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Issue: Pep Comics #49 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1944
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Issues: #49 of 136 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines
On Sale Date: 04/15/1944
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero, teen
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In Content Item: FlagBlack Hood #[nn] published January 1944
as The House That Crime Built [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Archie daydreams about swimming with The Shield and the gang. Cover reprinted as the cover of a one-shot Canadian reprint titled Archie, possibly by F.E. Howard.
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Bulletin No. 27

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]; Elaine Schatzman (contest winner, credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield G-Man Club
Synopsis: Includes Elaine's winning entry into the "Why America is the best place to live" contest. It starts with "I think Hitler is just plain stupid."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Aboard the Narcissus

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Genres: teen
First Line: But But -- I can explain everything, Mr. Weatherbee, honest!
Synopsis: Archie is caught trying to play a prank on Reggie and is sent to the principal's office. Mr. Weatherbee uses his latest readings in child psychology and gives Archie responsibility for a school picnic aboard a boat. Archie accidentally charters a garbage scow, but everything turns out all right in the end.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #3 published November 2011
In Content Item: FlagBlack Hood #[nn] published January 1944
as Aboard the NARCISSUS] ["But But -- I can explain everything, Mr. Weatherbee, honest!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Archie Is Good for What Ails You!

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Promo for Archie Andrews radio show on WOR Mutual.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #3 published November 2011
In Content Item: FlagBlack Hood #[nn] published January 1944
as Archie Is Good for What Ails You! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Special Communique #15: Father Scarface

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Father Scarface (introduction)
Synopsis: Father Scarface, a Buddhist monk, defends his Monastery from the Japanese with the help of Captain Commando.
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Pages: 8
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Crime Is Always Careless

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Preysing (death); Dr. Von Barheim; Mrs. Barlow; Barbara
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In Content Item: FlagBlack Hood Comics #11 published January 1944
as Crime Is Always Careless [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The House That Crime Built

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mary Hawkins (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis: Narrated by "the house that crime built," this is the story of Black Hood solving a crime at a house built in 1821 with a history of crimes being committed in it.
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In Content Item: FlagBlack Hood #[nn] published January 1944
as The House That Crime Built [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: First page image also used as cover of Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn]
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The Rajah's Silver Idol

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Rajah
Synopsis: The Rajah's silver idol goes missing and it's up to the Shield to find out where it went.
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Pages: 10
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America -- First, Last, and Always

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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On Gazund Island

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Genres: historical, humorous
Character(s): Marco Loco; Snooch
First Line: Let us once again go back in time...
Synopsis: Marco Loco meets pearl-diving headhunters.
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Pages: 6
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Free With This Offer -- Be the Master...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Ad for books on Boxing, Wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu.
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Be Popular - Learn the Newest Dances in 5 Days

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Baby Ruth Candy Makes Delicious Cookies

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Ad includes a picture of a sailor and a note to buy war bonds and stamps.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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