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Issue: The Original Shield #2
Publication Date: June 1984
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Issues: #2 of 4 Issues (8 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Adventure SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
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Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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
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Power Shortage!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
Disclose 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.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlue Ribbon Comics #8 [Direct] published May 1984
as Crusader Comments [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagBlue Ribbon Comics #9 [Direct] published June 1984
as Crusader Comments [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Second half of second page is a house advertisement.
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A Tale of Sorcery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
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Death of the Shield!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
Disclose 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.

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