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Blue Beetle
Date | Number: 27 | Lang: English (en)
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PublicationNovember 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly
 
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
 
AdvertisementBe the Master (1 page)
CreditsLetters: typeset
NotesInside front cover ad for books on boxing, "police wrestling" and "police jiu-jitsu" from Pickwick Co.
 
Comic StoryAn Epidemic of Truth (10 pages)
SynopsisA scientist sprays truth gas over the city, inciting a mob.
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Sally Kirby; Dr. Marks; Mr. Kirby
NotesGarret is misspelled in this story.
 
Comic StoryDeath in the Sky! (6 pages)
SynopsisA Nazi sabotages a new plane, killing the test pilot. But when the F.B.I closes in on him, he tries to escape in a plane he'd sabotaged and dies himself.
FeaturingCrime Reporter
ContentGenre: War
NotesIn the last panels the F.B.I. agent addresses the reader, saying that this story "proves that the axis can never win", followed by a panel urging readers to buy war stamps and bonds. Page count corrected by Warren Mueller via the GCD Error Tracker.
 
SynopsisWillie looks after a parrot but his friends teach the parrot some new vocabulary.
FeaturingLittle Willie
CreditsScript: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Pencils: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Inks: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
ContentGenre: Humor; Children | Characters: Little Willie; Mrs. Van Snoot; Polly (a parrot)
NotesIn the first panel, a box notes "'Little Willie' is an exclusive feature of Blue Beetle Comics. What do you think of him?"
 
SynopsisRod Ripley and his companion Zarita must find the cure for a mysterious disease in the tomb of Rameses in the "Great Pyramid of Ghazi". They join British scientist Sir Malcom in Cairo. Ahmed, their guide, is killed by a falling stone as they try to enter the pyramid. As they take the formula from Rameses's sarcophagus, Rameses awakens and curses them. Then Isis appears, and tells them they may take the formula but only if they leave and never return. The three are happy to comply, and Ripley seals the pyramid behind them.
FeaturingRod Ripley, Wizard of Science
ContentCharacters: Rod Ripley; Zarita; Sir Balcom; Ahmed (a guide); Rameses (mummy); Isis (goddess)
Notesart credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
 
SynopsisJoe is a well-dressed turkey with no where to go on the farm, until he gets an invitation to dinner from the Army. But Joe fails to realize that he's being invited not to *be* dinner on Thanksgiving.
FeaturingTurkey Joe
ContentGenre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Turkey Joe; U.S. Army
NotesOnly appearance. credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
 
SynopsisRod tries to learn the "manly art of self-defense", but chooses a first opponent who is too skilled.
FeaturingRookie Rod
CreditsScript: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Pencils: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Inks: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
ContentGenre: Humor; Military | Characters: Rookie Rod
 
Text ArticleYoung Norwegian Hero Fools Gestapo (2 pages)
SynopsisArticle describing the roles of Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans in the war.
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Knut Fredriksen; Lieutenant Colonel Ole Reistad; First Lieutenant James Perry Muri
 
Comic StoryIgor Sikorsky and His Amazing Helicopter (9 pages)
SynopsisBiography of Sikorsky's attempts and eventual success at building a helicopter.
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Igor Sikorsky
NotesIt is predicted that the helicopter will "soon be everyman's airplane", and that it will replace the automobile. One early helicopter is described as looking more like a "Rube Goldberg invention"
 
FeaturingCome to the Fun Circus
CreditsScript: Mel Lazarus (signed) | Pencils: Mel Lazarus (signed) | Inks: Mel Lazarus (signed)
ContentGenre: Humor
 
Comic StoryThe Case of the Fish Scale Man (5 pages)
SynopsisDurrand Draw is called to solve a case where a girl has been abducted by a man with fish scales on his skin. But the fish scale man's role is not what it first appears.
FeaturingDurrand Draw
ContentGenre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Durrand Draw (intro); Beth (intro)
 
FeaturingService Gags
CreditsScript: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Pencils: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Inks: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
ContentGenre: Humor; War
NotesFive one-panel gags.
 
SynopsisTamaa must free Augo from a tribe after he is captured as part of a ritual to choose the next chief, and then help the better candidate win.
FeaturingTamaa, Jungle Prince
ContentGenre: Jungle | Characters: Tamaa; Augo (Tamaa's lion)
 
Comic StoryDouble Trouble [Part 1] (10 pages)
SynopsisThe military sends a captured Gestapo agent back into Germany to impersonate the Blue Beetle and help free some captured soldiers. Unfortunately the Nazi goes back on his word, so the real Blue Beetle has to follow him and free his friends. Continued....
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Spunky; Dick Wilson (F.B.I. agent); Fritz Von Straff (the Nazi Blue Beetle); Himmler; Gretchen
NotesBlue Beetle's sidekick Spunky was called Sparky in earlier issues. Spunky does not wear a costume in this story. "Garrett" has two t's in this story.
 
AdvertisementOmnibus of Pleasure (1 page)
Synopsis"Uncensored! A Rare Selection of Fun and Revelry from the World's Most Titillating Tales of LOVE!" The book costs 98 cents, from Strayon Publishers.
CreditsLetters: typeset
 
Synopsis"For every girl who wants to be lovely", the book "Better than Beauty" sells for 98 cents, from Herald Publishing Co.
CreditsLetters: typeset
NotesInside back cover.
 
SynopsisAd for six glasses each showing a member of a branch of the military embracing and kissing a girl.
CreditsLetters: typeset
NotesBack cover.
 
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