Pep Comics #50 Values

Publisher: MLJ, 1944

About Pep Comics #50

Archie, Mr. Weatherbee, and Veronica cover by Harry Sahle. Shield and Black Hood stories.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Archie Andrews; The Shield; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; The Black Hood

Pencils: Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks: Harry Sahle (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Treasure of the Miserable Mansion

Characters: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mr. and Mrs. Abner Hassenfeffer (introduction)

Synopsis: Archie tries to sell an abandoned house for his father. When a couple comes to look at it, they are forced to spend the night due to rain. Meanwhile, Archie reads a story about treasure to Jughead and the couple tries to buy the house, thinking there is treasure in the cellar.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Harry Sahle

Pencils: Harry Sahle

Inks: Janice Valleau

Title: The Man Who Played God

Characters: Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; mad professor

Pages: 11.000

Pencils: Irv Novick

Inks: Pen Shumaker

Notes: No real villain; story is a dream of Dusty's. Original indexer had "Gil Kane?" as penciller. Irv Novick credit from Gary Watson, August 2009. Inking is similar to the signed Black Hood story by Shumaker in #49 with pen name PEN. Pencils look very much like that story too...

Title: Communique No. 16

Characters: I: Johann Freyling (D); V: The Japanese

Pages: 9.000

Pencils: Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] (signed)

Inks: Pen Shumaker [as Pen] (signed)

Notes: Originally credited "Gil Kane?". PEN is the pen name of Shumaker, but Kane shared the pen name PEN STAR with Shumaker.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	4	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	4	1	0	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23

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