Pep Comics
#44
(December 1943)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except June and November
- On-sale Date
- 1943-09-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
An MLJ Magazine
- Editing
- Harry Shorten (credited)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Archie; The Shield / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Clem Weisbecker (signed as Clem)
- Inks
- Clem Weisbecker (signed as Clem)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I always get a big kick out of Archie!
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (as a football); Jughead Jones; The Shield [Joe Higgins]
- Reprints
-
in Super Comics (F.E. Howard Publications, 1943 series) #v2#1 (December 1943?) -
in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2 (October 2011) - in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)
-
- Keywords
- football
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer did not notice signature, and incorrectly thought it was by Bob Montana.
The Ghost Goes East
The Shield / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Snaky Charmer (villain, introduction, death); The Ghost Artist (introduction)
- Reprints
- in Super Comics (F.E. Howard Publications, 1943 series) #v2#1 (December 1943?)
-
The Hangman and the Snail!
Hangman / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Thelma Gordon; The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; The Snail [Twisto] (villain, introduction, death); Samson (villain, introduction, death); Bella (introduction)
- Reprints
- in Super Comics (F.E. Howard Publications, 1943 series) #v2#1 (December 1943?)
-
Archie the Pug
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Ed Goggin
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle
- Inks
- Janice Valleau (credited as Ginger)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Oscar; Coach Leftjab (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Archie takes his father's eyeglass prescription uptown where he is challenged by Reggie to a boxing match. When a trapeze knocks Reggie out before the match, Archie is thought to be a boxing star. He joins the boxing team and makes the middleweight class by half a pound. At the match, he is nearly knocked out, but saved when Mr. Weatherbee picks up the prescription and thinks it is Archie's.
- Reprints
- in Super Comics (F.E. Howard Publications, 1943 series) #v2#1 (December 1943?)
- in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2 (October 2011)
- in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)
-
[Island Ho!]
Marco Loco / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Characters
- Captain Thud (villain, introduction)
Triple-Cross
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- in Super Comics (F.E. Howard Publications, 1943 series) #v2#1 (December 1943?)
-
Heroes Never Die
Captain Commando / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero; war
- Characters
- The Boy Soldiers: Armand De Latour; Flatbush; Billy Grayson; Percy
Captain Commando [John Grayson]; Pierre Gaule (introduction, death); The Nazis (villain) - Reprints
- in Super Comics (F.E. Howard Publications, 1943 series) #v2#1 (December 1943?)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["I always get a big kick out of Archie!"]
Archie; The Shield -
1.
Bulletin No. 22
Shield G-Man Club -
2.
The Ghost Goes East
The Shield -
3.
The Hangman and the Snail!
Hangman -
4.
[The Runaway]
Li'l Chief Bugaboo -
5.
[The Tree on Col. Bungsnort's Nose]
Catfish Joe -
6.
Archie the Pug
Archie -
7.
[Island Ho!]
Marco Loco -
8.
Triple-Cross
-
9.
Heroes Never Die
Captain Commando
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- John Censullo
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Steven Rowe
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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