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37March 1943
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Pep Comics #37

Archie · March 1943 · on sale 1943-01-10

First appearance: Oscar
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Identification plate

Series
Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series)
Issue
#37
Publication date
March 1943
Key date
1943-03-00
On-sale date
1943-01-10
Indicia publisher
M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

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

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: Bob Montana; inks: Bob MontanaBob Dickering, Dusty, The Hangman, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
1Bulletin No. 16promo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]; letters: typesetJoe Higgins, The Shield
2Polly Wants a Corpsecomic story12pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickDusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
3The Lamp That Livedcomic story12script: Scott Meredith; pencils: Bob Fujitani; inks: Bob FujitaniBob Dickering, The Hangman
4Death Is a Persian Cattext story2script: Alan BarristerBob Dickering, The Hangman
5The Hunchback's Talecomic story10pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickCaptain Commando, Armand De Latour, Flatbush, Billy Grayson, John Grayson, Percy
6Young Soldiers of America Clubpromo (ad from the publisher)1Dusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
7North African Adventurecomic story8script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl HubbellSergeant Boyle
8The Wizard of Wonderlandcomic story7script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Red Holmdale; inks: Red HolmdaleFairy Queen (guest-star); The Wizard (introduction); Joe Scarecrow (introduction); a knight (introduction); Danny's dad (guest-star); Danny's mom (guest-star)
9Introducing Oscarcomic story5script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob MontanaArchie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Oscar First
10The Turnberry Lighthouse Mysterycomic story6pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul ReinmanInspector Bentley

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Archie Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-59582-716-6		2011On eBay ›
The Best of Archie Comics #3
ISBN 978-1-936975-61-7		2013On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5		2017On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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