Blue Beetle
#57
(July 1948)
Fox,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fox Feature Syndicate Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fox Feature Publication
- Editing
- Victor Fox ? (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia:
BLUE BEETLE, July, 1948, No. 57. Published bi-monthly by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc., 221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., executive offices 60 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Entered as 2nd class matter December 18, 1945 at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., under the act of March 3, 1879. Price 10¢ per copy. Yearly subscriptins, in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, 75¢ including postage. $1.50 elsewhere. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. Any similarity between any of the names of persons or places appearing in this magazine (except those based on history or fact) with actual persons or places is not intended and is purely coincidental.
Printed in the U. S. A.
BLUE BEETLE, July, 1948, No. 57. Published bi-monthly by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc., 221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., executive offices 60 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Entered as 2nd class matter December 18, 1945 at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., under the act of March 3, 1879. Price 10¢ per copy. Yearly subscriptins, in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, 75¢ including postage. $1.50 elsewhere. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. Any similarity between any of the names of persons or places appearing in this magazine (except those based on history or fact) with actual persons or places is not intended and is purely coincidental.
Printed in the U. S. A.
The Black Widow
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Webb (credited as Otis); Iger Shop
- Inks
- David Heames ?; Iger Shop
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Mike Manigan; Joan Mason; Black Widow [Dolly Baker] (villain; introduction); The Spider [Dr. Chet Baker] (villain; introduction)
- Synopsis
- Navy sailors are being murdered, suffocated by a plastic film that Navy was developed in secret, and each marked with a dead black black widow spider. Mike is given the case, but Dan and Joan stumble across the next victim. When Mike and Joan are captured it's up to the Blue Beetle to find the crooks with help from the local entomologist's club.
Indexer Notes
First page is printed on the inside front cover in blue duo-tone.
Art spotting by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Lady Firebug
Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ken Battefield ?; John Forte ?; Iger Shop; ? [as Otis]
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garett]; Mike Manigan; Joan Mason; Lady Medusa (villain); Blue Beetle imposter (villain)
- Synopsis
- Dan, Mike and Joan know something is up when homeowners start burning their own homes and turning themselves in for arson. But Blue Beetle gets into trouble when Lady Medusa hypnotizes him to be her spy on the police force.
Indexer Notes
Tentative art spotting by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. on the basis of the splash page *only*. This "shows signs of both Ken Battefield and John Forte, but it's not clearly one or other", and as was common for shop work at the time, many artists may have been involved.
Partners in Loot
Fleagle Brothers / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kamen ? (credited as Otis)
- Inks
- Jack Kamen ? (credited as Otis)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Blue Beetle [Dan Garett] (narrator); Ralph Fleagle; Jake Fleagle
- Synopsis
- Blue Beetle narrates the crime career and superstitions of the Fleagle Brothers.
[no title indexed]
The Fun Company / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Four ads from the same company with one order form in the lower right corner.
[no title indexed]
M.P.K. Company 3 Piece Pocket Set of Pens / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Most Amazing Factory-To-You...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Fleagle Bros. A True Crime Story
-
1.
The Black Widow
Blue Beetle -
2.
The Lady Firebug
Blue Beetle -
3.
The Murder Knot
-
4.
Partners in Loot
Fleagle Brothers -
5.
3 in 1 Air Pistol
Johnson Smith & Company -
6.
Famous Banner Fireworks!
Banner Fireworks Mfg. Co., Inc. -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Fun Company -
8.
["The Most Amazing Factory-To-You..."]
M.P.K. Company 3 Piece Pocket Set of Pens -
9.
["Constelation Ball Point Pen and Cigarette Lighter"]
American Merchandising Co.
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