(April 1950)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc.
- 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
With this issue "Dan Garrett" becomes "Dan Garret" again, and "Mike Manigan" becomes "Mike Mannigan".
Indicia:
BLUE BEETLE, April 1950, No. 58. Published bi-monthly by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc., 221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Executive offices at 60 E. 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Application for entry as second class matter pending. Price 10ยข per copy. Yearly subscriptions, in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, 75c including postage. $1.50 elsewhere. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1950 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 U.S.A.
The Power of the Press
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Dr. Kranz
- Synopsis:
- Dan Garret (and the Blue Beetle) return after a nearly two year absence, during which Dan did overseas work for the government. His friends Mike, Joan and Dr. Kranz are all happy to have him back. But Joan's boss is soon in danger from his estranged son, who needs money to pay his shady connections.
Indexer Notes
The first page of this story is printed on the inside front cover in blue duotone.
Appointment With Death
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mo Marcus ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason
- Synopsis:
- Dan Garret overhears a plot to kill a professor working on atomic secrets in the subway, and must save both the Professor and Joan as the Blue Beetle.
Sink That Ball
Blue Beetle / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Dr. Kranz (off-panel)
- Synopsis:
- The Blue Beetle helps a high school basketball player who is being blackmailed into throwing the championship game.
Indexer Notes
The Blue Beetle has "electronic hearing", x-ray vision and super breath in this story.
Save Your Hair
Hair Research Co. New and Improved Amazing Scientific Hair Research Formula / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Yours! These 2 great new best-sellers Both Free
The Fiction Book Club "The Wrath and the Wind" and "Bonanza Queen" / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- "The Wrath and the Wind": What wild terror had made Zelda a mute... and why was this high-born beauty SOLD to the highest bidder?
"Bonanza Queen": She hated the one man who dared to give her orders until that strange and unforgettable climax when Her Hate Turned to Love.
Look! - Its True! 1950's Most Beautiful Cottons ... Cost You Less!
Florida Fashions / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Have a Slimmer, Youthful, Feminine Appearance Instantly!
Adjust-O-Belt Co. Up-Lift Adjust-O-Belt / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Table of Contents
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1.
The Power of the Press
Blue Beetle -
2.
Appointment With Death
Blue Beetle -
3.
The Shattered Alibi
-
4.
Sink That Ball
Blue Beetle -
5.
Save Your Hair
Hair Research Co. New and Improved Amazing Scientific Hair Research Formula -
6.
Yours! These 2 great new best-sellers Both Free
The Fiction Book Club "The Wrath and the Wind" and "Bonanza Queen" -
7.
Look! - Its True! 1950's Most Beautiful Cottons ... Cost You Less!
Florida Fashions -
8.
Have a Slimmer, Youthful, Feminine Appearance Instantly!
Adjust-O-Belt Co. Up-Lift Adjust-O-Belt
- Henry Andrews
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin
- Gary L. Watson
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
- Henry Andrews
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