Issue: #49
Published: June 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Harry Shorten
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 3.
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| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Bulletin No. 27 |
| Featuring: |
Shield G-Man Club |
| Synopsis: |
Includes Elaine's winning entry into the "Why America is the best place to live" contest. It starts with "I think Hitler is just plain stupid." |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)]; Elaine Schatzman (contest winner, credited) | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
Aboard the Narcissus |
| Synopsis: |
Archie is caught trying to play a prank on Reggie and is sent to the principal's office. Mr. Weatherbee uses his latest readings in child psychology and gives Archie responsibility for a school picnic aboard a boat. Archie accidentally charters a garbage scow, but everything turns out all right in the end. |
| Genre: |
Teen |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Archie Is Good for What Ails You! |
| Synopsis: |
Promo for Archie Andrews radio show on WOR Mutual. |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Special Communique #15: Father Scarface |
| Synopsis: |
Father Scarface, a Buddhist monk, defends his Monastery from the Japanese with the help of Captain Commando. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Father Scarface (introduction) |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The House That Crime Built |
| Synopsis: |
Narrated by "the house that crime built," this is the story of Black Hood solving a crime at a house built in 1821 with a history of crimes being committed in it. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Mary Hawkins (introduction, Villain, Death) |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Rajah's Silver Idol |
| Synopsis: |
The Rajah's silver idol goes missing and it's up to the Shield to find out where it went. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Rajah |
| Text Story (1 page) |
America -- First, Last, and Always |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Free With This Offer -- Be the Master... |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Be Popular - Learn the Newest Dances in 5 Days |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Baby Ruth Candy Makes Delicious Cookies |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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