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Issue: Pep Comics #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1941
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Issues: #17 of 136 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/15/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell
Disclose 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.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shield; Dusty; The Hangman
Character(s): The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; The Hangman [Robert Dickering]
First Line: Here he is fellows, the Hangman!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age of Comics #5 published October 1983
as Pep Comics #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Case of the Kid Lookout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten (signed)
Penciller(s): Irv Novick (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shield
Character(s): The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Slats Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Senator Blowhard; Blinker (villain); Blinker's gang (villains)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as The Case of the Kid Lookout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten ? [as Cliff Campbell] (signed); Abner Sundell ? [as Cliff Campbell] (signed)
Penciller(s): George Storm
Inker(s): George Storm
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hangman
Character(s): The Hangman [Bob Dickering] (the Comet's brother, origin); The Comet [John Dickering] (death); Thelma Gordon (John's sweetheart); Big Boy Malone (villain, death); Chugger (villain)
First Line: One night the police are startled by the crashing entry into the station house of one they think to be their enemy -- the Comet.
Synopsis: John "The Comet" Dickering sees his brother Bob being kidnapped by a couple of Big Boy Malone's men and flies to his aid, but is shot and killed in the process. Bob swears revenge and becomes The Hangman. When Chugger is found not guilty because John Dickering isn't alive to testify against him, the Hangman hustles Chugger out of the courtroom and subjects him to his own methods of extracting a confession, all leading to the execution of Big Boy Malone.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as The Origin of the Hangman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The MLJ Companion: The Complete History of the Archie Comics Super-Heroes (TwoMorrows, 2016 series) #nn (August 2016)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Death of the Comet, who returns in The Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #30 (October 1964).

Art credit via Kelly Izaj in email November 2007. Both Shorten and Sundell may have used the house name Cliff Campbell according to Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Prisoners of the Cyclops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten (signed)
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter (signed)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Danny in Wonderland
Character(s): Danny; a giant cyclops (villain); Kupkake; Margie
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as Prisoners of the Cyclops [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: story swiped from Homer's "Odyssey."
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Trapped by the Fuzzy Wuzzies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Biro ?
Penciller(s): Charles Biro
Inker(s): Charles Biro
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Sergeant Boyle
Character(s): Sergeant Boyle [Henry Boyle]; Corporal Collins; Capt. Twerp; the Fascists; "Fuzzy Wuzzies"
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as Trapped by the Fuzzy Wuzzies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey ?
Inker(s): Harry Lucey ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fireball
Character(s): The Fireball [Ted Tyler]; a gang of smugglers (villains)
First Line: They're dropping the stuff, Mike! Let's get it!
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In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as The Sailboat Smugglers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The faces here, with prominent cheekbones could be Lucey. Art looks like his credited story Madam Satan in #16, and signed story in Crime Does Not Pay #22.
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The Corruption of Carl Jensen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Harry Lucey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Madam Satan
Character(s): Carl Jensen, Anita Lewis; Mr. and Mrs. John Jensen (Carl's parents); Brother Sunbeam; Satan (villain); Madam Satan [Iola] (villain)
Synopsis: Using the sinister name Iola and dressing in a slinky dress, Madam Satan lures Carl Jensen away from his true love, Anita, and is soon completely in the toils of the creature of the netherworld, beginning a mad and expensive orgy of merrymaking. All too soon, he is goaded into a life of crime, being asked by "Iola" to shower her with expensive gifts, even if he had to steal them. After beating up his father and shooting Anita, Carl comes to her senses....then sees "Iola" as she really was: her face a grinning, green skull!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as The Corruption of Carl Janssen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Special Offering for Pep Comics Fans

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pep Comics
Character(s): The Shield; Dusty; The Hangman; Ju Ju Watson; Bentley; The Fireball (cameo); Madam Satan; Sgt. Boyle; Twerp; Danny; Kupkake
Synopsis: The other characters in Pep Comics welcome The Hangman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as Special Offering for Pep Comics Fans [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Also promo for pinup of Steel Sterling on the back cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): George Storm
Inker(s): George Storm
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kayo Ward
Character(s): Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Slug (villain); Rip
First Line: The world's heavyweight champion is about to lose a decision to Dan Cupid, as the preacher is about to marry him to Connie Hodges.
Synopsis: On his wedding day, Kayo's face is badly burned. Ashamed of his scarred face, he flees and becomes a hobo. While on a train he befriends a man who has tuberculosis. To get money to have him treated, Kayo fights a local fighter in a small town.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as Man without a Face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Kayo's scarred face is never shown.

Kelly Izaj in email November 2007 Identified the artist as George Storm.
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The Case of the Parachute Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Sam Cooper (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Cooper (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bentley of Scotland Yard
Character(s): Inspector Bentley; Roger Kimberley (villain); Sir Archibald Waverley (death), Linda Waverley; John Waverley; Reginald Waverley; Jarvis (a butler)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlashback #16 published May 1974
as The Parachute Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Steel Sterling pin-up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles Biro ?
Inker(s): Charles Biro ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Looney; Dora Cummings; Sergeant Clancy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

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