Blue Beetle #5

(November-December 1940)

[Death From Scrag] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Carreno

Inks:

Al Carreno

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Scrag (Villain; Intro; Dies); Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Dr. Franz

Synopsis:

Scrag believes he's the Napolean of Crime and threatens to destroy the city unless he gets 10 million dollars.

Indexer Notes

art id by James Vadeboncouer

[Kober's Lightning Weapon] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Carreno

Inks:

Al Carreno

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Kober (Villain; Intro, Dies); Mike Mannigan; Dr. Franz; Joan Mason

Indexer Notes

art id by James Vadeboncoeur

[Case of the Missing Blueprint] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Carreno

Inks:

Al Carreno

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Frenzo (villain; intro); Rack (Intro); Mike Mannigan; Dr. Franz; Joan Mason

Synopsis:

Blue Beetle chases after some stolen blueprints.

Indexer Notes

art id by James Vadeboncoeur

[The Beetle's New Powers] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Charles Nicholas]

Pencils:

Pierce Rice ?

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Vito Catelli (villain); Big Bill O'Rory; Little Lulu (gangster, NOT the same as the Dell character!); Dr.Franz; Mike Mannigan; Charley Storm; Catelli's daughter

Synopsis:

Blue Beetle gains super-powers from Dr. Frenz's vitamin 2X for the first time. Meanwhile Little Lulu declares war on Catelli.

Reprints:

• from Blue Beetle daily strip (Fox Features, 1940) March 18?- April4?, 1940

Indexer Notes

precedes the stories in Blue Beetle #3 and 4.

The Blue Beetle and the Hi-Jack Combine (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

[The Oasis of Li-Wang] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Fung / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell ?

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean]

Inks:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Wonder Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1 (May 1939)

Indexer Notes

Signed "Dean" in penultimate panel. Story title taken from Wonder Comics #1 GCD entry.

[Big-Shot Krard's Dope Ring] (Table of Contents)

Lt. Drake / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus]

Inks:

Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Dan Krard (villain, intro); Miss Henner (Intro)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #5 (December 1939)

In the Underworld of Paris (Table of Contents)

Zanzibar / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner?

Pencils:

George Tuska (signed)

Inks:

George Tuska (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Simone (intro, villain)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #4 (November 1939)