Blue Beetle #16

(November 1942)

The Monster Mechanic (Table of Contents: 1)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Ulmer ? [as Art Barley]

Inks

Al Ulmer ? [as Art Barley]

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky; Kreal [Prof. Roberts] (villain, introduction, death); Dr. James Crunchwell; Jarvis; Mike Mannigan; Koulouch

Synopsis

The Blue Beetle has to deal with a criminal who can make men vanish into thin air. Kreal is kidnapping America's most brilliant men because their combined knowledge will make him the world's most powerful human.

Indexer Notes

Free puppy given away to the fan who writes the best letter on the last page.

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

Likkity Split / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil Bard

Inks

Phil Bard

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come on, ya monkey!

Genre

children

Characters

Likkity Split

Synopsis

Likkity Split goes to the North Pole to rescue Santa who has been captured by Nazis.

Indexer Notes

continued next issue

Mystery of the Walking Torches (Table of Contents: 3)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles Quinlan (Signed)

Inks

Charles Quinlan (Signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky; the Flame-Man [Clayton] (villain, introduction, death); Mike Mannigan

Synopsis

Blue Beetle battles a gang of arsonist saboteurs armed with flame throwers.

Indexer Notes

Story ends with Sparky giving a Cat-Man ad.

Trail of the Warrior (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Horace Wallace

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

V-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sol Brodsky (signed)

Inks

Sol Brodsky (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The cunning web of Hitler's mock justice snares an innocent victim...

Genre

superhero

Characters

V-Man [Jerry Steele]; Ginger Dare; V-85 (of the V-Group); Pierre Burrie; Madame Burrie; Lt. Mopeman; Adolf Hitler (villain)

Synopsis

Ginger Dare and the V group have to get money to the French underground. Meanwhile Pierre Burrie paints slanderous anti-Nazi posters which attract the attention of Lt. Mopeman so V-Man has to rescue him.

Pvt. Narcisco Ortilano (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

Pvt. Narcisco Ortilano

Synopsis

Pvt. Ortilano fights with MacArthur at Bataan.

Indexer Notes

true story

The Amateur Magician (Table of Contents: 7)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil Bard ? [as Oliver Ashford]

Inks

Phil Bard ? [as Oliver Ashford]

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky; Dascomb Dinsmore (villain, introduction); Seidlitz (villain, introduction); Mrs. Vermine Throttlebottom; Mike Mannigan

Synopsis

Dascomb Dinsmore, amateur magician and the mysterious Seidlitz attempt to move on from the circus into a life of crime.

Indexer Notes

$5.00 prize for best letter.

Now follow me! (Table of Contents: 8)

Spark Stevens / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil Bard ? [as Oliver Ashford]

Inks

Phil Bard ? [as Oliver Ashford]

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Spark Stevens; Squak; Chuck; Oliver Ashford (artist)

Synopsis

Artist Oliver Ashford appears to die in his own story, but it's all a fantasy of Squak's.