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3Spring 1941
$0.10

Shield-Wizard Comics #3

Archie · Spring 1941

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Series: Shield-Wizard Comics (Archie, 1940 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: Spring 1941
Key date: 1941-04-10
Indicia publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Roy Carter, Dusty, Joe Higgins, Roy the Super-Boy, The Shield, Dustin Simmons, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
1	The Maharajah Murders	comic story	13	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Dusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons, Betty Warren, Ju Ju Watson
2	The Mystery of the Flying Dutchman	comic story	13	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Dusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons, Betty Warren, Ju Ju Watson
3	Death Below	comic story	9	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Dusty, Joe Higgins, The Shield, Dustin Simmons, Ju Ju Watson
4	The Red Birds of Death	text story	2	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick	Joe Higgins, The Shield
5	The Corpses That Wouldn't Stay Home	comic story	12	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin	Jane Barlow, Roy Carter, Roy the Super-Boy, Blane Whitney, The Wizard
6	The Monster of Madness	comic story	13	script: Harry Shorten; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin	Jane Barlow, Roy Carter, Roy the Super-Boy, Blane Whitney, The Wizard

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