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Issue: Pep Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #1 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: 11/16/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B Periodical. Copyright number B 437359.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
In Content Item: FlagAmerica's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 published January 2002
as Cover to Pep Comics #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] published February 2009
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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G-Man Extraordinary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Klotz (villain, introduction); J. Edgar Hoover
Synopsis: The Shield is sent to stop a Stokian spy ring.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
In Content Item: FlagAmerica's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 published January 2002
as G-Man Extraordinary [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Coming of the Comet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Archer (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: After injecting himself with a gas fifty times lighter than hydrogen, John Dickering discovers he can now take leaps that are more like flying. Beams now shoot from his eyes and when the rays cross what ever he's looking at disintegrates. Glass is the only thing that can stop the beams. He vows to use his new powers for good. He starts by going after a typhoid racketeer. Killing three associates The Comet comes upon Dr. Archer and takes him up into the sky to convince him to stop his typhoid racket. After Dr. Archer pleads to be let down The Comet lets him go, letting him fall to his death.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, jungle
Feature(s): Jocko
Character(s): Jocko (Introduction; only appearance ?)
First Line: Look - Jock is back.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: Henry 'Hank' Boyle, an American student in London, starts out for home when war breaks out, but his ship is torpedoed by a German u-boat.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Biro credit is suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He can be difficult to distinguish from Carl Hubbell.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rado Von Kelter (villain, introduction)
First Line: The Diamond Empire, hidden wonder of the world, holds its secrets behind impassable barriers.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Tay Ming (girlfriend); The Dragon (villain, introduction)
First Line: Fu Chang, American university-educated Chinaman, makes his home in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Synopsis: Fu Chang possesses a set of magic chessmen with all the magic powers of Aladdin’s lamp which are responsible for Fu Chang’s spectacular solutions of great international mysteries. He saves Tay Ming from the Dragon by praying to his god, who brings the chessmen to life to defeat the Dragon and save his girlfriend (later fiancee).
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art credits from Archie & Friends #150 2010 but lists Lin Streeter as Jim Streeter
Signed Lin Streeter on last page.

Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.
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Murderer's Brew

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): The Mayfair Monster [Sir Rupert Napier] (villain, introduction)
First Line: In London the night was clear and calm -- and nobody was prepared for the Mayfair Monster.
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In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.

Artist signed on last page.
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Jack Dempsey

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Jack Dempsey (boxer)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Klondike Cafe Robbed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Flash Calvert (newspaper reporter, introduction); Jim Boyd (newspaper editor, introduction); Slug Wickum and his gang
Synopsis: The Falcon saves newspaper reporter Flash Calvert from Slug Wickum and his gang.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Press Guardian, a.k.a. The Falcon, wore a colorful winged costume in this issue only. Beginning in issue #2, his outfit consisted of a business suit, fedora, and face mask.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Animal Antics
First Line: And if he cries just take him in your arms and walk the floor with him
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Rivalry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Name changed to "Sampson" in issue #3.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Lew Black (introduction); Connie (introduction); One Round Hogan (villain, introduction)
First Line: Fists fly inside and outside the ring, as a crooked manager and his fighter try to make a sap out of 'Kayo' Ward!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFlashback #7 published January 1973
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The art is identical to the signed Bob Wood story in next issue.

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