Pep Comics  (1940)

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Archie ⋅ 1940

Low
$1.7k
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$5.2k
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$17k

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1st appearance and origin of the Shield, the United States' first patriotic hero

1st appearance and origin of the Comet, the first superhero character to die in the line of duty in Pep Comics #17

Archie ⋅ 1940

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$1k
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$3k
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$10k

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2nd appearance of the Shield

2nd appearance of the Comet

Pep Comics #3

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1940

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Pep Comics #4

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Archie ⋅ 1940

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Pep Comics #5

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Archie ⋅ 1940

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Pep Comics #6

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Archie ⋅ 1940

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Pep Comics #7

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1940

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Pep Comics #8

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1940

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Pep Comics #9

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1940

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Pep Comics #10

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1940

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$750
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$1.9k
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$7.5k

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1st appearance of Dusty, sidekick of the Shield

Archie ⋅ 1941

Low
$675
Mid
$1.9k
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$6.8k

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1st appearance and origin of the Fireball, a fireman turned superhero and member of the Mighty Crusaders

Pep Comics #13

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1941

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Pep Comics #14

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1941

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$150
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$450
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$2.1k

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1st cover appearance of Madam Satan, cover only

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$760
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$2k
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$7.6k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Madam Satan

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$5.2k

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1st appearance and origin of Hangman, the brother of Comet

Death of Comet, shot by a gangster - the first death of a superhero in comic history

Pep Comics #18

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1941

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Pep Comics #19

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1941

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$2.8k
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$9.6k
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$28k

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World War II cover art by Irv Novick featuring a swastika

Pep Comics #21

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1941

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Archie ⋅ 1941

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$30k
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$10k
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$300k

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1st appearance of Archie Andrews

1st appearance of Betty Cooper

1st appearance of Jughead Jones

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$1.4k
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$4k
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$12k

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Cover art by Irv Novick

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$590
Mid
$1.8k
High
$7.5k

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Cover art by Irv Novick

1st appearance of Coach Kleats

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$415
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$1.2k
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$5.3k

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1st appearance of Archie's jalopy

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$2.6k
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$8.9k
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$26k

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1st appearance of Veronica Lodge

Archie ⋅ 1943

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$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4k

Key Facts

World War II cover art by Irv Novick

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