Issue | #46 |
Published | February 1944 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 60 |
Editing | Harry Shorten |
Characters | The Shield; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones |
Genre | Superhero; Humor |
Pencils | Harry Sahle (signed) |
Inks | Harry Sahle (signed) |
Characters | The Shield; Dusty |
Synopsis | Coupon to enroll in the Shield G-Man Club. |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover. |
Characters | Silky Malone (villain, introduction); Miser (villain, introduction); The Shield; Dusty |
Synopsis | A safety-pin that seems to be followed by bad luck helps The Shield and Dusty solve a crime. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Irv Novick ? |
Inks | Irv Novick ? |
Reprinted | in Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
Characters | Karl Van Hoosen (Introduction, death) |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Sy Clein ? (signed) |
Inks | Sy Clein ? (signed) |
Notes | Signed on the first page but signature is illegible. |
Characters | Dutch Kane (as a corpse); Doc Einstone (introduction); Rabbit (introduction); Southpaw Sears (introduction); Hangman |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Bob Fujitani [as B. Fuje] |
Inks | Bob Fujitani [as B. Fuje] |
Characters | The Shield |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Vivian Berg [as Vivian] |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Gabby (introduction); Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones |
Synopsis | Archie gets a cheque for $50 from his grandfather, makes a list of what he wants to buy for his friends, but most of the money is gone by the time he buys the gifts. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Harry Sahle [as Sahle]; Ed Goggin [as Goggin] |
Pencils | Harry Sahle [as Sahle] |
Inks | Virginia Drury [as Ginger] |
Notes | Signed in the last panel |
Synopsis | Promo for other MLJ Comics with a runner winning a race with an MLJ Logo for a head. |
Characters | Captain Barney Keel (introduction); Catfish Joe; Kitty Keel; Gabby |
Synopsis | Captain Barney Keel is driving a tugboat along the land when a dam breaks and he and Catfish Joe find themselves floating around on a newly created lake rescuing animals. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Larry Harris (credited) |
Pencils | Larry Harris (credited) |
Inks | Larry Harris (credited) |
Notes | To be continued in the next issue. |
Reprinted | in Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
Synopsis | Three fun facts about animals as submitted by readers. Address says to submit to "Catfish Joe", so presumably this was a sub-feature of that strip. |
Genre | Fact |
Notes | When reprinted in Black Hood, all the addresses of the kids who submitted the stories were changed to Canadian cities to make it seem more home-grown there. |
Reprinted | in Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
Characters | Li'l Chief Bugaboo; Fido |
Synopsis | Li'l Chief Bugaboo and Fido find a bear cub and accidentally anger its mom. |
Genre | Humor |
Script | Theresa Woik ? |
Pencils | Dave Higgins (signed) |
Inks | Dave Higgins (signed) |
Notes | See notes in Black Hood #[nn] index for changes done to reprint. |
Reprinted | in Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
Characters | The Medusa (Introduction, villain); Snooch; Marco Loco |
Synopsis | Marco Loco and Snooch are hypnotised by the Medusa but then capture her and take her to the King to collect a reward. |
Genre | Humor; Period |
Script | Carl Hubbell? |
Pencils | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
Inks | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
Notes | See notes in Black Hood #[nn] index for changes done to reprint. |
Reprinted | in Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
Letters | ?; Typeset |
Notes | On back cover of comic. |