Pep Comics debuted The Shield.
Pep Comics published its 200th issue in October 1966, its 300th in April 1975, and its 400th in May 1985an issue which included cameos of all the staff of Archie Comics
 Artist Gil Kane's first work was on the "Bentley of Scotland Yard" story  'The Case of the Laughing Corpse'  in Pep Comics #38 (April 1943)A new emphasis on humor grew from issue #40 (July 1943), just after Pep Comics started publishing to 10 issues per year

