Pep Comics #4 (1940) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, The Shield
1	The Mosconian Menace: Part 1	comic story	11	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, Keith Kornell, The Shield, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
2	The Village of the Doomed	comic story	7	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; letters: Jack Cole	The Comet, John Dickering
3	The Graft Ring Killers	comic story	6	script: Abner J. Sundell; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin	Perry Chase, The Press Guardian
4	-	comic story	6	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lin Streeter; inks: Lin Streeter	Fu Chang
5	-	comic story	1	script: ? (signed as Quincy)	Prince Buttonhead
6	The Rescue of Battalion A	comic story	7	script: Abner J. Sundell; pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro	Sergeant Boyle
7	The Mosconian Menace: Part 2	comic story	6	script: Bob Wood; pencils: Edd Ashe; inks: Edd Ashe	Lee Sampson, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
8	City of the Hawkmen	comic story	6	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lin Streeter; inks: Lin Streeter	The Queen of Diamonds, The Rocket
9	Giants of the West	text story	1	letters: typeset
10	Blue Ribbon Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Corporal Collins
11	-	comic story	6	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Bob Wood; inks: Bob Wood	Eddie "Kayo" Ward
12	The Hunchback Horror	comic story	6	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Sam Cooper; inks: Sam Cooper	Inspector Bentley

Collection	Year
America's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 ISBN 1-879794-08-x	2002	On eBay ›

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