Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	April 1967
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details

Characters	Shield; Hangman; Red Shadow; Falseface
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Paul Reinman
Inks	Paul Reinman

12 page Shield story "The Doom Shadow of P.E.R.I.L."

Characters	Shield [Joe Higgins]; Red Shadow; P.E.R.I.L.; Blender; Vibrateer; Dragonfly; Nancy Zenith
Synopsis	P.E.R.I.L. sends out the Blender and The Vibrateer to recruit the Shield to their organization. If he refuses, then the Red Shadow will destroy him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Reinman
Inks	Joe Giella

3 page Web story "How The Web Became The Web"

Characters	Web [John Raymond]; Rosie Raymond; Rosie's mom; Tom Raymond (John's brother, flashback); John's mother (flashback)
Synopsis	Dressed as the Web, John tells his wife and mother-in-law how he became the Web, in hopes of convincing them of the need for his war on crime.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Reinman
Inks	Paul Reinman

10 page Hangman story "The Nine Lives of Falseface"

Characters	The Hangman; Falseface
Synopsis	The Hangman battles a paid assassin who is also a master of disguise.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Reinman
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	The Hangman has apparently reformed and is now a heroic character.
Reprinted	in Archie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1979 series) #2

2 page letters page "Mighty Readers; Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes a Statement of Ownership. Appears between pages 5 and 6 of the previous sequence.