnberry Lighthouse Mystery (Table of Contents: 10)

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; Robert McPherson (villain, introduction); Peter Shelley (introduction); Douglas Rogers (introduction); Mrs. McPherson (introduction); Ellen McPherson (introduction)