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Issue: Lancelot Strong, The Shield #2
Publication Date: August 1983
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Red Circle Comics GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Red Circle Productions Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/14/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia says "The Shield" only.
Numbering continues in Shield - Steel Sterling #3 (Red Circle, 1983). On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #27.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; Baxter paper interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Red Sun
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Pages: 1
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Under The Gun!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Steel Sterling
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From Issue: FlagZip Comics #1 published February 1940
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A Steel Sterling story index from Zip Comics. Located on the inside front cover.
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Screen Test For A Tin Hero Chapter One: The Concrete Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling; Pop Casey; Ms. Samson; the Young Steelers [Asa; Wong; Carmen; Red Wing; April; Arthur] (a group of teenagers); Honcho (Steel's dog); Aunt Annie
Synopsis: It's a day in the life of Steel Sterling: he wakes up, feeds the dog, works out at a local gym, meets the Steelers, decides to try out for a movie, and tangles with a group of motorcycle hoods.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Intro supporting character Ms Samson, the Young Steelers (a group of teenagers) and Steel's dog Honcho.
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Under The Gun!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Black Hood (cover reproduction)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Black Hood #2 published August 1983
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes a letter from Jim Amash and a cover repro of Black Hood # 2.
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Dark Day of the Red Sun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Dr. Laureen Smith; Dr. Ishida; Red Sun [Toshiyuki Shigeta] (introduction); General Smith; Cameos (as images on a screen): Original Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Captain Flag; Yank (Flag's pet eagle); Inferno; Comet
Synopsis: During World War II, German and Japanese scientists developed a fighting machine called "Red Sun". However, the submarine it was on is sent to the bottom of the ocean after being caught in the atomic blast on Hiroshima. Years later, a young diver finds the sub's wreckage and accidentally activates the suit. Meanwhile, Lancelot and Laureen go out on a date. Later still, The Shield loses control of his powers during a training workout. Nevertheless, he's called to duty when Red Sun attacks San Francisco
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Pages: 18
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Steel Sterling

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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