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24February 1942
$0.10

Pep Comics #24

Archie · February 1942 · on sale 1941-12-15

First appearance: The Broken Shield
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Identification plate

Series
Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series)
Issue
#24
Publication date
February 1942
Key date
1942-02-00
On-sale date
1941-12-15
Indicia publisher
M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Broken Shield - 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: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickThe Broken Shield First, Bob Dickering, Dusty, The Hangman, Joe Higgins, Dustin Simmons
1Shield G-Man Clubpromo (ad from the publisher)0.3Joe Higgins, The Shield
2-promo (ad from the publisher)0.7script: ? [as Joe Higgins]; letters: typeset
3The Suicide Clubcomic story13script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickDusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
4The Walruscomic story11script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceyBob Dickering, The Hangman
5The Boogy-Woogy Warcomic story7script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Lin Streeter; inks: Lin StreeterThe Boogys (gnomes, introductions); the Woogys (gnomes, introductions); Kupkake [Kuppie]; Danny; Snapper (dog)
6Somewhere in the Saharacomic story8script: Virginia Hubbell; pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl HubbellSergeant Boyle
7Retribution for a Nursecomic story6script: Joe Blair; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleNurse Martin (introduction, death); The Nazis (villains); Jolly Roger; Price; Frank Root; Marty Martin
8The Basketball Blundercomic story6script: Victor Bloom; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob MontanaArchie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones
9Hangman; Special Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1Bob Dickering, Dusty, The Hangman, Dustin Simmons
10South American Stopovercomic story6script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Art Seymour; inks: Art SeymourEddie "Kayo" Ward
11The Hound of the Devonshirescomic story6script: Joe Blair; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul ReinmanInspector Bentley

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Archie Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-59582-716-6		2011On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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