(September 1941)

Fox, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1941-07-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fox Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fox Feature Comic FP
Editing
Victor Fox (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chuck Cuidera
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One turn of the switch and the girl's blood would forever be fused with the gorilla's!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
Reprints

[Mystery at the Fromme Mansion] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Charles Nicholas
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Mike Mannigin; Joan Mason; Dr. Abe Franz; Gordon (first appearance; villain); Greaves (first appearance; villain; death)
Synopsis
A man is murdered, the clue is in the library, Dan captures the ringleader responsible for the murder, but is framed for Greaves' murder. Mike gets the upper hand over Blue Beetle for once, but Dan escapes and brings the rest of the gang to justice.

[Mission to the Sudan] (Table of Contents: 2)

Private O'Hara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Hubbell
Inks
Carl Hubbell
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
military
Characters
Private O'Hara; Major Rade (first appearance); Nazis (villains)

Desert Saga (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Nathaniel Nitkin
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mortimer / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Camden
Inks
Jack Camden
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here is Mortimer Wicket again...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mortimer Wicket; Hammy Hamming (first appearance; villain)

Indexer Notes

Mortimer shown drinking Kooba Cola, one of Fox's sponsors.

[Menace of the Manx] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Green Mask / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (Walter Frame)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; The Manx (first appearance; villain)

[The Toy Company Spies] (Table of Contents: 6)

D-13 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bert Whitman ?
Pencils
Bert Whitman ?
Inks
Bert Whitman ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
spy
Characters
D-13 [Richard Anthony]

[Corpse on a Log] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Lynx / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Lynx [Jim]; Slim Paley (villain); Gummy (first appearance; villain)

[Lesson for a Traitress] (Table of Contents: 8)

Zanzibar / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pierce Rice ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Shirley Barry (first appearance)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["One turn of the switch and the girl's blood would forever be fused with the gorilla's!"]
    Blue Beetle
  2. 1. [Mystery at the Fromme Mansion]
    Blue Beetle
  3. 2. [Mission to the Sudan]
    Private O'Hara
  4. 3. Desert Saga
  5. 4. ["Here is Mortimer Wicket again..."]
    Mortimer
  6. 5. [Menace of the Manx]
    The Green Mask
  7. 6. [The Toy Company Spies]
    D-13
  8. 7. [Corpse on a Log]
    The Lynx
  9. 8. [Lesson for a Traitress]
    Zanzibar
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  • Katie
  • Henry Andrews
  • Scott Casper
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell