Digital Comic Museum > Pep Comics 10 (re-edit) -fixed

Issue: #10
Published: December 1940, Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD, Pages: 68, Editing: Abner Sundell
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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Shield
Credits:	Pencils: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Shield [Joe Higgins]

Comic Story (13 pages)	Kivonne's Fur Racket
Featuring:	Shield
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten \| Pencils: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Shield [Joe Higgins] Kivonne (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Oil Well Fire Menace
Featuring:	Comet
Synopsis:	Comet still a fugitive
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair (signed) \| Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) \| Inks: Bob Wood (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Comet [John Dickering] Thelma Gordon (newspaperwoman) Hartley (villain, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Monster of Rocky Point
Featuring:	Press Guardian
Credits:	Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed) \| Inks: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Press Guardian [Perry Chase] Claw (villain, Introduction) His Henchman (villains, Introductions)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Temple of Hutuktu
Featuring:	Fu Chang
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair (signed) \| Pencils: Nick Zuraw (signed) \| Inks: Nick Zuraw (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Fu Chang (detective) Tay Ming (fiancee) Lo Fung (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Doctor's Deception
Featuring:	Sergeant Boyle
Credits:	Script: Charles Biro? \| Pencils: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed) \| Inks: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Sergeant Boyle A Doctor (villain, Introduction) Other Spies (villains, Introductions) Captain Twerp (guest-star)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Army-Navy Game
Featuring:	Midshipman
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten [as Shorten] (signed) \| Pencils: Al Camy [as Camy] (signed) \| Inks: Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)
Characters:	Lee Sampson (Midshipman) Keith Kornell (the West Pointer, Guest-star) Shipwreck Jones (introduction) Commodore Jones (introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Miniature Armies
Featuring:	Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair [as Blair] (signed) \| Pencils: Lin Streeter [as Streeter] (signed) \| Inks: Lin Streeter [as Streeter] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Rocket [Sir Rocket] Queen Of Diamonds Prince Falkar (guest-star) Gen. Schmutzpuss (introduction) The Pigwidgeons (introductions) Gromans (villains, Introductions)

Text Story (1 page)	Frontier Theatres
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction Western-frontier
Characters:	Lotta Crabthree (actress) Marie Heath (child Actress) Kate Claxton (actress) Adelina Juana Maria Patti (singer)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Rupy's Revenge Plot
Featuring:	Kayo Ward
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten \| Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) \| Inks: Bob Wood (signed)
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward] Rupy Le Vez (villain) Ronald Sleek (villain) Jack Ropes (introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Case of the Tarantula Terror
Featuring:	Bentley of Scotland Yard
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair \| Pencils: Sam Cooper [as S. Cooper] (signed) \| Inks: Sam Cooper [as S. Cooper] (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Inspector Bentley The Tarantula [Bill Barnes] (villain, Introduction) Lenore Rogers (introduction, Death) Charlie (introduction, Death) Frank Root (introduction) Donald Morgan (introduction) B. J. Morgan (introduction)

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