(Summer 1940)

Archie, 1940 Series
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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.
Editing
Harry Shorten

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Shield; The Wizard / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Wizard [Blane Whitney] (also in inset); The Shield [Joe Higgins] (also in inset); The Spirit of '76
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[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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Whitney (Blane's brother); General George Washington; Paul Revere; Thomas Jefferson; Samuel Adams; Ezra Sellers (villain, introduction); the Indians (villains); the British (villains)
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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)
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Shield; The Wizard
  2. 1. [The Origin of the Shield]
    The Shield, G-Man Extraordinary
  3. 2. [The Origin of the Shield: Part 2]
    The Shield, G-Man Extraordinary
  4. 3. [Lou Zepke's Murder Syndicate]
    The Shield, G-Man Extraordinary
  5. 4. The Vampire Murders
    The Shield
  6. 5. The Historical Story of Blane Whitney
    The Wizard
  7. 6. The Battle of Bunker Hill
    The Wizard
  8. 7. [The Treason of Benedict Arnold]
    The Wizard
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