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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published April 1984
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Rich Buckler; Robin Snyder

Cover Details

Characters Shield [Joe Higgins]
Genre superhero
Pencils Rudy Nebres (signed)
Inks Rudy Nebres (signed)

2 page Original Shield story "America's Guardian"

Characters Shield [Joe Higgins]; Col. Henry Boyle; Lisa Carvin; Boroff
Genre superhero
Script Marty Greim
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Ricardo Villagran
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Two-page featurette giving background on the Original Shield for readers who haven't followed the Mighty Crusaders.

12 page Original Shield story "End Game Chapter 6"

Characters 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.
Genre superhero
Script Marty Greim
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Continued from Mighty Crusaders. This is the conclusion of this storyline.

1 page letters page "Star-Spangled Readers!"

Letters typeset

12 page Original Shield story "Origins"

Characters 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 3 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.
Genre superhero
Script Marty Greim
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Origin recap from Pep #1. Continued in #2.