On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 459479. Was recorded as issue #5 by the Copyright Office.
...And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, yet our flag and the Shield stand so steadfastly there.
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Shield [Joe Higgins] (origin told in detail for the first time); J. Edgar Hoover; Lt. Tom Higgins (Joe's father, introduction, death); Dick (District Attorney); Hans Fritz (villain, introduction); unnamed 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.
The F.B.I. needs men like you, Joe.... but you'll have to take the exams just like anybody else...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Ju Ju Watson (G-Man, introduction, origin); J. Edgar Hoover; John Ingot (introduction); Ruby Ingot (John's daughter, introduction); unnamed 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.
.......That this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Ju Ju Watson; J. Edgar Hoover; unnamed District Attorney; unnamed Mayor; Ilia Morgan (introduction); Ilia's father (death); Lou Zefke (villain, introduction); unnamed lawyer for Zefke (villain)
Synopsis
Joe Higgins and Ju Ju Watson are sent to investigate why all the witnesses in Lou Zefke's trial end up dead.
The Wizard [Blane Whitney] (18th century, introduction, origin); The Wizard [Blane Whitney] (20th century, cameo); John Whitney (Blane's father, death); Mary Whitney (Blane's mother); Grover Whitney (Blane's brother); General George Washington; Paul Revere; Thomas Jefferson; Samuel Adams; Ezra Sellers (villain, introduction); the Indians (villains); the British (villains)
Synopsis
The story of the first Wizard who fought in the Revolutionary War.
The Wizard [Blane Whitney] (18th century); General George Washington; Nathan Hale; James Blane (Blane's uncle, introduction); The British (villains); General Rahl; Ezra Sellers
Synopsis
The Wizard helps out with several battles of the Revolutionary War.
Indexer Notes
All stories take place during the Revolutionary War.
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong!
Genre
historical; superhero
Characters
The Wizard [Blane Whitney] (18th century); General George Washington; Colonel Benedict Arnold (villain); the British (villains); Ezra Sellers (villain, death); General Henry Cornwallis (villain); Major John Andre (villain, introduction); Mad Anthony Wayne; General Gates; Admiral De Grasse
Synopsis
The Wizard helps with more battles in the Revolutionary War.