The Comet ran trough
Pep Comics #17, but Jack Cole was only the writer as far as #5. Before Cole left he had John reporter Thelma Gordon, who remained his girlfriend till the end of his series. Shortly before he meets Thelma, he is hypnotized into stealing and killing a police officer, becoming a fugitive. Thelma believes he is innocence and falls in love with him. Rather than show how they met I though I would post the more interesting "Pencils of Doom." (I wish the was called the "The Murder Car" instead, but no had to be "Pencils of Doom.")

From
Pep #5 by Jack Cole
( Pep Comics #11 )