Blue Beetle
#32
(July 1944)
Fox,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-06-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fox Feature Syndicate Inc.
- Editing
- Victor Fox (editor)
Issue Notes
Updated from a complete copy on digital comic museum.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1944 Periodicals, page 255
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1944 Periodicals, page 255
[no title indexed]
Blue Beetle / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Adolph Hitler
- Reprints
Bridge to Heaven
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Facing certain defeat...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; Doc Alister (crook); Mrs. Clifford; Anna; Mrs. Attwood
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Some portions of the art are inked by a hand other than Stoner.
[no title indexed]
G. I. Laffs / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, sarge - shouldn't you be holdin' a rose or somethin'?
- Genre
- humor; military
- Synopsis
- Four gag cartoons with military themes.
[no title indexed]
Minite Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I sent for you Inspector Blake - the town is up in arms...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Inspector Tim Blake; The Mayor (crook)
- Synopsis
- Inspector Blake exposes a town's crooked mayor who is in cahoots with gangsters.
The Secret Weapon
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The most clever and vicious of all Nazi spies...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Nazi agents [Otto; Hans; Max]
- Synopsis
- The Beetle battles Nazi spies all over America and Canada and then swims to France.
Hoboken Ferry
Blue Beetle / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- E. C. Stoner ((spot illustration)); ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- E. C. Stoner ((spot illustration)); ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Puffing nervously on his cigarette...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Karl (crook); Moeller (crook)
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : There are two spot illustrations. That showing the Blue Beetle on page two (probably lifted from a full length story) is clearly by E. C. Stoner, but the other, depicting the Hoboken Ferry, is most likely by another artist.
Murder on the Diamond
Joan Mason / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 50.000 excited spectators jumped to their feet...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; "Stubby" Walsh (baseball player); Dr. Peters; Umpire Klen
- Reprints
-
in All Great Comics (Fox, 1944 series) (1944)
-
Indexer Notes
This is a spin-off from the Blue Beetle strip. Here, Joan Mason works for the Daily Planet.
[no title indexed]
The O'Brine Twins / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Y'know, what, Waterman?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Waterman O'Brine; Wetmore O'Brine; Uncle Icicle Joe
[no title indexed]
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ever since we cancelled the expiration dates on red and blue ration stamps...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan
Indexer Notes
Joan Mason works for the Daily Planet.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Blue Beetle -
1.
Bridge to Heaven
Blue Beetle -
2.
["Oh, sarge - shouldn't you be holdin' a rose or somethin'?"]
G. I. Laffs -
3.
["I sent for you Inspector Blake - the town is up in arms..."]
Minite Mystery -
4.
The Secret Weapon
Blue Beetle -
5.
Hoboken Ferry
Blue Beetle -
6.
Murder on the Diamond
Joan Mason -
7.
["Y'know, what, Waterman?"]
The O'Brine Twins -
8.
["Ever since we cancelled the expiration dates on red and blue ration stamps..."]
Blue Beetle -
9.
["Why you poor lil' man - why all the tears?"]
Jr. Doughboy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Pat Conolly
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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