{"id":70,"date":"2006-04-04T21:11:33","date_gmt":"2006-04-05T02:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=70"},"modified":"2017-04-01T21:19:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T02:19:32","slug":"golden-age-of-comics-books-april-4-2006-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/04\/04\/golden-age-of-comics-books-april-4-2006-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age of Comics Books &#8211; April 4, 2006 &#8211; #38"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we discuss one of the great MLJ superheroes, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Shield<\/strong><\/span>!&nbsp; The Shield got his start in the pages of<em> Pep Comics<\/em> #1 (January, 1940), and was one of MLJ&#8217;s most enduring characters until they shifted focus to their most popular character, Archie Andrews.&nbsp; The Shield also appeared in the pages of <em>Shield-Wizard Comics<\/em>.&nbsp; He appeared in the Golden Age until Archie completely took over Pep Comics in 1947.&nbsp; 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