(June 1983)

Archie, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
On-sale Date
1983-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Red Circle Productions Inc.
Brand
Red Circle Comics Group [1980's]
Editing
Robin Snyder (Editor); Richard Goldwater (Editor-in-Chief)

Issue Notes

Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. On-sale date, month only, from Amazing Heroes #21.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Shield / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Weiss (signed)
Inks
John Severin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Dr. Laureen Smith; Negatron
Cover Thumbnail for Lancelot Strong, The Shield (Archie, 1983 series) #1
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Crusader Chronicles (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
David M. Singer
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the character. Located on this inside front cover.

The Deathstar Dilemma (Table of Contents: 2)

Shield / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Timmons; Rich Buckler
Pencils
Alan Weiss
Inks
Sam de la Rosa
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Victor Gorelick
Genre
superhero
Characters
Shield [Lancelot Strong]; General Smith; Dr. Laureen Smith; Negatron [Dr. Collins] (also called Deathstar in #3 and later)
Synopsis
The Shield faces Negatron, a Soviet spy turned into a living black hole.

Indexer Notes

Develops from the setting in The Double Life of Private Strong.

Star-Spangled Readers! (Table of Contents: 3)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robin Snyder
Pencils
Alex Toth (cover reproduction)
Inks
Alex Toth (cover reproduction)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Black Hood

Indexer Notes

Includes a cover reproduction of Black Hood #1 (Red Circle, 1983)

Steel Sterling Faces the Man Mountain of Muscle Men: Humongous (Table of Contents: 4)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Timmons; Rich Buckler
Pencils
Adrian Gonzales
Inks
Rudy Nebres
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling; Police Sgt. Steven Behler; David Wagner; "Chip" Carson; Gayla; Humongous; Dr. Reese
Synopsis
As two movie producers consider using Steel in a movie, Steel hunts down a man-monster named Humongous.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Shield / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Weiss (signed)
Inks
Alan Weiss (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Dr. Laureen Smith

Indexer Notes

The back cover looks like an out-take of the front cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Shield
  2. 1. Crusader Chronicles
  3. 2. The Deathstar Dilemma
    Shield
  4. 3. Star-Spangled Readers!
  5. 4. Steel Sterling Faces the Man Mountain of Muscle Men: Humongous
    Steel Sterling
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Shield
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