Jeep Comics (1944) 1
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Published Dec 1944 by R.B. Leffingwell.$240.00
View scansCover by John Giunta. Stories and art by Al Fago, August Froehlich, Fred Morgan, Paul Gattuso and Charles Voight. One of the more offbeat hero teams of World War II, Jeep and teen sidekick Peep fight evil in their flying rocket-powered Army-surplus jeep. The origin of Jeep and Peep, as Jeep (the person) adds rockets to his old jeep so it can fly, then decides to fight crime. In their first bizarre adventure, Jeep and Peep battle animated trees that rob banks and pick pockets. The owner of a struggling magic-supply store gets unwanted assistance from well-intentioned pixie Superstitious Al-o-ysius. Two-fisted criminologist Solid Jackson investigates a murder, but the only clues are coins that are minted on just one side. Jeep and Peep: Case of the Rioting Trees!; Superstitious Al-o-ysius; Toto, the Boy From Mars; Chris Cross; Mind Waves; Captain Power; Solid Jackson. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.