Additional Information |
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Publication | March 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shield [Joe Higgins]; Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Dusty |
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Featuring | Shield G-Man Club |
Content | Characters: Shield [Joe Higgins] |
Notes | Inside front cover. Membership form for the Shield G-Man Club. |
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Credits | Script:? [as Joe Higgins] | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover. Bulletin promoting Special Comics. |
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Synopsis | Joe Higgins has a dream, which he treats as a premonition, in which a series of events lead up to the death of his partner, Dusty. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Duke Moran (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions); Slinky (introduction, death); J. Edgar Hoover (guest-star); Mrs. Vanasterbilt (introduction); Shield [Joe Higgins]; Betty Warren; Ju Ju Watson; Lil Livingston |
Notes | Signed by the artist (Novick) on the last panel of the final story page. |
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Comic Story | The Walrus's Prison Break (11 pages) |
Synopsis | The Walrus breaks out of prison. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Walrus (villain); Spike; Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Thelma Gordon; Butch |
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Featuring | Shield-Wizard No. 6 |
Content | Characters: Shield [Joe Higgins]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Dusty |
Notes | House ad for Shield-Wizard #6. |
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Publisher advertisement | Shield-Wizard |
Content | Genre: Superhero |
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Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation |
Notes | Date of filing: October 1, 1941. No circulation data included. Printed at reduced size, rendering it illegible. |
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Comic Story | The Boogy-Woogy Balloon (7 pages) |
Synopsis | The Boogies and the Woogies build a hot air balloon so that Danny and his friends can return to Wonderland. |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: The Boogies (guest-stars); the Woogies (guest-stars); Kupkake [Kuppie]; Danny; Snapper (dog); Lizzie; Elmira |
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Comic Story | Battle in Tobruk (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Low on supplies, Sgt. Boyle manages to fend off the Italian soldiers at Tobruk until supplies can arrive. |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: The Fascists (villains); Prof. Tuttle (introduction); Sgt. Boyle; Capt. Twerp; Col. Drinkhouse |
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Comic Story | Radio-Free Germany (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Jolly Roger is captured by the Gestapo as he delivers radios to the Free German Movement. |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: The Nazis (villains); Jolly Roger; Price; Frank Root; Marty Martin; Fritz; Mr. Smith |
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Comic Story | Archie's Taxi Service (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Archie's jalopy is costing too much, so Archie offers to make it a taxi service. He picks up a man at the train station and while trying to shortcut, ends up on a road to the country. Bad things happen to the man and when Archie's jalopy is hit by a train, they end up walking 17 miles to Riverdale. When Archie goes to school the next day, he finds out that the man is the new principal. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; The Riverdale High principal (probably NOT Mr. Weatherbee) |
Notes | First appearance of Archie's jalopy. |
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Comic Story | Action in San Paulo (6 pages) |
Synopsis | The President of San Paulo manipulates Louis Liverlip into fighting Kayo Ward. |
Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Louis Liverlip (introduction); Louis Burpo (introduction); President of San Paulo; Kayo Ward; Lew Black |
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Comic Story | The Case of the Poisoning Monkey (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Bentley investigates the death of the Duke of Ashwold. |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Mary (villain, introduction); James (introduction); Duke of Ashwold (introduction, death); Anne Ashwold (introduction); William Ashwold (introduction); Leland (introduction); Roger Burton (introduction); Gerald (introduction); Bentley |
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Featuring | Comicscope |
Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover. Ad for the Comicscope and 50 naval pictures. |
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Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Ad by the Lancaster County Seed Co. |
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