Shield-Wizard Comics #5 (1)

(Summer 1940)

[The Origin of the Shield] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Shield, G-Man Extraordinary / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shield [Joe Higgins] (origin told in detail for the 1st time); Lt. Tom Higgins (Joe's father, introduction, death); J. Edgar Hoover; Dick (District Attorney); Hans Fritz (villain, introduction); un-named Nazi spies (villains)

Synopsis:

When his father is killed by German spies in 1916, young Joe Higgins continues his work to create a formula to give a person super strength and invulnerability. He uses those powers to clear his late father's reputation involving the Black Tom explosion.

Reprints:

• in America's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield (Archie, 2002 series) #1 (2002)

Keywords:

Black Tom Explosion

Indexer Notes

Story takes place before Pep Comics #1.

[The Origin of the Shield: Part 2] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Shield, G-Man Extraordinary / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Ju Ju Watson (G-Man, origin, 1st chronological appearance); J. Edgar Hoover; John Ingot (introduction); Ruby Ingot (John's daughter, introduction); un-named company guards (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

Joe Higgins joins the F.B.I and goes on his first case to rescue John Ingot from kidnappers.

Reprints:

• in America's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield (Archie, 2002 series) #1 (2002)

Indexer Notes

Next Shield appearance is in Pep Comics #1.

[Lou Zepke's Murder Syndicate] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Shield, G-Man Extraordinary / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shield [Joe Higgins]; J. Edgar Hoover; un-named District Attorney; un-named Mayor; Ilia Morgan (introduction); Ju Ju Watson; Ilia's father (death); Lou Zefke (villain, introduction); un-named lawyer for Zefke (villain)

Synopsis:

Joe Higgins and Ju Ju Watson are sent to investigate why all the witnesses in Lou Zepke's trial end up dead.

Reprints:

• in America's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield (Archie, 2002 series) #1 (2002)

The Vampire Murders (Table of Contents: 4)

The Shield / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shield [Joe Higgins]

The Historical Story of Blane Whitney (Table of Contents: 5)

The Wizard / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Edd Ashe

Inks:

Edd Ashe

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Wizard [Blane Whitney] (introduction, origin); John Whitney (Blane's father, death); Mary Whitney (Blane's mother); Grover Blane (Blane's brother); General George Washington; Paul Revere; Thomas Jefferson; Samuel Adams; Ezra Sellers (villain, introduction); the Indians (villains); the British (villains)

The Battle of Bunker Hill (Table of Contents: 6)

The Wizard / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Edd Ashe

Inks:

Edd Ashe

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Characters:

The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; General George Washington; Nathan Hale; James Blane (Blane's uncle, introduction); The British (villains)

Indexer Notes

All stories take place during the Revolutionary War.

[The Treason of Benedict Arnold] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Wizard / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Harry Shorten [as H. Shorten] (signed)

Pencils:

Edd Ashe [as Ed. Ashe] (signed)

Inks:

Edd Ashe [as Ed. Ashe] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Wizard (Blane Whitney]; General George Washington; Colonel Benedict Arnold (villain); the British (villains); Ezra Sellers (villain, death); General Henry Cornwallis (villain); Major John Andre (villain, introduction)