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Issue: Shield-Wizard Comics #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #12 of 13 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Riverboat Racketeers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Harrison ?
Inker(s): Clem Weisbecker ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Warner (card shark); Mr. Carson (accomplice)
Synopsis: On a river cruise boat, Shield and Dusty meet two cunning cardcheats.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Haunted Penthouse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Harrison ?
Inker(s): Clem Weisbecker ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jed Peters (death, in flashback); Mr. Randall (death by suicide); Mary Randall (dead man's daughter); John Randall (Mary's uncle, dead man's brother); Jane Randall (wife of John, daughter of Jed Peters); Mr. Peters (son of Jed Peters, brother of Jane)
Synopsis: A man is found dead from suicide, but Dusty discovers there is more to the story.
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Pages: 9
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The Gangster's Dilemma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Vigoda (signed byline)
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle ?
Inker(s): Harry Sahle ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rypling Brooks (gang boss); Rocky; Mrs. Van Pilco; Regan; Thomson
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Signed as "by Bill Vigoda", but the art has very little resemblence to his signed Wizard stories in this issue. Artwork has much in common with Sahle's signed covers and credited story in Green Hornet #10.
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True Fact Story

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Anonymous
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): James "Dago" Gillespie
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Vigoda (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda (signed) ?
Inker(s): Bill Vigoda (signed) ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Prof. Degnared
First Line: How often have you said, "If I only had the time!"
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The artwork is very similar to Eddie Robbins.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Vigoda (signed byline)
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda (signed) ?
Inker(s): Bill Vigoda (signed) ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnson (overseer); Garner (plantation owner); So-Goli (voodoo priest)
First Line: Well, Roy and the Wizard decided to take their vacation --
Synopsis: Wizard and Roy meet a voodoo priest.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Artwork looks more like Eddie Robbins.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Vigoda (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): a devil
First Line: Most of you have been told at one time or another that you have no conscience!
Synopsis: Roy meets his double, who explains he is Roy's conscience from Heaven. They first go to Heaven, then they visit Hades, where Roy fights a devil.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Looks much like Ed Robbins art.

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