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Issue Details

Issue #46
Published February 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Harry Shorten

Cover Details

Characters The Shield; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Genre Superhero; Humor
Pencils Harry Sahle (signed)
Inks Harry Sahle (signed)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Shield G-Man Club"

Characters The Shield; Dusty
Synopsis Coupon to enroll in the Shield G-Man Club.
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover.

10 page Shield story "Tales of a Safety Pin"

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]

8 page Captain Commando and the Boy Soldiers story "Ferryboat Admiral"

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.

9 page Hangman story "Dead Men's Eyes Tell Tales"

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]

2 page Shield text story "The Ghost of Henry Schmidt"

Characters The Shield
Genre Superhero
Script Vivian Berg [as Vivian]
Letters typeset

7 page Archie story "Christmas Cheers"

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

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "MLJ Leads the Way"

Synopsis Promo for other MLJ Comics with a runner winning a race with an MLJ Logo for a head.

5 page Catfish Joe story The Landgoing Tugboat] ["Ahoy mate!"

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]

Half page Animal-Antix filler "I'm Jim Crow, Hello!"

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]

6 page Li'l Chief Bugaboo story The Bear Cub] ["Bugaboo and Fido the friendly lion are off once more in search of adventure in the forest!!!"

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]

6 page Marco Loco story Marriage of the Medusa] ["Funny, Snooch I'd swear I've pulled this pirate out..."

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]

1 page advertisement "Remove Ugly Blackheads or No Cost"

Letters ?; Typeset

1 page advertisement "Get Super Strength through these 4 Easy Steps"

1 page advertisement "New Commando Krak-A-Jap Machine Gun"

Notes On back cover of comic.