Publishers / Archie / Shield-Wizard Comics (1940) / #4
4Summer 1941
$0.10

Shield-Wizard Comics #4

Archie · Summer 1941 · on sale 1941-06-20

First appearance: The HangmanFirst appearance: Bob Dickering
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Identification plate

Series
Shield-Wizard Comics (Archie, 1940 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
Summer 1941
Key date
1941-07-00
On-sale date
1941-06-20
Indicia publisher
M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Hangman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bob Dickering - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickRoy Carter, Dusty, Joe Higgins, Roy the Super-Boy, The Shield, Dustin Simmons, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
1Shield G-Man Clubpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]; letters: ?; typesetJoe Higgins, The Shield
2The Tunnel of Deathcomic story15script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickDusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons, Betty Warren, Ju Ju Watson
3Blood Flows Through the Panama Canalcomic story14script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickDusty, Joe Higgins, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Shield, Dustin Simmons, Ju Ju Watson
4Paradise for Crimecomic story6script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickDusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
5Frozen Deathtext story2pencils: S. D. (signed); inks: S. D. (signed); letters: typesetJoe Higgins, The Shield
6Pep Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1Bob Dickering First, Dusty, The Hangman First, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
7Bobsled of Doomcomic story13script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinJane Barlow, Roy Carter, Roy the Super-Boy, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
8The Bars of Prisoncomic story12script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinJane Barlow, Roy Carter, Roy the Super-Boy, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
9Top-Notch Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1The Black Hood, Bob Phantom, Matthew "Kip" Burland, John Cardy, Roy Carter, The Firefly, Harley Hudson, Kardak the Mystic, Keith Kornell, Roy the Super-Boy, Blane Whitney, Walt Whitney, The Wizard

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Shield: Volume 3
ISBN 978-1545149492		2017On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #34 of 13#5 ›

Sources

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