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34December 1942
$0.10

Pep Comics #34

Archie · December 1942 · on sale 1942-10-15

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Identification plate

Series
Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series)
Issue
#34
Publication date
December 1942
Key date
1942-12-00
On-sale date
1942-10-15
Indicia publisher
M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob Fujitani; inks: Bob FujitaniBob Dickering, The Hangman, Joe Higgins, The Shield
1Bulletin No. 13promo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]; letters: typesetJoe Higgins, The Shield
2The Rug of Deathcomic story12script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickDusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
3Meet the Editortext article1script: Scott FeldmanHarry Shorten
4Sabotage!comic story13script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Bob Fujitani; inks: Bob FujitaniCaptain Swastika, Bob Dickering, Thelma Gordon, The Hangman
5Murder Makes a Phone Calltext story1script: Scott FeldmanBob Dickering, The Hangman
6-comic story9script: S. M. Iger; pencils: George Harrison; inks: Pen ShumakerCaptain Commando, Armand De Latour, Billy Grayson, John Grayson, Erik Jansen, Gerald Sykes
7-comic story1
8The Magician's Apprenticecomic story7script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Red Holmdale; inks: Red HolmdaleDanny, Kupkake
9The Nitroglicerin Mistakecomic story8script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl HubbellSergeant Boyle, Corporal Collins, Captain Twerp
10The Limerick Contestcomic story6script: Red Holmdale; pencils: Red Holmdale; inks: Red HolmdaleArchie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews, Betty Cooper, Miss Grundy, Jughead Jones
11Case of the Steamshovel Deathcomic story6script: Joe Blair; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul ReinmanInspector Bentley

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