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31September 1942
$0.10

Pep Comics #31

Archie · September 1942 · on sale 1942-07-10

First appearance: Mother NatureDeath of Snapper
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Identification plate

Series
Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series)
Issue
#31
Publication date
September 1942
Key date
1942-09-00
On-sale date
1942-07-10
Indicia publisher
M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mother Nature - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Snapper.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Warren King; inks: Warren KingBob Dickering, The Hangman, Joe Higgins, The Shield
1Special Bulletinpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]; letters: typesetJoe Higgins, The Shield
2The Strangler and Snowbirdcomic story13script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickDusty, Joseph Goebbels, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
3Young Soldiers of America Clubpromo (ad from the publisher)1Dusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
4The Hangman and the Huntercomic story12script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceyBob Dickering, Hermann Göring, The Hangman, Adolf Hitler
5Death Draws a Cartoontext story1letters: typesetBob Dickering, The Hangman
6The Rescue of Armand's Fathercomic story10script: S. M. Iger; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex BlumCaptain Commando, Armand De Latour, Billy Grayson, John Grayson, Erik Jansen, Gerald Sykes
7The Death of Snappercomic story6script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Red Holmdale; inks: Red HolmdaleDanny, Father Time, Mother Nature First, Snapper Death
8Back in New Yorkcomic story8script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl HubbellSergeant Boyle
9Melodies of Murdertext story1letters: typesetDusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
10Archie Goes to Congresscomic story6script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob MontanaArchie Andrews, Veronica Lodge
11The Church-Steeple Murderscomic story6script: Joe Blair; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul ReinmanInspector Bentley

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Best of the Forties
ISBN 1-879794-00-4
1991On eBay ›
Archie: His First 50 Years #[nn]
ISBN 0-89660-035-1
1991On eBay ›
Archie Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-59582-716-6
2011On eBay ›
World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #382014On eBay ›
Golden Age 1940s-1950s
ISBN 978-1-68255-932-1
2017On eBay ›
Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza #[nn]2014On eBay ›
Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #72020On eBay ›
Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #142022On eBay ›

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Series context

Sources

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