Additional Information |
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Publication | June 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly, except January, April, July and October |
Notes | Archie daydreams about swimming with The Shield and the gang. Cover reprinted as the cover of a one-shot Canadian reprint titled Archie, possibly by F.E. Howard. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero; Teen |
Notes | Archie daydreams about swimming with The Shield and the gang. Cover reprinted as the cover of a one-shot Canadian reprint titled Archie, possibly by F.E. Howard. |
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Publisher advertisement | Bulletin No. 27 (1 page) |
Synopsis | Includes Elaine's winning entry into the "Why America is the best place to live" contest. It starts with "I think Hitler is just plain stupid." |
Featuring | Shield G-Man Club |
Credits | Script:? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]; Elaine Schatzman (contest winner, credited) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover. |
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Comic Story | Aboard the Narcissus (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Archie is caught trying to play a prank on Reggie and is sent to the principal's office. Mr. Weatherbee uses his latest readings in child psychology and gives Archie responsibility for a school picnic aboard a boat. Archie accidentally charters a garbage scow, but everything turns out all right in the end. |
Content | Genre: Teen |
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Publisher advertisement | Archie Is Good for What Ails You! (1 page) |
Synopsis | Promo for Archie Andrews radio show on WOR Mutual. |
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Comic Story | Special Communique #15: Father Scarface (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Father Scarface, a Buddhist monk, defends his Monastery from the Japanese with the help of Captain Commando. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Father Scarface (introduction) |
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Text Story | Crime Is Always Careless (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Preysing (death); Dr. Von Barheim; Mrs. Barlow; Barbara |
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Comic Story | The House That Crime Built (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Narrated by "the house that crime built," this is the story of Black Hood solving a crime at a house built in 1821 with a history of crimes being committed in it. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mary Hawkins (introduction, villain, death) |
Notes | First page image also used as cover of Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
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Comic Story | The Rajah's Silver Idol (10 pages) |
Synopsis | The Rajah's silver idol goes missing and it's up to the Shield to find out where it went. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Rajah |
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Text Story | America -- First, Last, and Always (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Superhero |
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Comic Story | On Gazund Island (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Marco Loco meets pearl-diving headhunters. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Marco Loco; Snooch |
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Advertisement | Free With This Offer -- Be the Master... (1 page) |
Synopsis | Ad for books on Boxing, Wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Advertisement | Be Popular - Learn the Newest Dances in 5 Days (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Advertisement | Baby Ruth Candy Makes Delicious Cookies (1 page) |
Synopsis | Ad includes a picture of a sailor and a note to buy war bonds and stamps. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | On back cover. |
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