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Issue: Pep Comics #31 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #31 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: 07/10/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose 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. 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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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Special Bulletin

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield G-Man Club
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Pages: 1
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The Strangler and Snowbird

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Strangler (villain); Snowbird (villain, introduction); Snakeyes Stiletti (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Snowbird snorts cocaine, possibly first such scene in comics.
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Young Soldiers of America Club

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Boy! We really started something, Shield!
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Pages: 1
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The Hangman and the Hunter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hunter (villain, introduction); Der Henker (villain, introduction); Laval (villain, introduction); Johnny Gordon (Thelma's brother, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Signed "Der LUCEY Rye Whiskey" on the bottle at page 4, and art same as on his story in #29.
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Death Draws a Cartoon

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Don Livingston; Flynn Livingston
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Pages: 1
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The Rescue of Armand's Father

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): DeLatour (Andre's father, introduction); Nazis
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Pages: 10
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The Death of Snapper

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Danny; Snapper (death); Mother Nature (introduction); Father Time (introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Back in New York

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Genres: war
Character(s): Harry Shorten; Carl Hubbell; Lulu (villain); spies
Synopsis: Boyle and Twerp visit the MLJ offices.
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Pages: 8
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Melodies of Murder

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Archie Goes to Congress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Burton K. Lodge (introduction)
Synopsis: Veronica takes Archie to the airport to meet her father, and through a series of mixups Archie winds up representing his state on a congressional committee.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #1 published May 2011
In Content Item: FlagArchie: His First 50 Years #[nn] published January 1991
as Archie Meets Mr. Lodge [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: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #38 [Direct Edition] published May 2014
as Archie Goes to Congress [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In this story, Burton Lodge (who would later be renamed Hiram) is an elected official who works in Washington DC.
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The Church-Steeple Murders

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Anne Crivet (villain, introduction, death); Harkness (introduction, death); Jim Crivet; Dr. Tass; a sexton
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Pages: 6

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