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		Archie Comics Publications began their comic empire with both a different name and a different focus.
		Pep Comics got its debut in January 1940, and introduced America's first superhero sporting the Stars & Stripes.
		Lastly, the Hangman (featured in Pep Comics) received his own book entitled Special Comics in the winter of 1941, which name changed to Hangman Comics (7 issues) and later Black Hood Comics for another 11.
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	Pep Morgan: a 1930's Comic Book Sports Hero
		Pep never has any money worries, and he is always beautifully dressed in a variety of sports outfits and school clothes.
		Pep tries to learn to bat with his "glass arm", the result of an operation, while forging a career as a baseball pitcher.
		Such a crime plot is fairly unusual in the early Pep tales; aside from this tale, he rarely functioned as a detective in plots that were essentially unrelated to sports.
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	NYPL, Comic Books Research Guide
		Comics and comic books are one of the most pervasive and influential media forms of 20th-century popular culture.
		Certain titles relating to comic characters appearing in both comic books and the cartoon media, e.g., Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, are held in the Theatre Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
		Although some archival material and a few dozen pieces of original comic book and comic strip art are held, the focus of the collection is on published work, in an effort to present a complete picture of what the audience has seen over the years of the twentieth century.
	www.nypl.org /research/chss/grd/resguides/comic/print.html (2247 words)

	Golden Age Comics Downloads
		MLJ Comics, the forerunner of the Archie Series, was an outgrowth of the magazine publishing activities of Morris (sometimes spelled "Maurice") Coyne, Louis Silberkleit and John Goldwater, whose first-name initials gave the company its name.
		Quality Comics was a U.S.-based company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in the Golden Age of comic books.
		Comics uploaded to the system that have yet to be sorted into folders/publishers but can still be downloaded.
	goldenagecomics.co.uk (1729 words)

	The 100 Greatest Comics of the 20th Century (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I'm just someone with a deep appreciation for the comic book's importance in our culture, and I want people to realize that there is a long and fascinating history behind the books they see on store shelves today.
		It can be a comic that inspired others to follow suit with its groundbreaking approach to storytelling or its success in the marketplace.
		It can be a comic that dared to do something a little different, and challenged people to reconsider their perceptions of what a comic book could do.
	www.geocities.com /mbrown123/greatest_comics (2147 words)

	Pep Comics and Pep Comic Books
		Buy Pep comics and Pep comic books for sale online, ship world wide.
		Buy comics and comic books for sale online.
		A 50 dollar comics order gets free shipping for USA destinations.
	www.nostalgiazone.com /doc/collector_titles/PEP.html (170 words)

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		One could imagine this did not go over too well with parents, and since they either bought comics for their kids, or controlled what they bought, they probably made a boatload of complaints to the management of Archie Comics, and, as a result, Cheryl was sent packing.
		The tone of the comic had been set during the last mini-series where Cheryl went to great lengths to have a movie she made shown at an international film festival.
		Archie Comics created a series of public service announcements, for abstinence from smoking, missing children and AIDS education to name a few that have run in their comics at no cost to other publications.
	www.geocities.com /jughead_p_jones_12/history.htm (6373 words)

	Comic Book Bondage Cover of the Day - Covers Archive 2004-2005
		Jumbo Comics is listed as "Bondage covers, negligee panels, torture, etc are common is this series." Go here for most of the covers.
		Jungle Comics is listed as "Bondage covers, negligee panels, torture, etc are common is this series." Go here for most of the covers.
		Rangers Comics is listed as "Bondage, discipline covers, lingerie panels, are common." Go here for most of the covers.
	members.aol.com /covers3/2004-2005.html (263 words)

	Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Hangman
		This happened in Pep Comics #17 (July, 1941), published by MLJ Comics (which changed its name to Archie Comics a few years later).
		Storm, whose other comic book work includes Bugs Bunny and Buzzy, left after four issues, reportedly uncomfortable with the character; and after he left, the elements he was uncomfortable with only got worse — the only thing in Pep Comics more horrifying than The Hangman was Madam Satan.
		At first, the title was Special Comics, and he shared it with The Boy Buddies (kid sidekicks of The Shield and The Wizard), but starting with #2, it was called Hangman Comics.
	www.toonopedia.com /hangman.htm (681 words)

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		The only new title from DC was All Funny Comics No. 1 in December, containing the first appearance of their answer to Archie, Buzzy.
		With the end of the war in 1945, comics were in less demand as hordes of soldier that had been buying them no longer were in the service and were able to purchase them.
		Marvel Comics tried moving to girl comics with the release of Patsy Walker in Summer 1945 and Millie the Model that Winter.
	www.dereksantos.com /comicpage/gold5.html (1101 words)

	Comics Timeline
		The first comic with a continuing story, it is still noted as one of the most richly illustrated comic strips of all time.
		While not the first comic to feature a working woman, it is the first to gain widespread attention.
		Spinoffs of the comic, which features Charlie Brown and Snoopy, will include many animated TV specials and a Broadway musical, not to mention every imaginable merchandising tie-in.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/comicstimeline.html (2095 words)

	Index to Comic Art Collection: "Pep" to "Pequeños"
		The Blank in the Comics strip collection includes a file of one or more daily comic strips related to this keyword or topic.
		From nineteen hundred until 1950 the author presents a history of the first years of Mexican comics, carefully exploring its most important exponents, as well as comparing it with the development of the North American comic book of that age.
		This period of time begins with the arrival of weekly comics magazines like Don Fausto and goes up to the golden age of El Peneca and Topaze and their imitations.
	www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/prri/pep.htm (7328 words)

	Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Archie (MLJ) Comics
		MLJ Comics, the forerunner of the Archie Series, was an outgrowth of the magazine publishing activities of Morris (sometimes spelled "Maurice") Coyne, Louis Silberkleit and John Goldwater, whose …
		They entered the comics field in 1939, with what had by then become a standard line of comics — a bunch of monthly anthology titles with superheroes on the covers and a variety of humor and adventure features in the back pages.
		Nowadays, it releases a half-dozen or so comics a month about Archie and his pals 'n' gals, along with a healthy line of digest-size comics sold through supermarket checkouts, containing the same characters.
	www.toonopedia.com /mlj_arch.htm (753 words)

	New Age of Comics II
		This comic was the first to really catch the public's imagination with a flying man called "Superman".
		EC did not join in the comics' code, and took their "Mad" comic book title to a fl and white magazine format.
		These comics featured fantastic tales of adventure and the extraordinary, sometimes reminiscent of the EC comics, sometimes war comics, and sometimes romance.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/comic_books/86675 (541 words)

	CrossGen Makes Entire Line Exchangeable with PEP
		All you need to do is mail in the covers of the comics you're exchanging and tell us which PEP comics you want.
		PEP comics will be shipped accordingly while supplies last.
		Any retailer whose order is unfilled will receive a statement of their PEP credits, which can be applied to future months' selections.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /news/105646197891447.htm (505 words)

	Comics Should Be Good! » Comic Blogs Should Be Good - Simon and Kirby
		There are a lot of cool comic book blogs out there (see our sidebar for a list of a bunch of them), but I guess it is hard to pick which ones you think you’d like to read.
		The first hero to adopt the patriotic mantle appears to be MLJ’s Shield as drawn by Irv Novick for Pep Comics #1 (January 1940).
		When after the war Simon and Kirby did a story for Archie Comics (as MLJ was renamed) it was a not the superhero genre but was teenage humor instead.
	goodcomics.comicbookresources.com /2006/12/14/comic-blogs-should-be-good-simon-and-kirby (1883 words)

	Inside Scoop BIRTH OF AN ICON (1941-1949)
		While MLJ produced their own brand of superheroes to compete with the likes of Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel, The Sub Mariner, Wonder Woman and the like, its founders realized that in order to entertain younger readers, and, in particular, female readers, they needed to go in an entirely different direction.
		I was a very loyal friend." With his lead character in hand, Goldwater brought together a stable of writers, editors and artists, including Bob Montana who would create the likeness of the original characters and become the principal artist on the strip, and one of the most popular.
		Created by Bill Woggon, Katy, debuting in Wilbur Comics #5 (1945), was a tall, dark haired beauty queen who atttracted all kinds of male suitors while keeping her cute but mischieviously candy crazed kid sister out of trouble.
	www.archiecomics.com /acpaco_offices/inside_scoop/inside_scoop_1.html (1028 words)

	Collectors Society Message Boards: Pep Comics Mile High/Church copies
		Re: Pep Comics Mile High/Church copies [Re: jbcomicbox]
		Archie may not have been spelled Archy in Pep 22, but he was clearly younger in that issue -- shorter, pre puberty and pre high school, even pre Jr.
		Re: Pep Comics Mile High/Church copies [Re: 143ksk]
	boards.collectors-society.com /showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1445257&Main=1444234 (679 words)

	Welcome to the Goldcomics.com Forums: A call to arms...anyone have Pep Comics #7 ?
		I now have Pep Comics 1-55, 58 and 65 scanned in digital format.
		I'm waiting on a guy who's scanning the outer wraps of Pep #15 for me, and then I'll scan the rest of my coverless.
		The only one in the first 50 issues I won't have scanned is Pep Comics 07.
	www.goldcomics.com /ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=4435&page=4 (269 words)

	Comic Coverage
		Nostalgic for the sales figures of the World War II years, American comic book publishers of the early 1950’s initially treated the Cold War as a “sequel” of sorts to their pot-banging propaganda comics of the previous decade.
		Granted, I was still fairly new to the bewildering world of comic book superheroes, but Spidey grabbed me right away....reinforced by the Spider-Man segments appearing on the PBS series "The Electric Company".
		As both DC and Marvel Comics transition from one cosmos-shaking Mega-Event to another, it's important for comics fans everywhere to watch for the warning signs of Mega-Event Derangement Syndrome (or MEDS for short).
	comiccoverage.typepad.com /comic_coverage (2072 words)

	Camelot In Four Colors, Part 3
		While some comics creators have been interested in telling stories about the traditional Arthurian figures, others have drawn inspiration from the legend in creating their own characters.
		Among these have been a Justice Society of America story (All-Star Comics) illustrated by Wally Wood (who illustrated Arthurian stories in EC Comics' Valor and who also worked briefly on "Prince Valiant"), as well as an adventure of Swamp Thing which is discussed in in Part 4 of this survey.
		According to Pure Excitement Comics, the Sword was young Arthur Lake, who secretly kept the magic sword Excalibur embedded in a stone.
	www.camelot4colors.com /original.htm (6034 words)

	Untitled Document
		Recently named "Book of the Month" by Wizard and called "that rare relaunch that improved on the original concept" by prominent retailer Brian Hibbs, LADY DEATH is on a roll.
		As the series' first story arc barrels towards a climax with July's issue #6, we want to make it easy for retailers to grow their readership.
		Likewise, SOJOURN begins a new era with issue #25, the much-publicized $1.00 comic that hits the stands on July 30.
	www.newsarama.com /CGPep.htm (462 words)

	Masonic references in comics
		MLJ Comics, the forerunner of the Archie Series, was published by Morris Coyne, Louis Silberkleit and John Goldwater.
		This series of comic books mendaciously attacks Freemasonry, the Catholic church, communism and the new age movement.
		A weekly comic strip series, one strip refers to Freemasonry without naming the fraternity although the "Ed.
	freemasonry.bcy.ca /fiction/comics.html (2271 words)

	ICv2 News - CrossGen Announces Product Exchange Program (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If a retailer mails in 50 covers, he or she can receive 25 copies of the PEP title, or if the retailer only wants 5 copies of the PEP title, a credit for the other 20 copies will rollover to subsequent months.
		All retailers need to do is mail in the covers with a note explaining which PEP comics they want in return.
		PEP exchanges will occur while supplies last, and retailers can roll over PEP credits if they have enough of the months' book.
	www.icv2.com /articles/news/2937.html (447 words)

	Pep 15 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It's funny to think that a scant 7 issues after the publication of this comic, Pep Comics unleashed Archie upon the world!
		Here's a rundown of the characters leading in stories inside: The Shield and his sidekick Dusty, Danny in Wonderland (don't ask!), The Comet, The Fireball, Sergeant Boyle (Irish copper), Lee Sampson - Midshipman, Lucky Larson (a pilot), Kayo Ward (a boxer), Bentley of Scotland Yard (with Cooper art).
		P.S. I no longer own this comic, it was sold in March 2003 for $50.
	www.samuelsdesign.com /comics/pages/super-war/pep15.htm (138 words)

	Who's Who in MLJ Comics
		Deciding to become a crimefighter, "the sworn enemy of all those who use fire for evil purposes," he also discovers that if anyone tries to shoot him, he can simply melt their bullets.
		Comment: A very juvenile comic which had a modest 15-issue run, also appearing in backup stories in Pep, Laugh, and other magazines.
		The star thereafter leads him to a garbage pail where his costume has mysteriously been planted.Like Superman, Steel Sterling is known in his adventures as the Man of Steel.
	www.angelfire.com /comics/bighero/files/mlj.html (4778 words)

	Comic Books - 307 Archie Book Comic Pep Series (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gives listings of various appearences of The Beatles in comic book format, as well as the DC character, Bizarro.
		This is truly the kind of comic book your mother would not ever buy for you!
		Read these and other 307 archie book comic pep series news, click here
	comicbook-central.com /307archiebookcomicpepseries (901 words)

	Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Brief
		As the series' first story arc barrels towards a climax with July's issue #6, we want to make it easy for retailers to grow their readership.
		Likewise, SOJOURN begins a new era with issue #25, the much-publicized $1.00 comic that hits the stands on July 30.
		Featuring the debut of new writer Ian Edginton (X-Force), the start of a new story-arc, and plenty of media support, SOJOURN #25 is sure to attract new readers.
	www.comicbookresources.com /news/printthis.cgi?id=2384 (745 words)

	Collectors Society Message Boards: Today's comic book story - The "Hangman" from Pep Comics 34, 1942 LONG
		Re: Today's comic book story - The "Hangman" from Pep Comics 34, 1942 LONG [Re: squidmo2000]
		Wow, PEP comics sure were violent back in WWII.
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	boards.collectors-society.com /showflat.php?Number=1390618 (644 words)

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