(1945)

Green Publishing, 1945 Series
 
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Burten Magazine Distributing Co.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Dated as "1945 Issue" on cover, but only date inside is copyright 1944.

Aside from the cover, this is a reprint of Shield-Wizard Comics (1940 series) #13 (Spring 1944).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Miss Liberty (inset)
Reprints
Keywords
National Bank

Indexer Notes

Steel Sterling appears in the cover art but does not appear in any interior stories in this comic.

Appears to be a traced swipe of Irv Novick’s original art from page 10 of the Steel Sterling story from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 Series) #46.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Miss Liberty Comic Book

Indexer Notes

There is also no "Miss Liberty" character in any interior story. The contents listed are the same as for Shield-Wizard Comics #13 and includes the cover.

The Invasion (Table of Contents: 2)

Shield / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Vigoda ?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda ?
Inks
Bill Vigoda ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Mr. Smith (coward)
Reprints

Devils of the Deep (Table of Contents: 3)

Shield / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Fritz Kessel (spy)
Reprints

Blackmail (Table of Contents: 4)

Shield / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Shield
Reprints

Merchants of Murder (Table of Contents: 5)

Wizard / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Vigoda ?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda ?
Inks
Bill Vigoda ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Mary (parrot)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda [as Wm. Vigoda] (signed)
Inks
Bill Vigoda [as Wm. Vigoda] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
MLJ Leads the Way
Reprints

Indexer Notes

House ad for 7 MLJ titles: Pep Comics, Top-Notch Laugh, Black Hood Comics, Zip Comics, Shield Wizard, Archie, and Jolly Jingles.

The Little Rug That Wasn't There (Table of Contents: 7)

Roy the Super Boy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Harrison ?
Inks
Clem Weisbecker ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Roy; Imar the Mystic
Reprints

The Vain Robot (Table of Contents: 8)

Wizard / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] (signed)
Inks
Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy the Super-Boy; Jonathon (robot); Westley (inventor)
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Miss Liberty Comic Book"]
  3. 2. The Invasion
    Shield
  4. 3. Devils of the Deep
    Shield
  5. 4. Blackmail
    Shield
  6. 5. Merchants of Murder
    Wizard
  7. 6. ["MLJ Leads the Way"]
  8. 7. The Little Rug That Wasn't There
    Roy the Super Boy
  9. 8. The Vain Robot
    Wizard
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt