| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Blue Beetle |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Ulmer? [as Art Barley] | Inks: Al Ulmer? [as Art Barley] |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
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| Synopsis | Dan and Mike have to go to a neighboring town to extradite Rod Rutter. Sparky hitches a ride. Madame Fang runs them off the road and rescues Rod. Joan comes along and picks up Dan and Sparky and gives chase. Joan gets captured, so the Beetle and Sparky have to go into action. |
| Featuring | Blue Beetle |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Quinlan (signed) | Inks: Charles Quinlan |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky [Sparkington J. Northrup]; Madame Fang (villain, introduction); Rod Rutter; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason |
| Notes | Sparky appeared on the cover of issue #14 and in an ad page in that same issue, but this is his first story appearance. Although the second story in this issues is chronologically the first. Joan Mason is blonde again. |
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| Featuring | Nosey Nolan |
| Content | Characters: Nosey Nolan (intro, only appearance) |
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| Synopsis | The Beetle has to deal with a prison break. Hauptman a Gestapo agent gets to them. Meanwhile Lord Northrup ships his son to America for the duration. Hauptman tries to kidnap the boy when he lands. The Beetle rescues him, but Sparky discovers his identity and asks to be his partner. |
| Featuring | Blue Beetle |
| Credits | Pencils: Allen Ulmer? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Hautmann (villain; introduction); Mike Mannigan; Sparky [Sparkingon J. Northrup] (introduction, origin) |
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| Text Story | Four Spies (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Blue Beetle |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
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| Synopsis | V-Man saves the occupied town of Ste. Gabriel from being wiped out to teach the Resistance a lesson. |
| Featuring | V-Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Pierce Rice? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: V-Man |
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| Comic Story | The Mixed-Up Parrots (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Spark Stevens |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Kubert (signed) | Inks: Joe Kubert (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Spark Stevens; Chuck; Squak |
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| Comic Story | The Bloodless Bodies (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan, Mike and Sparky investigate a killer who leaves his bodies dry of blood. It's Dr. Grime pretending to be a vampire so he can get enough blood to resurrect corpses from Ancient Egypt. |
| Featuring | Blue Beetle |
| Credits | Script: Phil Sturm (signed) | Pencils: Phil Bard [as Oliver Ashford] (signed) | Inks: Phil Bard [as Oliver Ashford] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky; the Vampire [Dr. Grime] (villain, introduction); Mike Mannigan |
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| Comic Story | Lieutenant Edward Henry O'Hare (6 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Phil Bard? | Inks: Phil Bard? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Lt. Edward Henry O'Hare |
| Notes | true story |
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