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Issue: America's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1
Publication Date: January 2002
 
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: 187979408X
UPC/EAN: 978187979408551295
Price: $12.95 USD
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Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Paul Castiglia
Disclose Notes: Reprints the Shield's adventures from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #1-5 and Shield-Wizard Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #1.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: Glossy cardstock cover; White matte interior
Binding: Softcover Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Stephanie Heike (signed)
Mark Heike (signed)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
The Shield (Joe Higgins); unnamed thug; unnamed Nazi officer
The Shield crashes a spy ring.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Hey, Fellers!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
typeset
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield G-Man Club solicitation.
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #15 published May 1941
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Overstreet
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Robert Overstreet gives a historical context to the reprinted stories in this volume.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Castiglia
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Editor Castiglia gives his own historical context to the stories reprinted in this volume.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Cover to Pep Comics #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Irv Novick (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
?
typeset
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #1 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
G-Man Extraordinary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten
Irv Novick (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
?
?
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
The Shield [Joe Higgins] (some origin details revealed); J. Edgar Hoover; Klotz (villain; introduction)
The Shield is sent to stop a Stokian spy ring.
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #1 published January 1940
was G-Man Extraordinary [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Cover to Pep Comics #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Irv Novick (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
?
typeset
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #2 published February 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Peril In Porto Rico

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten ?
Irv Novick (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
?
?
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]; J. Edgar Hoover; The Nordics (villain)
The Shield stops the Nordics from capturing a US oil tanker off the coast of Porto Rico.
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #2 published February 1940
was Peril in Puerto Rico [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Spelling of Puerto Rico is fictionalized as "Porto Rico" for the story.
Cover to Pep Comics #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Irv Novick (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
?
typeset
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #3 published April 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Mines Of Count Zongarr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten ?
Irv Novick (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
?
?
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]; Count Zongarr (villain, introduction, death); J. Edgar Hoover
A mysterious plane is dropping mines in New York harbor.
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #3 published April 1940
was The Mines of Count Zongarr [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Cover to Pep Comics #4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Irv Novick (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
?
typeset
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #4 published May 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Mosconian Menace, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
?
?
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]; The Wizard; Keith Kornell [the West Pointer]; J. Edgar Hoover; The Mosconians (villain)
Msoconian spies try to sabotage a volcano and destroy Pearl Harbor.
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #4 published May 1940
was The Mosconian Menace: Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Cover to Pep Comics #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Irv Novick (signed)
Irv Novick (signed)
?
?
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #5 published June 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Mosconian Menace, Part 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
?
Abner Sundell
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]; The Wizard; The Mosconians (villain)
The Mosconians send a submarine to sink a passenger ship that the Shield is on. The Shield travels to Washington DC and puts and end to the Mosconians' plan to blow up Congress.
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #5 published June 1940
was The Mosconian Menace, Part 6 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Cover to Shield-Wizard Comics #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
?
Harry Shorten
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield; The Wizard
Wizard; The Shield [Joe Higgins]
Reprinting
FlagShield-Wizard Comics #5 (1) published January 1940
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Origin Of The Shield

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten ?
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
?
Harry Shorten
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
The Shield (Origin told in detail for the 1st time); Lt. Tom Higgins (Introduction; Death; the Shield's father); J. Edgar Hoover; Hans Fritz (villain; introduction); Nazi spies (villain)
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.
Reprinting
FlagShield-Wizard Comics #5 (1) published January 1940
was The Origin of the Shield [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
The Origin Of The Shield, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten ?
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
?
Harry Shorten
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]; Ju Ju Watson (origin; 1st chron. app.); John Ingot (introduction); Rory Ingot (introduction); Company guards (villain; introduction); J. Edgar Hoover
Joe Higgins joins the F.B.I and goes on his first case to rescue John Ingot from kidnappers.
Reprinting
FlagShield-Wizard Comics #5 (1) published January 1940
was The Origin of the Shield: Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Lou Zepke's Murder Syndicate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten ?
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
?
Harry Shorten
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
Shield [Joe Higgins]; Lou Zepke (villain; introduction); J. Edgar Hoover; Ilia Morgan (introduction); Ju Ju Watson; Ilia Morgan
Joe Higgins and Ju Ju Watson are sent to investigate why all the witnesses in Lou Zepke's trial end up dead.
Reprinting
FlagShield-Wizard Comics #5 (1) published January 1940
was Lou Zepke's Murder Syndicate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Farewell!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
typeset
Harry Shorten
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Ad informing readers that the Shield G-Man Club has been converted to the Archie Club.
Reprinting
FlagPep Comics #66 published March 1948
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.

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