Shield-Wizard Comics
#5 (1)
(Summer 1940)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-06-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten (editor)
Issue Notes
Mistakenly numbered as #5 in indicia.
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.
Dusty does not appear with Shield.
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.
Dusty does not appear with Shield.
[no title indexed]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie]; The Wizard / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shield [Joe Higgins] (also in inset); The Wizard [Blane Whitney] (also in inset); The Spirit of '76
- Reprints
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in America's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield (Archie, 2002 series) #1 (2002) - in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2006 - The Golden Age Firsts of MLJ Comics: Volume 1 ([June] 2018), #2006 - The Golden Age Firsts of MLJ Comics: Volume 1 ([June] 2018)
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- Keywords
- United States flag
[The Origin of the Shield]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Black Tom Explosion
Indexer Notes
Story takes place chronologically before Pep Comics #1.
[The Origin of the Shield: Part 2]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 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.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Next chronological Shield appearance is in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940).
[Lou Zefke's Murder Syndicate]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- .......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.
- Reprints
The Vampire Murders
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irv Novick
- Inks
- Irv Novick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shield [Joe Higgins]; J. Edgar Hoover; John Bascom; Jean Bascom
- Synopsis
- The Shield fights a vampire.
The Historical Story of Blane Whitney
The Wizard / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- historical; superhero
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Wizard / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- historical; superhero
- Characters
- 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.
[The Treason of Benedict Arnold]
The Wizard / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten (signed as H. Shorten)
- Pencils
- Edd Ashe (signed as Ed. Ashe)
- Inks
- Edd Ashe (signed as Ed. Ashe)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 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.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie]; The Wizard -
1.
["Four of the fastest selling comic magazines"]
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2.
[The Origin of the Shield]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] -
3.
[The Origin of the Shield: Part 2]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] -
4.
[Lou Zefke's Murder Syndicate]
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] -
5.
["The Shield G-Man extraordinary appears every issue in Pep Comics"]
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6.
The Vampire Murders
The Shield [MLJ/Archie] -
7.
The Historical Story of Blane Whitney
The Wizard -
8.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Wizard -
9.
[The Treason of Benedict Arnold]
The Wizard -
10.
["The Wizard the man with the super-brain appears every issue in Top-Notch Comics"]
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11.
["Free catalog of novelties"]
Johnson Smith & Co. -
12.
["Act now! On this bargain offer."]
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