Blue Beetle
#11
(February 1942)
Fox,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-11-21
- 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
The Claws of the Cat
Blue Beetle / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Roland Patenaude (signed as Pat)
- Inks
- Roland Patenaude (signed as Pat)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Beetle
- Reprints
in 
Claws of the Cat
Blue Beetle / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; The Cat (villain, introduction); Dr. Franz; Mike Mannigan
- Synopsis
- The Star Diamond is on exhibit at Bufany's, a temptation for many thieves, including the Cat, a man with a claw instead of a hand.
Indexer Notes
credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur
Letters: From Comics Interview #7, David Anthony Kraft interviewing Joe Rosen (Sam's older brother). Joe said, in part: "[George] Mandel introduced Sam to the big letterer of the time, Howard Ferguson, who was working for both Timely and Fox. Fox was Ferguson’s lesser account, and soon he gave it to Sam."
The issue is cover-dated February 1942. Sam Rosen would have been 19 (as per Alex Jay's research, he was born in April 1922). Though the lettering is broader than he would be doing a few years later, his distinctive J's and diagonal exclamation points are already very much in evidence.
The Octopus of the Underground
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Beetle [Dan Farret]; Mike Mannigan; The Octopus (villain, introduction); Dr. Franz
- Synopsis
- An insane gangster called the Octopus has an undersea hideout where the Blue Beetle and Joan almost die, until Mike rescues them.
Indexer Notes
credits from James Vadeboncoeur
The Dead Don't Kill
Blue Beetle / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Dr. Franz; Dr. Dix (villain, introduction); William Harper
- Synopsis
- A series of murders are planned to gain control of an inheritance.
Cargo of Doom
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Felland (villain, introduction); Dr. Franz; Judith Carthy
- Synopsis
- Judith Carthy's life is in danger because she has papers that proved Felland is head of an organization that stole army secrets.
Indexer Notes
credits from James Vadeboncoeur
[The Devil's Magic Wash Tub]
Davy the Wish Master / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Arturo Cazeneuve ? [as Arthur Pierce] (signed)
- Inks
- Pierce Rice ? [as Arthur Pierce] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Davy; The Devil; the Grogans; Bumper
- Synopsis
- Davy wishes for a pile of money and the Grogans conjure up the devil to help get it away from him.
Indexer Notes
last appearance
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Claws of the Cat
Blue Beetle -
1.
Claws of the Cat
Blue Beetle -
2.
The Octopus of the Underground
Blue Beetle -
3.
The Dead Don't Kill
Blue Beetle -
4.
Cargo of Doom
Blue Beetle -
5.
[The Devil's Magic Wash Tub]
Davy the Wish Master -
6.
Flaming Cargo
-
7.
King of the Chess Killers
Gladiator
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- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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