Blue Beetle #36

(November 1944)

The Runaway House (Table of Contents: 1)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

E. C. Stoner (credited as Otis)

Inks

E. C. Stoner (credited as Otis)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's right! You are looking at a runaway house!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Nell Barth; Bruce Barth; Joan Mason; Prof. Haywire

Synopsis

The Beetle and Joan go to the Barth house to pick up Nell and Bruce to take them on their adventure. Then he takes them to visit crackpot scientist Prof. Haywire who has built a house which is not subject to the laws of time and space.

Indexer Notes

Comics Hall of Fame: Nell & Bruce Barth are winners of the contest to appear in a Blue Beetle story.

Beetlemobile appears.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Blue Beetle / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Countess of Scarbo] (Table of Contents: 3)

Minit Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Zere

Inks

Al Zere

Colors

?

Letters

Al Zere ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes, captain - send someone immediately...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

The Countess of Scarbo (death); Gunther (killer)

Reprints

• in Crimes by Women (Fox, 1948 series) #15 (August 1951)

Indexer Notes

credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

The Threat From Saturn Chapter. 3: The Blue Beetle At Bay! (Table of Contents: 4)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

E. C. Stoner (credited as Otis)

Inks

E. C. Stoner (credited as Otis)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let's see him escape from that one!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Saturnia; Gloat; Officer Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason

Synopsis

Gloat takes possession of the Blue Beetle.

Indexer Notes

Beetle has super powers. Continued

The Education of Johnny Poppa (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

? (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

? (2 spot illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Johnny Poppa, for all his sixteen years...

Genre

crime

Characters

Johnny Poppa

Reprints

• in Inside Crime (Fox, 1950 series) #2 (September 1950)

[The Creamery Crime] (Table of Contents: 6)

Joan Mason / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Art Allen]

Pencils

? [as Art Allen]

Inks

? [as Art Allen]

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Firmly resolved to spend a well earned vacation...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Joan Mason; Binder (crook); Officer Ryan; McPherson (editor); Mrs. Coster

Indexer Notes

villain named Binder

[The Great Presto] (Table of Contents: 7)

The O'Brine Twins / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Page (signed) (house name)

Pencils

Larry Page (signed) (house name)

Inks

Larry Page (signed) (house name)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You don't have to believe it...

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Waterman O'Brine; Wetmore O'Brine; The Great Presto

The Talking Jewel (Table of Contents: 8)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Otis] (credited)

Pencils

? [as Otis] (credited)

Inks

? [as Otis] (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Mindali Diamond...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Bill Stevens; Vivian Dale; Tanome

Synopsis

Bill Stevens is accused of killing his fiance's father and trying to steal the Mindali Diamond.

Indexer Notes

Beetle has super powers.

Just Suppose (Table of Contents: 9)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Zere

Inks

Al Zere

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Paper drive feature.

Al Zere is sometimes credited as W. Jourdain.