WBG+: Pep Comics #1: Introducing The Shield, G-Man Extraordinary

Cover Art
Featuring: The Shield
Credits: Pencils: Irv Novick
Inks: Irv Novick
Genre: Superhero
Characters: The Shield aka Joe Higgins

Comic Story G-Man Extraordinary
Featuring: The Shield
Plot: The Shield is sent to stop a Stokian spy ring.
Script: Harry Shorten

Pencils: Irv Novick

Inks: Irv Novick

Characters: The Shield Origin Details, J. Edgar Hoover, Klotztion

With the American populace reacting to the beginnings of World War II and wartime patriotism stirring, the Shield debuted as the first patriotically themed hero. He was soon followed by three other patriotic comic characters: Captain America (December 1940), Minute-Man (Feb. 1941), and Captain Battle (May 1941).

Fun Fact: Captain America's creators were forced to change his shield from a regular shield to a round one because the original shield resembled the Shield's chest insignia.

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