Gwandanaland Comics #1570

This 2017 Gwandanaland Comics collection brings together the complete first four issues of the golden age Pep Comics in a single affordable volume, making these early adventures of The Shield, Sergeant Boyle, The Comet, Fu Chang, and Press-Guardian more accessible than ever. Irv Novick's reproduced cover art for Pep Comics #2 sets the tone perfectly — a stars-and-stripes-clad Shield charges forward with a firearm, fending off grasping hands rising from an explosion near what appears to be a naval vessel. It's a vivid snapshot of 1940s superhero energy, and having all four issues collected here is a genuine treat for fans of early Mlj/Archie Comics history.