Blue Beetle #1

([Winter 1939-40])

[The Origin of Blue Beetle] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Will Eisner (layouts); Charles Nicholas (finished pencils)

Inks:

Charles Nicholas

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Michael Garrett (dies); Mrs. Garret (dies); Karen Dobbs; Chick Alonzo (villain, intro); Mike Mannigan

Synopsis:

Dan Garret joins the police force and his Dad's old partner Mike to avenge his father's death at the hands of Chick Alonzo. (No actual explanation as to why or how Dan became the Blue Beetle.)

Indexer Notes

New story created especially for this issue.

[The Coming of the Blue Beetle] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas

Inks:

Charles Nicholas

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Mr. Vander; The White Face Gang; John Brandes; Mike Ravani

Synopsis:

The Blue Beetle attempts to rescue a kidnapped banker's daughter from the White Face Gang.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1 (August 1939)

Indexer Notes

Beetle wears a blue business suit and hat in this story.

[The Armored Truck Robbery] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas

Inks:

Charles Nicholas

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Tim

Synopsis:

The Blue Beetle captures some bank robbers.

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• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #2 (September 1939)

Indexer Notes

Garret now wears a skin tight blue outfit with a hood but no mask.

[The Loan Shark Racket] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas

Inks:

Charles Nicholas

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan

Synopsis:

The Beetle battles some crooked loan sharks.

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• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #3 (October 1939)

Indexer Notes

Beetle now has a mask.

Protection Insurance For Newsboys (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas

Inks:

Charles Nicholas

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Bull Blackart

Synopsis:

Bull Blackart attempts to run a protection racket aimed at newsboys.

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• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #4 (November 1939)

A Trap For the Blue Beetle (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas

Inks:

Charles Nicholas

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Dr. Franz

Synopsis:

A gang of thugs attempts to capture the Blue Beetle.

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• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #5 (December 1939)

Death Rides On Horseback (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

[The Old Hex House] (Table of Contents)

Yarko / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Yarko; Carole Tate; Oliver Tate; Shaddiba; Doga; Ivan

Synopsis:

Yarko rescues Oliver Tate and his daughter from the hypnotic clutches of the evil Shadibba, who forces them to commit crimes and enrich him.

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• from Wonder Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #2 (June 1939)

[Death and the Devil] (Table of Contents)

Yarko / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Yarko; Inspector Drake; Mulvaney; Death; The Devil; Beppo; Killer Kirby

Synopsis:

Death and the Devil lay a trap for Yarko, frustrated because he keeps snatching their victims away.

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• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #3 (July 1939) [with page 3 removed]

Indexer Notes

Reprint note from Error Report #2331, from Darci.

[The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers] (Table of Contents)

Yarko / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Bob Powell ?

Inks:

Bob Powell ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Yarko; Fred Lawton; Rita Lawton; Rocco; Detective Gail Martin; Andre Coe

Synopsis:

Judge Lawton can't stop his wife from smuggling jewels.

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• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #4 (August 1939)

[Vladim the Voodoo Master] (Table of Contents)

Yarko / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Toni Blum [as Anthony Brooks] (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Powell ?

Inks:

Bob Powell ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Yarko; Vladim

Synopsis:

Yarko rescues a woman from the clutches of a mad Russian practitioner of Voodoo.

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• from Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #5 (September 1939)

Indexer Notes

Signature credit from Error Report #2282, by Tony Oliva. Previously credited as "Will Eisner?".

Absolutely Free! Comic-Scope (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine (part)

Inks:

Lou Fine (part)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Samson

Reprints:

• ad contains part reprint of the cover of Fantastic Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Ad for Fox's cardboard comic-strip "projector".