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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Archie
Title: Pep Comics
Page Count: 68
Genre: Detective-mystery, Science Fiction, Superhero, War
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: May 1940
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Country: United States
Mosconian spies try to sabotage a volcano and destroy Pearl Harbor.; The Comet is seen by police and they start shooting at him. Wanting to clear his name and trying to do the right thing he turns himself in. He then escapes after he sees it's just a legal lynching. Shot, while flying away, The Comet collapses and is nursed back to health by a miner. The Comet repays the miner by trying to convince Riley to give his mines safe ventilation. Riley kills his own men, even though his partner protests. The Comet lifts his glass lenses to shoot what he thinks is a club, it's a stick of dynamite and Riley is blown up. Riley's partner then decides to make the changes.; Legend tells a Crackenthorpe ancestor summoned a huge scaly demon to gain riches which starts the family's fortune. The bride of each heir must bow to the demon. which Lady Brenda does. When her husband comes to save her, the demon kills him. Bentley suspects murder: his brother Lionel would be heir and loves Lady Brenda, the butler who is mentioned in the will, or the cousin who seems to stand nothing to gain. Bentley reveals the costume along with an iron glove that the cousin used to kill the Earl and frame Lionel, thus making him next in line for the title.