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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published June 1984
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick

Cover Details

Characters Shield
Genre superhero
Pencils Rudy Nebres (signed)
Inks Rudy Nebres (signed)

12 page Original Shield, The story "Power Shortage"

Characters Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dan Hurley; Dusty (flashback); Boroff; Lisa Carvin; Senator Casey; Rita Volk; Ed Crisp; Klotz
Synopsis Joe and Dan reminisce about the early days of the Shield. Then Joe and Lisa attend Senator Casey's function. Joe notices Klotz is there, but is stopped by poison gas.
Genre superhero
Script Marty Greim
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Frank Giacoia (miscredited to Tony deZuniga)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw
Notes Continued from #1. Recap of Dusty's introduction to the strip and the Shield's loss of powers in Pep #30. Continued in the next story.

1 page letters page "Crusader Comments"

Characters Shield
Pencils C. Taylor (signed)
Inks Sam DeLaRosa (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes 2nd 1/2 of 2nd page is a house ad.

1 page story "A Tale of Sorcery"

Characters Madame Olga
Synopsis Madame Olga casts a spell to stop her greatest enemy.
Genre occult
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

12 page The Original Shield story "Death of the Shield"

Characters Shield [Joe Higgins]; Lisa Carvin; Ed Crisp; Rita Volk; Senator Casey; Elli Cranton (a librarian at the Library of Congress and Joe's wife -flashback); Bill Higgins (as a baby); the Eraser (flashback); Cameos: Wizard; Steel Sterling; Black Hood; Dusty; Captain Flag; Sgt. Boyle; Hangman; the Hun; Strangler; the Fang (all as images in Joe's mind).
Synopsis As Joe passes out in front of Lisa's room from the gas attack, his mind flashes back to his early career, his marriage and the birth of his son. He awakes and goes after Klotz using information supplied by Lisa.
Script Marty Greim
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Rex Lindsey
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Flashback to the Golden Age. Vs Klotz, the Shield's first foe from Pep #1. Flashback to the birth of Bill (Joe's son). Career recap, including the 1960s.