Blue Beetle #3

(July-August 1940)

[Case of the Kidnapped Girls] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 31 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Charles Nicholas

Inks:

Charles Nicholas

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; The Doc (introduction, death, villain); Mike Mannigan; Spike (villain); Mademoiselle Monet

Synopsis:

Dan uses his vitamin 2X induced powers to rescue several socially prominent girls who have mysteriously disappeared, but first he has to escape from a giant eagle. The mad scientist known only as Doc intends to combine parts of the girls into creating the "perfect woman".

The Blue Beetle's Quiet Night (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

[The Mastermind of Crime] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 31 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pierce Rice [as Walter Swift] (signed)

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve [as Walter Swift] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; The Mastermind of Crime [Brian Downhill] (introduction, villain); Police Commissioner Harmon; Doc Franz; Charley Storm; Helen Harmon

Synopsis:

Dan Garret is injured battling the Mastermind of Crime and has to be hospitalized. But he fakes being kidnapped so he has a free hand to end the crime wave. Meanwhile banker Brian Downhill demands the resignation of the Commissioner.

Indexer Notes

Blue Beetle uses his Beetle Mobile. And Vitamin 2X.