Pep Comics #6 for Sale - First Appearance of Betty Warren - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: July 1940
Key date: 1940-07-00
On-sale date: 1940-05-15
Indicia publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Betty Warren - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, The Shield
1	Chaos at the Canal	comic story	13	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Shield, Betty Warren First
2	Solmok's Cemetery Racket	comic story	6	script: Abner J. Sundell; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole	The Comet, John Dickering, Thelma Gordon
3	The Phony Ambassador: Part 1	comic story	6	script: Abner J. Sundell; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin	Perry Chase, The Press Guardian
4	Joodar and the Water Demons	comic story	6	script: Joe Blair; pencils: Lin Streeter; inks: Lin Streeter	Fu Chang
5	The Big Drag	comic story	7	script: Abner J. Sundell; pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro	General Von Schmutz (introduction, villain)
6	The Target Practice Murder Plot	comic story	6	script: Bob Wood; pencils: Bob Wood; inks: Bob Wood	Lee Sampson
7	The Plot of Princess Abbie	comic story	6	script: Abner J. Sundell; pencils: Lin Streeter; inks: Lin Streeter	The Queen of Diamonds, The Rocket
8	Billy the Kid Alive?	text story	1	letters: typeset	Billy the Kid
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Joe Higgins, Rang-A-Tang, The Shield, Steel Sterling, John Sterling, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
10	Kayo's Double	comic story	6	script: Bob Wood; pencils: Bob Wood; inks: Bob Wood	Eddie "Kayo" Ward
11	The Case of the Roman God	comic story	6	script: Joe Blair; pencils: Sam Cooper; inks: Sam Cooper	Inspector Bentley

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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