Publication History
The Shield first appeared in MLJ's Pep Comics #1 (cover date January 1940). Writer Harry Shorten and artist Irv Novick created the character. At the end of the 1930s, America was feeling patriotic, and The Shield was the first patriotic hero. He was soon followed by three other patriotic comic characters: Minute-Man (cover date February 1941), Captain America (cover date March 1941), and Captain Battle (cover date May 1941).
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