Pep Comics #1 CGC 1.8 1940 4132188003 1st app. The Shield

Grade CGC 1.8
Page Quality Light tan to off white
Year 1940
Publisher Archie Publications

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Description

Cover art by Irv Novick. Introduction and first appearance of The Shield "G-Man Extraordinary," script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick; The Shield is sent to stop a Stokian spy ring; some Shield origin details revealed. Untitled intro and origin Comet story, script and art by Jack Cole; After injecting himself with a gas fifty times lighter than hydrogen, John Dickering discovers he can now take leaps that are more like flying; Beams now shoot from his eyes and when the rays cross whatever he's looking at disintegrates. Glass is the only thing that can stop the beams; He vows to use his new powers for good; He starts by going after a typhoid racketeer. Untitled Jocko story, script and art by Dick Ryan. Untitled Sgt. Boyle story; introduction and origin of Sgt. Henry "Hank" Boyle. Untitled story, art by Lin Streeter; The Queen of Diamonds (introduction) and the Rocket (introduction) battle Rado Von Kelter. Untitled story, script by Manly Wade Wellman, art by Lin Streeter; Fu Chang (intro and origin), American university-educated and living in San Franciscos Chinatown, is devoted to the teachings of the Chinese gods and has sworn his life to aid the oppressed. "Murderer's Brew" text story by Will Harr. Untitled story, script by Manly Wade Wellman, art by Maurice Gutwirth; Bentley (introduction) versus The Mayfair Monster (Sir Rupert Napier. "Klondike Cafe Robbed," art by Jack Binder; Young playboy and newspaper reporter Flash Calvert becomes the Falcon in order to effectively battle against the enemies of the free press. Untitled Midshipman story, script by Will Harr, art by Edd Ashe. Untitled Kayo Ward story, art by Phil Sturm. Pep Comics began as a super-hero title, but debuted Archie Andrews with issue #22. 68 pgs., full color.

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