Blue Beetle
#21
(May 1943)
Holyoke,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Holyoke Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Charles Quinlan
Issue Notes
Credits from Jim Vadeboncouer at Digital Comics Museum.
The Black Genie
The Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Dan Barry (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Quinlan (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Quinlan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Willie the Weasel (villain); Coldoni (villain); The Black Genie (villain)
- Synopsis
- Willie the Weasel knocks over an antique store and accidentally drinks from a bottle that contains an ancient genie. The Genie now lives inside Willie, making him invulnerable and still being able to be called on to do genie stuff.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ali Baba; Tuitti; Muhrad; Ali Satrap
- Synopsis
- Ali Baba and his mule leave his nagging wife to sleep in the forest. He meets Ali Satrap and his 40 thieves. After he steals some of Ali Satrap's treasure, Satrap and his thieves follow him home.
Indexer Notes
credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who
Wanted for Murder...George Leslie
Crime Reporter / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- George Leslie
- Synopsis
- Gangster George Leslie tries to knock off the Midtown Savings and Trust.
Indexer Notes
Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Chapter 1: The Flying Tigers
Wing Lee, Boy Patriot of China / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Wing Lee (introduction); Wing Lee's family (introduction for all); Chin Lau (Wing's best friend, introduction); Chiang Kai-Shek; Marushu (villain); the Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- Wing Lee's village is invaded by the Japanese and he is imprisoned. He organizes the prisoners into a guerilla unit and they escape to join up with Chiang Kai-Shek, who gives the task of destroying enemy munitions and installations to the boys.
- Keywords
- Lu-Chong
A True Story
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Akiyoshi Hasamuto; Pvt Wynn
- Synopsis
- A small group of Japanese surrender to Americans on Guadacanal and learn how kind and sportsmanlike Americans are.
[no title indexed]
Little Willie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here! What goes on!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Willie
[no title indexed]
The Blue Beetle / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A fast moving troop train- a trio of German Nazi saboteurs.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Schwartz (villain); Louie (villain); Fatso (villain)
- Synopsis
- Three German agents try to blow up a troop train, but the Beetle interferes.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Tiger Squadron -
1.
[Contents Page]
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2.
The Black Genie
The Blue Beetle -
3.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba -
4.
Death and Sunlight
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5.
Wanted for Murder...George Leslie
Crime Reporter -
6.
["Try to reach the golden apple"]
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7.
Let's Have Some Fun
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8.
Draw For the Comics
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9.
Chapter 1: The Flying Tigers
Wing Lee, Boy Patriot of China -
10.
It Won't Be Long Now
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11.
14 Days against Japs and Jungle
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12.
A True Story
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13.
["Here! What goes on!"]
Little Willie -
14.
["A fast moving troop train- a trio of German Nazi saboteurs."]
The Blue Beetle
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- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
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