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12Fall 1943
$0.10

Shield-Wizard Comics #12

Archie · Fall 1943 · on sale 1943

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Identification plate

Series: Shield-Wizard Comics (Archie, 1940 series)
Issue: #12
Publication date: Fall 1943
Key date: 1943-10-00
On-sale date: 1943
Indicia publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 60

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry Sahle	Dusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
1	The Riverboat Racketeers	comic story	9	pencils: George Harrison; inks: Clem Weisbecker	Dusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
2	The Haunted Penthouse	comic story	9	pencils: George Harrison; inks: Clem Weisbecker	Dusty, Dustin Simmons
3	The Gangster's Dilemma	comic story	11	script: Bill Vigoda; pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry Sahle	Dusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons
4	True Fact Story	text story	2	script: ? (as Anonymous); letters: typeset	James "Dago" Gillespie
5	-	comic story	9	script: Bill Vigoda; pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda	Jane Barlow, Roy Carter, Roy the Super-Boy, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
6	-	comic story	8	script: Bill Vigoda; pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda	Roy Carter, Roy the Super-Boy, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
7	-	comic story	6	script: Bill Vigoda; pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda	Roy Carter, Roy the Super-Boy

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Sources

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