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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published June 1983
Frequency Bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Rich Buckler (Editor); Richard Goldwater (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Dr. Laureen Smith; Negatron
Genre superhero
Pencils Alan Weiss (signed)
Inks John Severin (signed)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Crusader Chronicles"

Script David M. Singer
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction to the character. Located on this inside front cover.

19 page Shield story "The Deathstar Dilemma"

Characters Shield [Lancelot Strong]; General Smith; Dr. Laureen Smith; Negatron [Dr. Collins] (also called Deathstar in #3 and later).
Synopsis The Shield faces Negatron, a Soviet spy turned into a living black hole.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Timmons; Rich Buckler
Pencils Alan Weiss
Inks Sam De LaRosa
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Victor Gorelick
Notes Develops from the setting in The Double Life of Private Strong.

2 page letters page "Star-Spangled Readers!"

Characters Black Hood
Script Robin Snyder
Pencils Alex Toth (cover reproduction)
Inks Alex Toth (cover reproduction)
Letters typeset
Notes Includes a cover reproduction of Black Hood #1 (Red Circle, 1983)

10 page Steel Sterling story "Steel Sterling Faces the Man Mountain of Muscle Men: Humongous"

Characters Steel Sterling; Police Sgt. Steven Behler; David Wagner; "Chip" Carson; Gayla; Humongous; Dr. Reese
Synopsis As two movie producers consider using Steel in a movie, Steel hunts down a man-monster named Humongous.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Timmons; Rich Buckler
Pencils Adrian Gonzales
Inks Rudy Nebres
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw

1 page Shield illustration

Characters Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Dr. Laureen Smith
Genre superhero
Pencils Alan Weiss (signed)
Inks Alan Weiss (signed)
Notes The back cover looks like an out-take of the front cover.