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Issue: The Original Shield #1
Publication Date: April 1984
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues (12 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Adventure SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/10/1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-01-31.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Original Shield
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]
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Pages: 1
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America's Guardian

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Original Shield
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Col. Henry Boyle; Lisa Carvin; Boroff
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two-page featurette giving background on the Original Shield for readers who haven't followed the Mighty Crusaders.
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End Game Chapter 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Original Shield
Character(s): Shield; Boroff; Don; Professor Newton; DELTA-3
Synopsis: Realizing there is a mole in the FBI, Joe finds him and gets him to talk. Then the FBI and the Shield storm Boroff's headquarters and save Profesor Newton, but not before DELTA-3 learns the exact whereabouts of 42642.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Continued from Mighty Crusaders. This is the conclusion of this storyline.
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Star-Spangled Readers!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Origins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Original Shield
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Lisa Carvin; J. Edgar Hoover (flashback); Tom Higgins (Joe's father, flashback); Klotz (a Nazi scientist)
Synopsis: Joe is concerned when he reads an FBI bulletin regarding three robots he defeated on his very first adventure are being moved from storage. He joins Lisa as her escort to a black-tie function in Washington D.C. so he can check on the robots and ensure they pose no threat.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Origin recap from Pep #1. Continued in #2.

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