Blue Beetle #31

(June 1944)

The Adventure of the Crumbling Skyscraper (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

E. C. Stoner

Inks:

E. C. Stoner

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Admiral Mason (Joan's father)

Synopsis:

German saboteurs blow up a building and leave evidence that the Beetle is responsible. But the Beetle uses his super powers to rebuild the entire building by morning. But the saboteurs continue their campaign to blacken the Beetle's name.

Indexer Notes

Beetle drives a Beetle Mobile and has super powers, including the ability to grow to giant size. He also has an airplane, the Beetlebird and a black light that turns him invisible.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Military Humor / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

William Jourdain

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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["I'm good. They'll never find out."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

William Jourdain

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Peril In the Pacific (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Herman C. Browner ?

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garett]; Col. Denton; Lt.Adams; Lt. Morrow;

Synopsis:

Dan Garrett is given the assignment of protecting Col. Denton who is delivering information of the utmost importance. But Gestapo agents infiltrate the plane Denton is flying on, and Dan and the Colonel end up stranded on a "Jap infested" island in the Pacific.

They Came to Destroy America (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Whistling Death (Table of Contents)

Joan Mason / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Gerald Altman ?

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Joan Mason

Synopsis:

Joan solves the mystery of a broadway booking agent's murder.

Indexer Notes

first Joan Mason solo strip

The Very Salty Tale of the O'Brine Twins (Table of Contents)

O'Brine Twins / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; humor

Characters:

Waterman O'Brine; Wetmore O'Brine; Cap'n McArsenic

Synopsis:

After being declared 4-F by the draft board, the O'Brine twins join the Merchant Marine. There they foil a submarine attack and volunteer to sale the captured submarine back to Washington. Only trouble is, they don't know the way!

Buried Alive (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Coxwell and Glaisher (Table of Contents)

True Story / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

William Jourdain

Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

fact