Pep Comics
#51
(December 1944)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly, March, June, September and December
- On-sale Date
- 1944-10-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines
- Brand
-
An MLJ Magazine
- Editing
- Harry Shorten ? (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Naw! Pop won't mind my using his tires for football practice Veronica. He's a good sport that way!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
in 
The Commando
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie accidentally signs up for a commando contest and has to deal with Reggie changing the sign.
- Reprints
Orphans of Death
The Shield / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; John Peters (chemist); Mrs. Peters; Baby; Fishface (villain); Five by Five (villain)
Indexer Notes
In 1943-46, Novick only pencilled the Shield stories. Inking is very similar to Shumaker's signed Black Hood story in #49.
[no title indexed]
Black Hood / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is wrong with this picture?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Hood [Matthew "Kip" Burland]; Sergeant McGinty; Blackbeard (pirate)
- Synopsis
- Black Hood comes to grips with Blackbeard, the pirate.
Indexer Notes
This is not the style of Novick, seems more like Vigoda when looking at some big noses and inking of muscles and ears. Also the lack of details in backgrounds, but his cartoon faces and figures are missing. Uncertain.
Communique # 17
Captain Commando / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Clem Weisbecker (signed as Clem)
- Inks
- Pen Shumaker (signed as Pen)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; war
- Characters
- The Boy Soldiers: Brooklyn (misnamed, actual name is Flatbush); Armand De Latour; Billy Grayson; Percy
Captain Commando [John Grayson]; Sandy MacGown (piper)
Indexer Notes
Originally credited Clem Gretter, but he signes his work Gretter, as in US Marines Comics #1, and style is different. This here is identical to several signed Clem/Pen stories, and has the typical long Weisbecker faces with angular chin.
[no title indexed]
Marco Loco / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tum tiddy um bum tiddly tum
- Genre
- humor; historical
Jughead the Gigolo
Archie / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Jughead vists Archie, Archie demonstrates his burglar trap. Then, Jughead tells him that he has a date and wants Archie and Veronica to come along. When Archie gets home late, he uses the cellar door and gets caught in his own trap.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Naw! Pop won't mind my using his tires for football practice Veronica. He's a good sport that way!"]
Archie -
1.
Bulletin No. 29
Shield G-Man Club -
2.
The Commando
Archie -
3.
Orphans of Death
The Shield -
4.
["What is wrong with this picture?"]
Black Hood -
5.
Communique # 17
Captain Commando -
6.
["Tum tiddy um bum tiddly tum"]
Marco Loco -
7.
Jughead the Gigolo
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Steinar Ådland
- Henry Andrews
- John Censullo
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Rob Martindale
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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