(July 1948)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-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
Indicia:
BLUE BEETLE, July, 1948, No. 57. Published bi-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 2nd class matter December 18, 1945 at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., under the act of March 3, 1879. Price 10¢ per copy. Yearly subscriptins, in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, 75¢ including postage. $1.50 elsewhere. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. Any similarity between any of the names of persons or places appearing in this magazine (except those based on history or fact) with actual persons or places is not intended and is purely coincidental.
Printed in the U. S. A.
The Black Widow
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Robert Webb [as Otis]; ? (Iger Shop)
- Inks:
- David Heames ?; ? (Iger Shop)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Mike Manigan; Joan Mason; Black Widow [Dolly Baker] (villain; introduction); The Spider [Dr. Chet Baker] (villain; introduction)
- Synopsis:
- Navy sailors are being murdered, suffocated by a plastic film that Navy was developed in secret, and each marked with a dead black black widow spider. Mike is given the case, but Dan and Joan stumble across the next victim. When Mike and Joan are captured it's up to the Blue Beetle to find the crooks with help from the local entomologist's club.
Indexer Notes
First page is printed on the inside front cover in blue duo-tone.
Art spotting by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Lady Firebug
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ken Battefield ?; John Forte ?; ? [as Otis] (Iger Shop)
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garett]; Mike Manigan; Joan Mason; Lady Medusa (villain); Blue Beetle imposter (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Dan, Mike and Joan know something is up when homeowners start burning their own homes and turning themselves in for arson. But Blue Beetle gets into trouble when Lady Medusa hypnotizes him to be her spy on the police force.
Indexer Notes
Tentative art spotting by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. on the basis of the splash page *only*. This "shows signs of both Ken Battefield and John Forte, but it's not clearly one or other", and as was common for shop work at the time, many artists may have been involved.
The Murder Knot
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Crime
Partners in Loot
Fleagle Brothers / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kamen ? [as Otis]
- Inks:
- Jack Kamen ? [as Otis]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Crime
- Characters:
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garett] (narrator); Ralph Fleagle; Jake Fleagle
- Synopsis:
- Blue Beetle narrates the crime career and superstitions of the Fleagle Brothers.
3 in 1 Air Pistol
Johnson Smith & Company / advertisement / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Famous Banner Fireworks!
Banner Fireworks Mfg. Co., Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
[no title indexed]
The Fun Company / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Four ads from the same company with one order form in the lower right corner.
["The Most Amazing Factory-To-You..."]
M.P.K. Company 3 Piece Pocket Set of Pens / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
["Constelation Ball Point Pen and Cigarette Lighter"]
American Merchandising Co. / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Three ads from the same company- Ball Point Pen / Cigarette Lighter; Personalized Initial Ring; Fibre Auto Seat Covers. Back cover.
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Black Widow
Blue Beetle -
2.
The Lady Firebug
Blue Beetle -
3.
The Murder Knot
-
4.
Partners in Loot
Fleagle Brothers -
5.
3 in 1 Air Pistol
Johnson Smith & Company -
6.
Famous Banner Fireworks!
Banner Fireworks Mfg. Co., Inc. -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Fun Company -
8.
["The Most Amazing Factory-To-You..."]
M.P.K. Company 3 Piece Pocket Set of Pens -
9.
["Constelation Ball Point Pen and Cigarette Lighter"]
American Merchandising Co.
- Ramon Schenk
- Henry Andrews
- Lou Mougin
- Gary L. Watson
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
- Henry Andrews
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