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Issue: Shield-Wizard Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #2 of 13 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/20/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: Present-day Wizard only appears in cameo; Dusty does not appear with Shield inside.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Camy (signed)
Inker(s): Al Camy (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield; Wizard
Character(s): Shield; Roy; Wizard
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Shield's Origin Retold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten (signed)
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): The Shield (Origin retold in brief)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Deadly Plot of Dr. Wang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Shield
Character(s): Dr. Wang (Villain; Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Death Sets the Stage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): C. B. Wily (Villain; Intro); Mamie Mazda (Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Case of the Gridiron Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Coach Saunders (Villain; Intro); a football player (Villain; Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Case of the Ingenious Ghost

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Shield
Character(s): The Shield
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Pages: 2
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Introducing Tommy! The Original Super-Boy of History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe
Inker(s): Edd Ashe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wizard II
Character(s): The Wizard II [Blane Whitney, Jr.] (Intro; Origin); Tommy (Tommy Blair); Betsy Hull (Wizard II's bride-to-be; Intro); Governor Hull (Intro); James Madison (Guest Appearance); Capt. Perry (Guest Appearance); Gen. Harrison (Guest Appearance); Joshua Roberts (Villain; Intro); Tecumseh (Villain); the British (Villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: takes place during War of 1812
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The Battle of Bladensburg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe
Inker(s): Edd Ashe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wizard II
Character(s): Tommy (Guest Star); James Madison (Guest Star); Dolly Madison (Guest Star); Francis Scott Key (Guest Star); Joshua Roberts (Villain; Death); the British (Villain)
Synopsis: Wizard II marries Betsy Hull.
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Pages: 13

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