Blue Beetle #8

(August 1941)

Radium Threat (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Carreno

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Porky Hog (Intro, villain); Scorny; Doc Franz

Synopsis:

Porky Hog steals radium from the hospital to build a great destructive weapon.

Indexer Notes

credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes

[Dr. Krug's Explosive Gorillas] (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]; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Dr. Krug (Intro, villain); Dr. Franz

Synopsis:

Dr. Krug uses gorillas coated in dynamite to take over the city. Well that was the plan anyway.

Indexer Notes

credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes

[The Crime Dealer] (Table of Contents)

Dynamo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Dynamo [Jim Andrews]; The Crime Dealer (Intro; villain), [Morell]; Sally Brandt; Renard

Synopsis:

The Crime Dealer threatens to blow up the Brandt hotel unless blackmail is paid.

Indexer Notes

Takes place between WEIRD COMICS #17 and 18. Credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes

Red Cross Dog (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel)

Letters:

Typeset

[The Murder Miniatures] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pierce Rice ?

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; William Brent (villain); Jean Brent; George Brent; Smythe; Werner

Synopsis:

The Beetle investigates a businessman's death. The only clue is a miniature painting.

Reprints:

• from Blue Beetle daily (Fox Features, 1940 series) November 1940. (last sequence)

[Gagon's Explosive Device] (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]; Mike Mannigan; Gagon (Intro, villain); Joan Mason; Dr. Franz; Drag

Synopsis:

Gagon has stolen a machine that can cause explosions from a distance and demands the keys to the state bank or he'll blow up the city.

Indexer Notes

credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes

[The Remote-Controlled Death-Device] (Table of Contents)

Dynamite Thor / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley [as Wright Lincoln]

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Dynamite Thor [Peter Thor]; Zonn (villain); Ludwig (villain); the Countess (villain); Glenda

Synopsis:

Zonn, a foreign agent, uses his radio compass to blow up arms shipments.

Indexer Notes

Final appearance. Credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes