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Issue: The Original Shield #1

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Publication Date: April 1984

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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues (8 Printings)

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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: 01/31/1984

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0271000691804

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): Rich Buckler; Robin Snyder

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40, with shipping date of 1984-01-10.

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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

2 The Original Shield #1 [Direct]

The Original Shield #1 [Newsstand]

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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 [Joe Higgins]

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Pages: 1

America's Guardian

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Marty Greim

Penciller(s): Dick Ayers

Inker(s): Ricardo Villagran

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Original Shield

Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Col. Henry Boyle; Lisa Carvin; Boroff

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Pages: 2

Notes: Two-page featurette giving background on the Original Shield for readers who haven't followed the Mighty Crusaders.

End Game Chapter 6

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Marty Greim

Penciller(s): Dick Ayers

Inker(s): Tony deZuniga

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Original Shield

Character(s): Shield; Boroff; Don; Professor Newton; DELTA-3

Synopsis: Realizing there is a mole in the FBI, Joe finds him and gets him to talk. Then the FBI and the Shield storm Boroff's headquarters and save Profesor Newton, but not before DELTA-3 learns the exact whereabouts of 42642.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Continued from Mighty Crusaders. This is the conclusion of this storyline.

Star-Spangled Readers!

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Rich Buckler ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Origins

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Marty Greim

Penciller(s): Dick Ayers

Inker(s): Tony deZuniga

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Original Shield

Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Lisa Carvin; J. Edgar Hoover (flashback); Tom Higgins (Joe's father, flashback); Klotz (a Nazi scientist)

Synopsis: Joe is concerned when he reads an FBI bulletin regarding 3 robots he defeated on his very first adventure are being moved from storage. He joins Lisa as her escort to a black-tie function in Washington D.C. so he can check on the robots and ensure they pose no threat.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Origin recap from Pep #1. Continued in #2.