XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Pep Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1940
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #3 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: 02/15/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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:  
Disclose Reprinted In3
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (12 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmerica's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 published January 2002
as Cover to Pep Comics #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
The Mines of Count Zongarr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Count Zongarr (villain, introduction, death); J. Edgar Hoover
Synopsis: A mysterious plane is dropping mines in New York harbor.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmerica's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 published January 2002
as The Mines of Count Zongarr [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose
The Pawn of "Satan"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): "Satan" (villain, introduction, death); Zadar (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Comet returns home after working with the police. Drugged as he sleeps and kidnapped, traveling for five days he arrives in California and Satan's clutches. The Comet is hypnotized, after three days, by Zadar to hate the law, hate the police and to kill anyone who stands in his way. The Comet begins to rob and kill for Zadar and Satan. Suddenly Zadar finds out Satan was cheating him. Zadar commands The Comet to Kill Satan. After Satan is dead, The Comet returns to Zadar, but forgets to lower his lens and disintegrates him, breaking the trance. The Comet realizes he's now an outlaw.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] published February 2009
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose
The Return of Von Leo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Von Leo (villain); the Moronia Bund (villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose
The Drug Slaves of Ghor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Tay Ming (fiancee); Ghor (villain, introduction, death); Tay Ming (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Writer from Bails' Who's Who. Confirmed by excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses.
Disclose
Escape from Germany

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): The Nazis (villains)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose
The Border Patrol

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? [as M.] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as M.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Patrolman Frank A. Finnegan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
The Sub Formula Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited "Bob Wood?", but it must be the same artist as on the first signed Ashe story in issue #1.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Batmen (villains, introduction, death); their king (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: You don't need me now.
Reprinting
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.
Disclose
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotion for the Shield / Wizard / Midshipman / West Pointer crossover in Pep Comics #4 and Top Notch Comics #5.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Ace Brady (villain, introduction); Marie (villain, introduction); Spud (villain, introduction); unnamed hood (villain, introduction); Socker Benson (introduction)
First Line: Kayo Ward and Socker Benson meet for the weighing-in ceremonies before the big fight.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The art is identical to Wood's signed story in # 2.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Capt. Horrocks (villain, introduction, death); Lt. Twisdon (introduction, death); Col. Jaffrey (introduction, death); Lt. Dillard (introduction, death); Maj. Stuart (introduction); Capt. Frome (introduction)
First Line: London, blacked out to avoid attack by enemy bombing planes, is threatened by other menaces...
Reprinting
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.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.