Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1943-11-05
Editing: Harry Shorten (editor)
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Archie; The Shield / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie sure is flying high!!
  • Keywords:kites
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 1.

This appears to be the issue that drops the "Inc.", although the available indicia scan does not include the far right edge where we would be able to verify. However, the typographical alignment compared to nearby issues makes it pretty certain that there is no "Inc." as the starting points of later lines would show up differently if it were present.

Bulletin No. 24
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Shield G-Man Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Murder on Parade
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The Shield / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Irv Novick (signed)
Inks:
Irv Novick (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Dr. Richie; Apo (an ape); Hilda Richie; Jeff Morgan
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[Col. Bungsnort's Nose Job]
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Catfish Joe / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure

War Correspondent
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Captain Commando / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero; war
Characters:
The Boy Soldiers Newsy Norton (introduction, death); The Nazis (villain)
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[Saved by Captain Thud]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Marco Loco / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; historical
Characters:
Captain Thud

Archie the Painter
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Oscar (Archie's dog)
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead paint the floors while Archie's parents are away.
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[The Chief and the Cigar]
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Li'l Chief Bugaboo / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor

Genies Don't Kill
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Maurice Howard (house name)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:detective-mystery

The Medusa's Curse
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Hangman / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Leonard Myers; Derby; H. E. Hempstead; Prof. N. Myers
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Archie sure is flying high!!"]
    Archie; The Shield
  2. Bulletin No. 24
    Shield G-Man Club
  3. Murder on Parade
    The Shield
  4. [Col. Bungsnort's Nose Job]
    Catfish Joe
  5. War Correspondent
    Captain Commando
  6. [Saved by Captain Thud]
    Marco Loco
  7. Archie the Painter
    Archie
  8. [The Chief and the Cigar]
    Li'l Chief Bugaboo
  9. Genies Don't Kill
  10. The Medusa's Curse
    Hangman
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  • John Censullo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Dan Kocher
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mike O'Regan
  • Tony R. Rose
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