Digital Comic Museum - Pep Comics 25 (fiche)


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Issue: #25
Published: March 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Harry Shorten
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Shield; Hangman
Credits:	Pencils: Irv Novick (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Shield [Joe Higgins] Hangman [Bob Dickering] Dusty

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages)
Featuring:	Shield G-Man Club
Characters:	Shield [Joe Higgins]

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Credits:	Script: ? [as Joe Higgins] \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (13 pages)
Featuring:	Shield
Synopsis:	Joe Higgins has a dream, which he treats as a premonition, in which a series of events lead up to the death of his partner, Dusty.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten ? \| Pencils: Irv Novick (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Duke Moran (villain, Introduction) His Gang (villains, Introductions) Slinky (introduction, Death) J. Edgar Hoover (guest-star) Mrs. Vanasterbilt (introduction) Shield [Joe Higgins] Betty Warren Ju Ju Watson Lil Livingston

Comic Story (11 pages)	The Walrus's Prison Break
Featuring:	Hangman
Synopsis:	The Walrus breaks out of prison.
Credits:	Script: Harry Stein [as Steyne] (signed) \| Pencils: Harry Lucey (signed) \| Inks: Harry Lucey (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Walrus (villain) Spike Hangman [Bob Dickering] Thelma Gordon Butch

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Featuring:	Shield-Wizard No. 6
Characters:	Shield [Joe Higgins] Wizard [Blane Whitney] Dusty

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Boogy-Woogy Balloon
Featuring:	Danny In Wonderland
Synopsis:	The Boogies and the Woogies build a hot air balloon so that Danny and his friends can return to Wonderland.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten \| Pencils: Lin Streeter \| Inks: Lin Streeter
Genre:	Fantasy
Characters:	The Boogies (guest-stars) The Woogies (guest-stars) Kupkake [Kuppie] Danny Snapper (dog) Lizzie Elmira

Comic Story (8 pages)	Battle in Tobruk
Featuring:	Sergeant Boyle
Synopsis:	Low on supplies, Sgt. Boyle manages to fend off the Italian soldiers at Tobruk until supplies can arrive.
Credits:	Script: Virginia Hubbell ? \| Pencils: Carl Hubbell \| Inks: Carl Hubbell
Genre:	War
Characters:	The Fascists (villains) Prof. Tuttle (introduction) Sgt. Boyle Capt. Twerp Col. Drinkhouse

Comic Story (6 pages)	Radio-Free Germany
Featuring:	Jolly Roger
Synopsis:	Jolly Roger is captured by the Gestapo as he delivers radios to the Free German Movement.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair \| Pencils: Ed Smalle (signed) \| Inks: Ed Smalle (signed)
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	The Nazis (villains) Jolly Roger Price Frank Root Marty Martin Fritz Mr. Smith

Comic Story (6 pages)	Archie's Taxi Service
Featuring:	Archie
Synopsis:	Archie's jalopy is costing too much, so Archie offers to make it a taxi service. He picks up a man at the train station and while trying to shortcut, ends up on a road to the country. Bad things happen to the man and when Archie's jalopy is hit by a train, they end up walking 17 miles to Riverdale. When Archie goes to school the next day, he finds out that the man is the new principal.
Credits:	Script: Bob Montana (signed) \| Pencils: Bob Montana (signed) \| Inks: Bob Montana (signed)
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Archie Andrews Betty Cooper Mrs. Andrews Fred Andrews Jughead Jones The Riverdale High Principal (probably NOT Mr. Weatherbee)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Action in San Paulo
Featuring:	Kayo Ward
Synopsis:	The President of San Paulo manipulates Louis Liverlip into fighting Kayo Ward.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten \| Pencils: Art Seymour (signed) \| Inks: Art Seymour (signed)
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Louis Liverlip (introduction) Louis Burpo (introduction) President Of San Paulo Kayo Ward Lew Black

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Case of the Poisoning Monkey
Featuring:	Bentley of Scotland Yard
Synopsis:	Bentley investigates the death of the Duke of Ashwold.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair ? \| Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed) \| Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Mary (villain, Introduction) James (introduction) Duke Of Ashwold (introduction, Death) Anne Ashwold (introduction) William Ashwold (introduction) Leland (introduction) Roger Burton (introduction) Gerald (introduction) Bentley

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Comicscope
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Letters: typeset

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