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Now in colour from an original!
Death of The Comet (a first for comics) and the origin of The Hangman.
Original upload by JonTheScanner
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-Staff
Issue: #17
Published: July 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Abner Sundell
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
 Comic Contents:
Cover (1 page)
Featuring: The Shield; Dusty; The Hangman
Credits: Pencils: Irv Novick | Inks: Irv Novick
Genre: Superhero
Characters: The Shield [Joe Higgins] Dusty [Dusty Simmons] The Hangman [Robert Dickering]

Comic Story (13 pages) The Case of the Kid Lookout
Featuring: The Shield
Credits: Script: Harry Shorten (signed) | Pencils: Irv Novick (signed) | Inks: Irv Novick (signed)
Genre: Superhero
Characters: The Shield [Joe Higgins] Dusty [Dusty Simmons] Slats Gordon Mrs. Gordon Senator Blowhard Blinker (villain) Blinker's Gang (villains)

Comic Story (11 pages)
Featuring: The Hangman
Synopsis: John "The Comet" Dickering sees his brother Bob being kidnapped by a couple of Big Boy Malone's men and flies to his aid, but is shot and killed in the process. Bob swears revenge and becomes The Hangman. When Chugger is found not guilty because John Dickering isn't alive to testify against him, the Hangman hustles Chugger out of the courtroom and subjects him to his own methods of extracting a confession, all leading to the execution of Big Boy Malone.
Credits: Script: Harry Shorten ? [as Cliff Campbell] (signed); Abner Sundell ? [as Cliff Campbell] (signed) | Pencils: George Storm | Inks: George Storm
Genre: Superhero
Characters: The Hangman [Bob Dickering] (the Comet's Brother, Origin) The Comet [John Dickering] (death) Thelma Gordon (John's Sweetheart) Big Boy Malone (villain, Death) Chugger (villain)

Comic Story (7 pages) Prisoners of the Cyclops
Featuring: Danny in Wonderland
Credits: Script: Harry Shorten (signed) | Pencils: Lin Streeter (signed) | Inks: Lin Streeter (signed)
Genre: Fantasy
Characters: Danny A Giant Cyclops (villain) Kupkake Margie

Comic Story (7 pages) Trapped by the Fuzzy Wuzzies
Featuring: Sergeant Boyle
Credits: Script: Charles Biro ? | Pencils: Charles Biro | Inks: Charles Biro
Genre: War
Characters: Sergeant Boyle [Henry Boyle] Corporal Collins Capt. Twerp The Fascists "Fuzzy Wuzzies"

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring: Fireball
Credits: Pencils: Harry Lucey ? | Inks: Harry Lucey ?
Genre: Superhero
Characters: The Fireball [Ted Tyler] A Gang Of Smugglers (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages) The Corruption of Carl Jensen
Featuring: Madam Satan
Synopsis: Using the sinister name Iola and dressing in a slinky dress, Madam Satan lures Carl Jensen away from his true love, Anita, and is soon completely in the toils of the creature of the netherworld, beginning a mad and expensive orgy of merrymaking. All too soon, he is goaded into a life of crime, being asked by "Iola" to shower her with expensive gifts, even if he had to steal them. After beating up his father and shooting Anita, Carl comes to her senses....then sees "Iola" as she really was: her face a grinning, green skull!
Credits: Script: Joe Blair ? | Pencils: Harry Lucey | Inks: Harry Lucey
Genre: Horror-suspense
Characters: Carl Jensen, Anita Lewis Mr. And Mrs. John Jensen (Carl's Parents) Brother Sunbeam Satan (villain) Madam Satan [Iola] (villain)

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) Special Offering for Pep Comics Fans
Featuring: Pep Comics
Synopsis: The other characters in Pep Comics welcome The Hangman.
Characters: The Shield Dusty The Hangman Ju Ju Watson Bentley The Fireball (cameo) Madam Satan Sgt. Boyle Twerp Danny Kupkake

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring: Kayo Ward
Synopsis: On his wedding day, Kayo's face is badly burned. Ashamed of his scarred face, he flees and becomes a hobo. While on a train he befriends a man who has tuberculosis. To get money to have him treated, Kayo fights a local fighter in a small town.
Credits: Script: Harry Shorten | Pencils: George Storm | Inks: George Storm
Genre: Sports
Characters: Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward] Slug (villain) Rip

Comic Story (6 pages) The Case of the Parachute Killer
Featuring: Bentley of Scotland Yard
Credits: Script: Joe Blair | Pencils: Sam Cooper (signed) | Inks: Sam Cooper (signed)
Genre: Detective-mystery
Characters: Inspector Bentley Roger Kimberley (villain) Sir Archibald Waverley (death), Linda Waverley John Waverley Reginald Waverley Jarvis (a Butler)

Illustration (1 page) Steel Sterling pin-up
Featuring: Steel Sterling
Credits: Pencils: Charles Biro ? | Inks: Charles Biro ?
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling] Looney Dora Cummings Sergeant Clancy

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