Blue Beetle #41

(March-April 1946)

"Look for this sign" (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Adventure of the Panting Photographer (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Pencils

E. C. Stoner

Inks

E. C. Stoner

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doesn't that crazy photographer realize...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; Snapem of Pop Magazine

Synopsis

Snapem stages accidents so he can get pictures of the Blue Beetle in action.

Indexer Notes

Art was previously credited to Lew Ferstadt ?, but compare this story with any other signed effort by that artist from the same period (e.g. the Lash Lightning story in Four Favorites #16 (Ace Books)) and it will be clearly seen that this is by Stoner.

The Case of the Bouncing Book (Table of Contents: 3)

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

There is a saying...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; J.J. Smith

Synopsis

An unscrupulous publisher uses Mike's manuscript as a blueprint to commit crimes. Only trouble is, it's the wrong book.

Indexer Notes

Art was previously credited to Lou Ferstadt ?, but compare this story with any other signed effort by that artist from the same period (e.g. the Lash Lightning story in Four Favorites #16 (Ace Books)) and it will be clearly seen that this is by Stoner.

[The Hidden Landing Strip] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Al Zere ?

Pencils

Al Zere

Inks

Al Zere

Colors

?

Letters

Al Zere ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Two boy campers on a hike...

Genre

detective-mystery

[Ted Purdy] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Al Zere ?

Pencils

Al Zere

Inks

Al Zere

Colors

?

Letters

Al Zere ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The small town of Dunstan...

Genre

detective-mystery

The Threat From Saturn (Chapter 6): The Earthquake Maker (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

E. C. Stoner

Inks

E. C. Stoner

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With Gloat and Saturnia supposedly having perished...

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

Beetle thinks Gloat and Saturnia are dead, but Gloat plans to use his earthquake maker to destroy the city.

Indexer Notes

'What will that choice be? Read the next issue of Blue Beetle!' But this is the last published chapter, and the story remains unconcluded.

Backfire (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Sid Tyler (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fort Copperhead, deep in the wilderness...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lieutenant Foxheart; Big Bill Armstrong; Colonel Watson; Chief Thunder Head

The Latest Fashion--In Crime (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Art Allen (credited)

Inks

Art Allen (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With her uncanny genius for finding trouble...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; Officer Dennis; McPherson (editor); Spotsy (crook); Elsie; Mort

Saludos Amigos (Table of Contents: 9)

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

The world famous sailors, the O'Brine Twins...

Genre

humor

Characters

Wetmore O'Brine; Waterman O'Brine; Captain Frank Furter

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Laff Parade / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. L. Keene (signed)

Pencils

J. L. Keene (signed)

Inks

J. L. Keene (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm a little stiff from bowling!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated gag panels.