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Series: Pep Comics

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Publisher: Archie

Title: Pep Comics
Issue: 30
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: August 1942
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Harry Shorten

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Pep Comics #30
Owner: jimbo707

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:The Shield; The Hangman
Pages:1
Pencils:Bob Montana (signed)
Inks:Bob Montana (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Shield [Joe Higgins]; The Hangman [Robert Dickering]


Story Title: Bulletin No. 10 - text article
Features:Shield G-Man Club
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Strangler - comic story
Features:The One And Only Shield With Roy The Boy Detective
Pages:12
Pencils:Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Inks:Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Monsieur Bergere (Vichy Consul in Washington, Evonne's father, death); Evonne Bergere (opera singer); The Strangler (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:An experiment to restore the Shield's super powers fails, and, it seems, he is faced with losing his super powers permanently. In the meantime, the Shield and Dusty become involved in helping to rescue the French Vichy Consul from the clutches of the Strangler and his Nazi gang.
Reprinted:in The MLJ Companion: The Complete History of the Archie Comics Super-Heroes (TwoMorrows, 2016 series) #nn (August 2016)


Story Title: Rhymed Invitations to Death! - comic story
Features:Hangman
Pages:13
Pencils:Harry Lucey ?
Inks:Harry Lucey ?
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Hangman [Robert Dickering]; Mother Goose [John Dickson] (villain, introduction, death); Simon Dickson (introduction, death); Robin Dickson (introduction, death); Mr. Dickson (introduction, death); Mason; Thelma Gordon; Mrs. Dickson (flashback)
Synopsis:The Dickson brothers receive nursery rhymes inviting them to Cradle Island.


Story Title: The Coming of Captain Commando - comic story
Features:Captain Commando
Pages:9
Pencils:Alex Blum
Inks:Alex Blum
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain Commando [John Grayson] (introduction); the Boy Soldiers [Billy Grayson (introduction), Gerald Sykes (introduction); Armand De Latour (introduction); Erik Jansen (introduction] The Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:Four boys wish to join the Commandoes and fight under Captain Commando.


Story Title: Station D-E-A-T-H Broadcasting - text story
Features:The Hangman
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Hangman [Robert Dickering]; Thelma Gordon; Michael Lord; Jackson Bass
Synopsis:Singer Michael Lord is murdered on air.


Story Title: Nightmares, Inc. - comic story
Features:Danny In Wonderland
Pages:7
Pencils:Bob Montana
Inks:Bob Montana
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Danny; Alice (guest-star); Kuppie; Snapper; Welsh Rabbit (introduction); Dill Pickle (introduction); I. Scream Cohen (introduction)
Synopsis:Alice is kidnapped because too many kids read her adventures and have sweet dreams instead of nightmares.


Story Title: Murder of a Rajah - comic story
Features:Sergeant Boyle
Pages:8
Pencils:Carl Hubbell
Inks:Carl Hubbell
Genre:war
Characters:Sergeant Boyle; Captain Twerp; Rajah of Bapal (introduction, death); his son (introduction); The Japanese (villains); Major Larson
Synopsis:The Rajah of Bapal is murdered and his followers think Sergeant Boyle, Captain Twerp and Major Larson did it.


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Characters:The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty


Story Title: The Escort Agency - comic story
Features:Archie
Pages:6
Pencils:Bob Montana (signed)
Inks:Bob Montana (signed)
Genre:humor; teen
Characters:Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Freddie; Goody; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy [Mimi Grundy]
Synopsis:Archie sets up an escort agency to raise money and ends up dating his teacher, Miss Grundy.


Story Title: Case of the Corpse on Ice - comic story
Features:Bentley of Scotland Yard
Pages:6
Pencils:Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks:Paul Reinman (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Bentley; Donald Grayson (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Slade (introduction, death); Major Grayson (introduction, death); Foreman Walters (introduction); Julian Thomas (introduction); Joe (introduction); Al
Synopsis:A block of ice is delivered with a body in it.


Story Title: God's Wrist Watch - text story
Features:Sergeant Boyle
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:war
Characters:Sergeant Boyle; Captain Twerp
Synopsis:Boyle and Twerp lose their clothes while swimming in a river.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Comicscope
Pages:1
Letters:?; typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1
Pencils:?; ? (photograph)
Inks:?; ? (photograph)
Colors:?; ? (photograph)
Letters:typeset


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