Shield-Wizard Comics #5 (1) for Sale - First Appearance of Roy the Super-Boy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Shield-Wizard Comics (Archie, 1940 series)
Issue: #5 (1)
Publication date: Summer 1940
Key date: 1940-07-00
On-sale date: 1940-06-20
Indicia publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Roy the Super-Boy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Roy Carter - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Ju Ju Watson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Harley Hudson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Blane Whitney - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, The Shield, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Joe Higgins, Rang-A-Tang, The Shield, Steel Sterling, John Sterling, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
2	The Origin of the Shield	comic story	12	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, The Shield
3	The Origin of the Shield: Part 2	comic story	10	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, The Shield, Ju Ju Watson First
4	Lou Zefke's Murder Syndicate	comic story	8	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, The Shield, Ju Ju Watson First
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, The Shield
6	The Vampire Murders	text story	2	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, The Shield
7	The Historical Story of Blane Whitney	comic story	11	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Edd Ashe; inks: Edd Ashe	Blane Whitney First, Blane Whitney, The Wizard First, The Wizard
8	The Battle of Bunker Hill	comic story	11	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Edd Ashe; inks: Edd Ashe	Blane Whitney First, The Wizard First
9	The Treason of Benedict Arnold	comic story	8	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Edd Ashe; inks: Edd Ashe	Blane Whitney First, The Wizard First
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Edd Ashe; inks: Edd Ashe	Roy Carter First, The Firefly First, Harley Hudson First, Roy the Super-Boy First, Blane Whitney, The Wizard

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
America's 1st Patriotic Comic Book Hero, The Shield #1 ISBN 1-879794-08-x	2002	On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5	2017	On eBay ›
The Golden Age Firsts of MLJ Comics: Volume 1 ISBN 978-1721232918	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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