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Issue: Shield - Steel Sterling #3
Publication Date: December 1983
 
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Issues: #3 of 1 Issue
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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: 07/26/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.00 USD
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Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Last issue with the Shield. Numbering continues in Steel Sterling #4 (Red Circle, 1984). On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #31.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Baxter interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Negatron; Dr. Laureen Smith
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.
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Under the Gun!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Steel Sterling
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Continues the Steel Sterling checklist and the unpublished cover to Steel Sterling #1 (Mighty Comics, 1966). The story for that cover was used in Mighty Crusaders #7 (Mighty Comics, 1966). Includes correspondence from fans.
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Dark Day of the Red Sun II Target: USA

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shield [Lancelot Strong] (dies in this story); Red Sun [Soulless Samurai] (villain, death); Negatron [Deathstar] (villain, death); Dr. Laureen Smith; Professor Ishida (death); Dr. Malcolm Fleming (cameo flashback); Mrs. Fleming (cameo flashback); Steel Sterling; General Smith
Synopsis: As a sick Shield goes in for what appears to be routine surgery, the doctors realizes he sicker than he knows. Using the last of his powers, he goes to stop the Souless Samurai and Deathstar, sacrificing his life in the process.
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Pages: 18
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Steel Sterling
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes 4 thumbnail-sized black and white cover reproductions from Zip Comics.
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Screen Test for a Tin Hero Chapter Three: Showdown at Sunrise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling; Gayla Gaynor; Mr. von Zeller; Ms. Samson; Honcho; the Young Steelers
Synopsis: Steel Sterling makes short work of the motorcycle gang, meets some more of the neighborhood folk, interferes with a CIA sting, and auditions for the Tin Man movie.
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Pages: 12
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for Blue Ribbon Comics # 2 (Mr. Justice).

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