(Summer 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-06-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
[no title indexed]
The Shield; The Wizard / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; The Wizard [Blane Whitney]
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
Shield G-Man Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Readers of the Shield-Wizard Comics...
- Characters
- The Shield [Joe Higgins]
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for the Shield G-Man Club, including a membership form.
[The Tunnel of Death]
The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective / comic story / 15 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dusk lays a heavy pall over the murky waters of the Hudson.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Betty Warren; Ju Ju Watson; Fang (villain, introduction ?); Von Kurtner (villain, introduction); a foreman (villain, introduction, death); Paddy
- Keywords
- mines
Indexer Notes
Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
[Blood Flows Through the Panama Canal]
The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thick darkness veils a slumbering city and the rodent of society...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; Franklin D. Roosevelt (guest star); The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Ju Ju Watson; Dick Frazer (villain, introduction, death); John Frazer (introduction); Captain Crawford; Pancho; Celeste (donkey)
- Keywords
- dynamite; Panama Canal
Indexer Notes
Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
[Paradise for Crime]
The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our story opens in a Vermont vacation resort for underprivileged youths!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Hines and his gang (villain, introduction); Slats Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Jimmy
- Keywords
- Vermont
Indexer Notes
Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
Frozen Death
The Shield / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Joe Higgins stared at the things that had but an instant before been people...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shield [Joe Higgins]; scientist
- Keywords
- freezing ray
[no title indexed]
Pep Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, gang. How's about us getting together in Pep Comics on sale at your newsstand right now!
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]
Indexer Notes
House ad for Pep Comics.
[Bobsled of Doom]
The Wizard with Roy the Super-Boy / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blane Whitney, his ward, Roy and his fiancee, Jane Barlow, are vacationing at Sun Valley.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jane Barlow; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Torgo (villain, introduction, death ?); Barton
- Keywords
- lingerie panel; skiing
Indexer Notes
Signed on splash page in the snow just under the foot of Roy.
Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
[The Bars of Prison]
The Wizard with Roy the Super-Boy / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin [as Morton] (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin [as Morton] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the state reformatory, a cowering youngster sits in the darkness...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jane Barlow; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; The Beast-Killer [Warden Lewis] (villain, introduction); Hines
Indexer Notes
On the splash page the name Morton is written on the back of the paper. Coincidence? The art is identical to the other signed Wizard story.
Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
[no title indexed]
Top-Notch Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Biggest show on Earth
- Characters
- The Black Hood [Matthew "Kip" Burland]; Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; The Firefly [Harley Hudson]; Kardak the Mystic [John Cardy]; Keith Kornell (The West Pointer); Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Fran Frazier; St. Louis Kid
Indexer Notes
House ad for Top-Notch Comics.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Shield; The Wizard -
1.
["Readers of the Shield-Wizard Comics..."]
Shield G-Man Club -
2.
[The Tunnel of Death]
The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective -
3.
[Blood Flows Through the Panama Canal]
The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective -
4.
[Paradise for Crime]
The Shield with Dusty the Boy Detective -
5.
Frozen Death
The Shield -
6.
["Hello, gang. How's about us getting together in Pep Comics on sale at your newsstand right now!"]
Pep Comics -
7.
[Bobsled of Doom]
The Wizard with Roy the Super-Boy -
8.
[The Bars of Prison]
The Wizard with Roy the Super-Boy -
9.
["Biggest show on Earth"]
Top-Notch Comics -
10.
["Audel's new machinists handy book now ready!"]
Audel's Machinists & Toolmakers Handy Book -
11.
["Make your own records at home"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- John Censullo
- Keith Chandler
- Del Gruber
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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