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Issue: Pep Comics #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #22 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: 10/15/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 519606.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Criminals everywhere!... Beware! You can't escape the Hangman
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Americana Series #1 published January 1991
as 1940's Archie Comic Book Covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield G-Man Club
First Line: Use this entire coupon!!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Membership form to join the Shield G-Man Club.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Joe Higgins]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: In these grim times we all feel the need for something to laugh at.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Bulletin #6.
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Death of a Double

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Senor Hernandez; Ludwig (villain); spies; Senor Hernandez's double (death); Ju Ju Watson; Mamie; Fifi (dog); Betty Warren; Tony; the Goon
First Line: Death hangs over Senor Hernandez, South American ambassador, as he makes his way down the steps of the capital building.
Synopsis: An ambassador is apparently murdered.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Betruchi (villain, death); Lennie (villain, death); Laval (villain, death); Reinmann
First Line: With Lennie in jail, there remains only the diabolically ingenious Betruchi, and Laval, the boomerang thrower, of the Unholy Three.
Synopsis: Betruchi and Laval break Lennie out of prison.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: This is most probably Lucey, when comparing with his signed stories in #25 and #29. Notice long rounded chins.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Monocled Monster; Oscar
First Line: Shield-Wizard No. 5
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Shield-Wizard Comics #5.
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Spumoni the Puppet Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Danny; Kupkake; Spumoni (villain, introduction); Snapper (dog)
First Line: All Wonderland rings with acclaim for the puppet master, Spumoni, whose puppets are so life-like that the spectators would swear they were alive!
Synopsis: Danny and Kupkake are looking for the kidnapper of children.
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Pages: 7
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A Little Detour to France

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Twerp; Corporal Collins; Nazis
First Line: Twerp! Look at what just came from G.H.Q.!
Synopsis: Sgt. Boyle travels to France to help a young lady rescue her father from the Nazis.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Continued in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1939 series) #20.
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The Breakup of the Sky Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Nazis; Sky Pirates [Price; Jolly Roger; Frank Root; Marty Martin]
First Line: Hoot mon!
Synopsis: Orders come down reassigning each Sky Pirate to a different squadron. During an intense dogfight, the Sky Pirates break formation from their squadrons to fly together and they manage to thwart the Nazis from bombing London; afterward, the Sky Pirates are officially commissioned by the R.A.F. as the Jolly Roger Squadron.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): J. B. Cooper; Mildred Cooper; Edna Andrews; Gramps Andrews (introduction for all)
First Line: Just a matter of skill, that's all!
Synopsis: Archie meets Betty, a girl who has just moved into the neighborhood. He shows off for her, claiming he can do anything. At a carnival that weekend, Betty meets a man who needs a tight rope walker. Betty, remembering that Archie can do anything, volunteers Archie with humorous results.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #1 published May 2011
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie #[nn] published January 1980
as Introducing Archie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie Americana Series #1 published January 1991
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie: His First 50 Years #[nn] published January 1991
as Archie's Debut [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #236 [unnamed variant] published September 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie Firsts #1 published December 2010
as Archie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #[1] [unnamed variant] published August 2011
as Introducing Archie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: For all the parent characters, only Fred Andrews is identified by name in this story. The other parents' names would change over the years.
Archie and Betty are a few years younger than usual.

First comic story of Archie. First appearance of Betty and Jughead.

Archie and his parents first appeared as a promotional advertisement cameo in Top Notch Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #22 released 5 days prior per Catalog of Copyright Entries.
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The Case of Crummy King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Crummy King (introduction); Julie King (introduction); Slugs Logan (introduction); Lew
First Line: Right in the old bread basket, Slugs, from me to you!
Synopsis: Kayo helps a troubled boxer.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Most probably Seymour, when comparing with his signed stories in #24 to 26.
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The Case of the Sea Serpent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Foxleigh (villain); Stanley Wade (death); Somerset; Stonebrook; Claude Stonebrook
First Line: A quiet country lake in England is turned to a scene of panic and confusion, as a monstrous apparition splits the calm water, towers over the rowboat and-
Synopsis: A sea serpent attacks boaters in an English lake.
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Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim
First Line: Blueprint reading for better jobs - bigger pay
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for a home study program by the Austin Technical Institute to learn how to read blueprints.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Prentice
First Line: O.K. fellows! Here they are!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for electric games: football, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey.

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