The Blue Beetle #19

(April 1955)

Mystery of the Tolling Bell / Bell Which Refused to Stop Ringing (Table of Contents: 1)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Otis] (credited)

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth ? (signed as M. G.); ?

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth ? (signed as M. G.); E. C. Stoner ((face of The Blue Beetle)); ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It all started with a little note of complaint...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; Prof DeBunker

Reprints

• from Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series) #38 (Summer 1945)

Indexer Notes

Signed M.G. in the last panel.

Keith Chandler ; The art IS by another hand, but not Stoner, except for the face of The Blue Beetle. However, Gutwirth has no known credits at Fox, and the art looks different to his work for Fiction House during the same period.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Minit Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Tom Canby

Pencils

Al Zere

Inks

Al Zere

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the late nineties San Francisco's famous Chinatown seethed with intrigue...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Jim Casey; Soo Finn; Choo Tu; Tu's daughter

Reprints

• from Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series) #38 (Summer 1945)

Keywords

San Francisco

Anonymous Atom (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

? [as Otis] (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kamen ? (credited as Otis)

Inks

Iger shop inker [as Otis]

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gangland discovered a new racket, Joan Mason found out how easy it is to get atomized and the Blue Beetle realized he had a job to do...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Red Donahue; Tommy; Mr. Harrison; OFFICER Mike Mannigan

Reprints

• from Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series) #55 (April 1948)

Fight for Life (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1.85 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The City Room was in a sweat.

Genre

drama; war

Characters

Mr. Binkie; Nella; Dan; Nancy

Synopsis

In London, during the Blitz, a man must defuse an unexploded bomb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.15 page (report information)

Script

Burton Levey (credited as Burton N. Levey) (editor)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) submitted by Burton N. Levey on September 29, 1954. Appears at the bottom of first page of the text story.

Atom World of Selura (Table of Contents: 6)

Rocket Kelly / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Small

Pencils

Ted Small

Inks

Ted Small

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fleeing from the giants of Selura, Rocket Kelly, his pal Whacky, nurse Sue Andrews and Sabio, the dwarf, rocket into high adventure...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rocket Kelly; Whacky; Sue Andrews; Sabio; Dr. Malik

Synopsis

Rocket Kelly and company fight Dr. Malik who rules the atom world of Selura with his atom smasher.

Reprints

• from The Bouncer (Fox, 1944 series) (1944)
• from The Bouncer (Fox, 1944 series) #[nn]

Keywords

Selura

Imagine THAT! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cock-fighting originated with the Athenians.

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Facts about Cock-Fighting; Wedding Rings; Bird of Paradise; the Diamond and Burning Potatoes.

Reprints

• from Rocket Kelly (Fox, 1945 series) #4 (August-September 1946)
• from Rocket Kelly (Fox, 1945 series) #4 (August-September 1946)