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Synopsis
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. He uses those powers to clear his late father's reputation involving the Black Tom explosion.
Notes
Mistakenly numbered as #5 in indicia.
On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 459479. Was recorded as issue #5 by the Copyright Office.
Dusty does not appear with Shield.
Reprinted in
- America's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1
- Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
- Gwandanaland Comics #2006
Credits
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Irv Novick, Edd Ashe
- Inks
- Irv Novick, Edd Ashe
- Editor
- Harry Shorten
Characters
- The Shield
- Blane Whitney
- The Wizard
- Joe Higgins
- Steel Sterling
- Rang-A-Tang
- John Sterling
- Ju Ju Watson
- Blane Whitney
- The Wizard
- Roy the Super-Boy
- The Firefly
- Harley Hudson
- Roy Carter
Ratings
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