Blue Beetle #42

(July-August 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Imagine That! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

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?

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?

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?

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A wolf usually mates for life

Pirate Treasure (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Pencils

E. C. Stoner

Inks

E. C. Stoner

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?

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?

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Rarely in his colorful existence...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason

Synopsis

The Beetle and his friends go to South America to find a hoard of counterfeit currency originally printed by the Japanese and now the target of U.S. gangsters.

Indexer Notes

Joan Mason works for the Daily Planet.

Murder on Stage (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

?

Pencils

E. C. Stoner

Inks

E. C. Stoner

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?

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?

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As the curtain rises on the opening night...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; Jimmy Trent (dies); Fu Li

Synopsis

Murder is committed to obtain the Jewels of Kwannon, which have been smuggled in from the mysterious Orient by a troop of actors.

The Folly of Laughing Lon (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jonathan Troy (credited)

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typeset

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The Vermonters call it Laughing Lon's Folly.

Genre

adventure

The Liberty Bell (Table of Contents: 5)

Bronze Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Alvin Hollingsworth ? (signed as Alec Hope)

Pencils

Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as Alec Hope)

Inks

Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as Alec Hope)

Colors

Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as Alec Hope); ?

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?

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Randy Ronald, celebrated war ace...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Bronze Man [Major Randy Ronald] (introduction); Jabez Green (millionaire collector)

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Craig Delich, courtesy of the Who's Who, who indicates that Alec Hope was a pen name for Hollingsworth and it appeared on all art that Hollingsworth drew.

Art revision from A. C. Hollingsworth to Alvin Hollingsworth to match the Who's Who artist listing.

The creator of Bronze Man was Alvin C. Hollingsworth, born in Harlem, New York, and was one of the few African-American artists to work in comics during the 1940's and 1950's. At age 12, he assisted on the art chores for the hero known as Cat-Man. He meant for Bronze Man to be of African-American heritage, wearing an iron mask whenever he appeared as Bronze Man, but the published version was Caucasian and sans the mask.