(May 1948)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Fox Feature Publication
- Editing:
- Victor Fox
- Format:
- 7 1/2"? x 10 1/4"? [pre-War]; 7 1/4" x 10 1/8" [<= 1948]; 6 7/8" x 10 1/8" [>= 1950]; Full Color; Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Available as a scan at goldenagecomics.co.uk.
Indicia:
BLUE BEETLE, May, 1948, No. 56. Published monthly by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc., 221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., executive offices 60 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Entered as second class matter December 18, 1945 at the postoffice at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., under the act of March 3, 1879. Price 10ยข per copy. Yearly subscriptions (12 issues), in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.70. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. The names of all characters are fictitious. Use of the name which is the same as that of any living person is accidental.
Printed in U. S. A.
Blue Beetle Proves Crime Never Pays! (Table of Contents)
Blue Beetle / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kamen
- Inks:
- Jack Kamen
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Blue Beetle (inset)
The Sinister Sphinx! (Table of Contents)
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? [as Otis]
- Inks:
- ? [as Otis]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Blue Beetle; The Sphinx (villain)
Indexer Notes
Starts on inside front cover.
An Invitation to Danger! (Table of Contents)
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? [as Otis]
- Inks:
- ? [as Otis]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Irma Hess; Goldie Gates
Killers at Large (Table of Contents)
comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
- Synopsis:
- Frankie makes lots of money in the junk business.
Wilber Underhill "Tri-State Terror"! (Table of Contents)
A True Crime Story / comic story / 9 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? [as Otis]
- Inks:
- ? [as Otis]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Crime
- Characters:
- Wilbur Underhill; Blue Beetle (narrator)
Gang Leaders (Table of Contents)
comic story / 0.5 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
- Characters:
- Monk Eastman
Indexer Notes
Bottom half of page is ad for an air pistol.
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Sinister Sphinx!
Blue Beetle -
2.
An Invitation to Danger!
Blue Beetle -
3.
Killers at Large
-
4.
Wilber Underhill "Tri-State Terror"!
A True Crime Story -
5.
Gang Leaders
- Peter Croome
- Lou Mougin
- Gary L. Watson
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
- Henry Andrews
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