Issue: #2
Published: February 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Abner Sundell
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 444867.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
The Shield |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed) | Inks: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Shield [Joe Higgins] |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
Peril in Puerto Rico |
| Featuring: |
The Shield |
| Synopsis: |
The Shield stops the Nordics from capturing a U.S. oil tanker off the coast of Puerto Rico. |
| Credits: |
Script: Harry Shorten ? | Pencils: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) | Inks: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Shield [Joe Higgins] J. Edgar Hoover The Nordics (villains) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Face in the Clouds |
| Featuring: |
The Comet |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: Jack Cole |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Comet [John Dickering] |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Mystery of the Missing Messenger |
| Featuring: |
Sergeant Boyle |
| Credits: |
Script: Abner Sundell | Pencils: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed) | Inks: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed) |
| Genre: |
War |
| Characters: |
Sergeant Boyle [Henry Boyle] |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
A Lesson in Victory |
| Featuring: |
The Midshipman |
| Credits: |
Script: Bob Wood ? | Pencils: Edd Ashe | Inks: Edd Ashe |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
The Midshipman [Lee Samson] |
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