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Issue: The Original Shield #2

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Publication Date: June 1984

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Detail

Issues: #2 of 4 Issues (8 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

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Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 2

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0271000691806

Price: $0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Victor Gorelick

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

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Variants2

The Original Shield #2 [Direct]

The Original Shield #2 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Rudy Nebres (signed)

Inker(s): Rudy Nebres (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Original Shield

Character(s): Shield

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Power Shortage!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Marty Greim

Penciller(s): Dick Ayers

Inker(s): Frank Giacoia (miscredited to Tony deZuniga)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Rod Ollerenshaw

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Original Shield

Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dan Hurley; Dusty (flashback); Boroff; Lisa Carvin; Senator Casey; Rita Volk; Ed Crisp; Klotz

Synopsis: Joe and Dan reminisce about the early days of the Shield. Then Joe and Lisa attend Senator Casey's function. Joe notices Klotz is there, but is stopped by poison gas.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

Notes: Continued from #1. Recap of Dusty's introduction to the strip and the Shield's loss of powers in Pep #30. Continued in the next story.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Victor Gorelick ?

Penciller(s): Carl Taylor (signed)

Inker(s): Sam de la Rosa (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Crusader Comments

Character(s): Shield

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1.5

Notes: Second half of second page is a house advertisement.

A Tale of Sorcery

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Madame Olga

Synopsis: Madame Olga casts a spell to stop her greatest enemy.

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Pages: 1

Death of the Shield!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Marty Greim

Penciller(s): Dick Ayers

Inker(s): Rex Lindsey

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Original Shield

Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Lisa Carvin; Ed Crisp; Rita Volk; Senator Casey; Elli Cranton (a librarian at the Library of Congress and Joe's wife -flashback); Bill Higgins (as a baby); the Eraser (flashback); Cameos: Wizard; Steel Sterling; Black Hood; Dusty; Captain Flag; Sgt. Boyle; Hangman; the Hun; Strangler; the Fang (all as images in Joe's mind).

Synopsis: As Joe passes out in front of Lisa's room from the gas attack, his mind flashes back to his early career, his marriage and the birth of his son. He awakes and goes after Klotz using information supplied by Lisa.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

Notes: Flashback to the Golden Age. Vs Klotz, the Shield's first foe from Pep #1. Flashback to the birth of Bill (Joe's son). Career recap, including the 1960s.