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Issue: Shield-Wizard Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #4 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: 06/20/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: 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): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield; Dusty; Wizard; Roy
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shield G-Man Club
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]
First Line: Readers of the Shield-Wizard Comics...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for the Shield G-Man Club, including a membership form.
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The Tunnel of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Fang (villain, introduction ?); Von Kurtner (villain, introduction); a foreman (villain, introduction, death); Ju Ju Watson; Dusty; Shield [Joe Higgins]; Paddy; Betty Warren
First Line: Dusk lays a heavy pall over the murky waters of the Hudson.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
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Blood Flows Through the Panama Canal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Dick Frazer (villain, introduction, death); John Frazer (introduction); Franklin D. Roosevelt (guest star); Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Ju Ju Watson; Capt. Crawford; Pancho; Celeste (donkey)
First Line: Thick darkness veils a slumbering city and the rodent of society...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
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Paradise for Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Hines and his gang (villain, introduction); Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Slats Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Jimmy
First Line: Our story opens in a Vermont vacation resort for underprivileged youths!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
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Frozen Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): S. D. (signed)
Inker(s): S. D. (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shield
Character(s): The Shield [Joe Higgins]; scientist
First Line: Joe Higgins stared at the things that had but an instant before been people...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pep Comics
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Hangman [Bob Dickering]
First Line: Hello, gang. How's about us getting together in Pep Comics on sale at your newsstand right now!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Pep Comics.
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Bobsled of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wizard
Character(s): Torgo (villain, introduction, death ?); Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy; Jane Barlow; Barton
First Line: Blane Whitney, his ward, Roy and his fiancee, Jane Barlow, are vacationing at Sun Valley.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Signed on splash page in the snow just under the foot of Roy.
Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
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The Bars of Prison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Morton] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Morton] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wizard
Character(s): The Beast-Killer [Warden Lewis] (villain, introduction); Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy; Jane Barlow; Hines
First Line: In the state reformatory, a cowering youngster sits in the darkness...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: On the splash page the name Morton is written on the back of the paper. Coincidence? The art is identical to the other signed Wizard story.
Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #2.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Top-Notch Comics
Character(s): Keith Kornell; Black Hood; Kardak; Fran Frazier; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy; St. Louis Kid; Firefly; Bob Phantom
First Line: Biggest show on Earth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Top-Notch Comics.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Audel's Machinists & Toolmakers Handy Book
First Line: Audel's new machinists handy book now ready!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bob; Judie Ellington (photo)
First Line: Make your own records at home
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Home Recorder.

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