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Issue: Pep Comics #11 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #11 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: 11/15/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Entire contents copyrighted 1940 by M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.

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
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Dusty, the Spectacular Boy Detective

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Simmons (Dusty's father, name assumed from Dusty's surname, first appearance, death); Ju Ju Watson; William Oswald (death); The Vulture (first appearance, villain)
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Dusty the Boy Detective, The Shield's partner. Dusty appears in all stories hereafter.

Last name "Simmons" revealed in New Crusaders (Archie, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012). Full first name "Dustin" revealed in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 2018 series) #1 (January 2018). Lou Mougin reports that he invented the name in a fan fiction story called "War With the Wizard" and gave Dusty that name just to give him a last name.

Starting with this issue, the "The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective" feature replaces the "The Shield [MLJ/Archie]" feature in Pep Comics -- but not permanently. The two features will rotate (irregularly) in Pep Comics.
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The Pencils of Doom: Part 1

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Character(s): A gang of saboteurs (villains, introductions)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Comet is still a fugitive.
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The Illegal Immigration Racket

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Character(s): Tonetti (villain, introduction); Peter LaFlamme (introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of "The Press Guardian" feature.
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Adventure of the Jade Buddha

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Character(s): Ha-Ri (villain, introduction); Abbot of Chak-Ku (introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Fu Chang" feature in Pep Comics. The feature appears next in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 Series) #283 (June 2020).
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The Robot Tanks

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Character(s): The Nazis (villains); a Swiss pilot (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 7
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Case of the Switched Suitcases

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Character(s): Clip (villain, introduction); Hopper (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Pirate Island

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Character(s): Gen. Schmutzpuss (guest-star); the Pigwidgeons (guest-stars); Bluebeard (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Free Tonguin'

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Carnival of Revenge

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Character(s): Rupy La Vez (villain); Ronnie Slick (villain); Bucktooth Brown (villain, introduction); Slugger Brown (villain, introduction); Sen. Popoff (introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Riddle of the Whirring Wings

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Character(s): John Farrell (villain, introduction); Sir Cecil Farrell (introduction, death); Anne Farrell (introduction); Bob Farrell (introduction); Stiles (introduction)
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Pages: 6

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