Shield-Wizard Comics (1940 series) (Archie) #13

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Number	13	13
Volume		1
No Volume	No	No
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand
No Brand	No	Yes
Publication Date	Spring 1944	Spring 1944
Key Date	1944-04-10	1944-04-10
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Indicia Frequency		quarterly
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	0.10 USD	0.10 USD
Page Count	52 (note: total sum of story page counts is 46)	52 (note: total sum of story page counts is 46)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	Harry Shorten	Harry Shorten
No Editing
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0. no title (Shield, Wizard) cover, 1p

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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	The Invasion	The Invasion
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Shield	Shield
Genre		Superhero
Job Number
Script	?	Bill Vigoda ?
No Script
Pencils	?	Bill Vigoda ?
No Pencils
Inks	?	Bill Vigoda ?
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	11	11
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters		Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Mr. Smith (coward)
Synopsis
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Notes		The artwork is identical to the next Shield story in this issue signed by Vigoda. Compare the special way of running and the many close up faces and rapid inking. He is credited on this feature as writer and artist by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Sequence Number	2	2
Title	Devils of the Deep	Devils of the Deep
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Shield	Shield
Genre		Superhero
Job Number
Script	?	Bill Vigoda (signed)
No Script
Pencils	?	Bill Vigoda (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	?	Bill Vigoda (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	9	9
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters		Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Fritz Kessel (spy)
Synopsis		Shield and Dusty are chasing a U-boat off Coney Island.
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Sequence Number	3	3
Title	Merchants of Murder	Merchants of Murder
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Wizard	Wizard
Genre		Superhero
Job Number
Script	?	Bill Vigoda ?
No Script
Pencils	?	Bill Vigoda ?
No Pencils
Inks	?	Bill Vigoda ?
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	8	8
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters		Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Mary (parrot)
Synopsis		A parrot is used as a spy messenger.
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Notes		Face close-ups with long nose are found in many signed Vigoda stories, but it also looks very much like Ed Robbins.
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Sequence Number	4	4
Title	The Little Bug That Wasn't There	The Little Bug That Wasn't There
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Roy the Super-Boy	Roy the Super-Boy
Genre		Superhero
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	?	George Harrison ?
No Pencils
Inks	?	Clem Weisbecker ?
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	7	7
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters		Roy; Imar the Mystic
Synopsis		Roy gets a job as a salesman in a rug department and meets a mystic with a flying carpet.
Reprint Notes
Notes		Harrison is only credited on pencils on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and Clem on ink, but inking is quite similar to Harrison's signed Boy Buddies story in Hangman #8. So credits could be turned around here. Compare Clem's more angular inking in the next Wizard story.
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Sequence Number	5	5
Title		The Vain Robot
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Wizard	Wizard
Genre		Superhero
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	?	Clam Weisbecker [as Clam] (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	?	Clam Weisbecker [as Clam] (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	10	10
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters		Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy the Super-Boy; Jonathon (robot); Westley (inventor)
Synopsis		A thinking robot escapes from his inventor and finds a nazi training camp. Wizard and Roy are on its trail.
Reprint Notes
Notes	next app. in FLY MAN #33; Roy's next app. in MIGHTY CRUSADERS #4	next app. in FLY MAN #33; Roy's next app. in MIGHTY CRUSADERS #4
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Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Steinar Ådland	Editing	2012-01-09 11:12:03	Available	Editing
Steinar Ådland		2012-01-10 18:10:53	Editing	Pending Review
Steinar Ådland		2012-01-10 18:37:37	Pending Review	Editing
Steinar Ådland		2012-01-11 09:44:32	Editing	Pending Review
Steinar Ådland		2012-01-11 11:55:06	Pending Review	Editing
Steinar Ådland		2012-01-12 16:29:58	Editing	Pending Review
Steinar Ådland		2012-01-13 07:50:17	Pending Review	Editing
Steinar Ådland		2012-01-14 20:14:45	Editing	Pending Review
Steinar Ådland		2012-01-15 12:37:57	Pending Review	Editing
Steinar Ådland		2012-01-15 15:14:18	Editing	Pending Review
Ramon Schenk		2012-01-15 21:31:29	Pending Review	Under Review
Ramon Schenk		2012-01-15 21:32:10	Under Review	Approved

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