Blue Beetle
#45
(June 1947)
Fox,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fox Feature Syndicate Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fox Feature Publication
- Editing
- Victor Fox
Issue Notes
Indicia has: Copyright 1946 Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Blue Beetle / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
The Museum Murders
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ? [as Otis] (credited)
- Pencils
- Lou Ferstadt ? (signed as Otis)
- Inks
- Lou Ferstadt ? (signed as Otis); E. C. Stoner (signed) ((some Blue Beetle faces))
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wonder where that artist got his inspiration...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Prof. Brooks; the descendents of the Ozini tribe
- Synopsis
- Joan, a double for the long lost princess of the Ozini tribe, is taken to be sacricificed to appease the rain god. Their plans are foiled by the Blue Beetle.
Indexer Notes
Story begins on inside front cover which is printed in four-color.
Keith Chandler : This is the first story for several years in which Stoner's pencils and inks are not in evidence. Here he only inks the faces of the Blue Beetle character, and then not consistently.
[no title indexed]
Minit Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rita Hanley, who controls her 19-year-old sister Mary's estate, is enraged when Mary informs her that...
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Inspector Roc; Rita Hanley; Mary Hanley
- Synopsis
- Two sisters fight.
Indexer Notes
A "You Be the Detective" thriller.
A Case of Death
A Matty Case Mystery / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Matty Case; Nat Magin; Henry Ptice; Porter; Chief Grady
- Synopsis
- A death at the Undertakers Annual Convention.
- Reprints
-
in All-Famous Police Cases (Star Publications, 1952 series) #8 (December 1952)
-
Adventure in the Gobi Desert
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When the famous explorer...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; Col. Allan Derwint
- Synopsis
- In the Gobi Desert, the Blue Beetle and friends search for the lost city of Lulan and its treasures.
- Reprints
-
in Zoot (Bell Features, 1950 series) #13 ([circa late Fall 1950]) [splash page used as cover]
-
Mystery In C Major
Joan Mason / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Soupy" Mac Dougall and "Rat-Face" Regan...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Joan Mason; "Soupy" Mac Dougall (crook); "Rat-Face" Regan (crook); McPherson (editor); Maggie Mc Cracken; Professor Donaldson (death); "Puggy" (crook)
- Synopsis
- A hit and run story leads to murder and hidden loot.
- Reprints
- in The Blue Beetle (Charlton, 1955 series) #21 (August 1955) which is reprinted
-
in Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Blue Beetle -
1.
The Museum Murders
Blue Beetle -
2.
["Rita Hanley, who controls her 19-year-old sister Mary's estate, is enraged when Mary informs her that..."]
Minit Mystery -
3.
A Case of Death
A Matty Case Mystery -
4.
Adventure in the Gobi Desert
Blue Beetle -
5.
Mystery In C Major
Joan Mason
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Bill Devine
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Willie Williams
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