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| Date | | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Blue Beetle 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Published Quarterly by Fox Publications, Inc. 480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY. Application for 2nd class postage pending at Holyoke, Mass. Entire contents copyrighted 1939 by Fox Publications, Inc. Volume number and the on sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 440715. Volume number not listed in the comic's indicia. Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide claimed the on sale date was January 20, 1940. Indicia title listed is The Blue Beetle. Trademark for this title was posted in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 513, April 12, 1940, page 772. Trademark serial number 428,784. Fox Publications, Inc. New York, New York. Trademark filed February 20, 1940. Fox claimed it had been in use since November 5, 1939. This use date probably indicates when the title was created as the filing date indicates that this issue itself was used to secure the trademark instead of the creation of an ashcan edition. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| Comic Story | The Origin of Blue Beetle / Blue Beetle (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan Garret joins the police force and his Dad's old partner Mike to avenge his father's death at the hands of Chick Alonzo. (No actual explanation as to why or how Dan became the Blue Beetle.) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Michael Garret (dies); Mrs. Garret (dies); Karen Dobbs; Chick Alonzo (villain, introduction); Mike Mannigan |
| Script | Will Eisner ? |
| Pencils | Will Eisner (layouts) Charles Nicholas ((finished pencils)) |
| Inks | Charles Nicholas |
| First Line | Swooping down upon the Underworld... |
| Notes | New story created especially for this issue. |
| Comic Story | The Coming of the Blue Beetle / Blue Beetle (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Blue Beetle attempts to rescue a kidnapped banker's daughter from the White Face Gang. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Mr. Vander; The White Face Gang; John Brandes; Mike Ravani |
| Script | Will Eisner ? |
| Pencils | Charles Nicholas |
| Inks | Charles Nicholas |
| First Line | While Dan Garret was patroling his beat... |
| Notes | Beetle wears a blue business suit and hat in this story. |
| Comic Story | The Armored Truck Robbery / Blue Beetle (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Blue Beetle captures some bank robbers. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Tim |
| Script | Will Eisner ? |
| Pencils | Charles Nicholas |
| Inks | Charles Nicholas |
| First Line | With guards standing by... |
| Notes | Garret now wears a skin tight blue outfit with a hood but no mask. |
| Comic Story | The Loan Shark Racket / Blue Beetle (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Beetle battles some crooked loan sharks. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Barnes; Spike |
| Script | Will Eisner ? |
| Pencils | Charles Nicholas |
| Inks | Charles Nicholas |
| First Line | Dan Garret, an ordinary policeman by day... |
| Notes | Beetle now has a mask. |
| Comic Story | Protection Insurance For Newsboys / Blue Beetle (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bull Blackart attempts to run a protection racket aimed at newsboys. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Bull Blackart |
| Script | Will Eisner ? |
| Pencils | Charles Nicholas |
| Inks | Charles Nicholas |
| First Line | The green light flashes. |
| Comic Story | A Trap For the Blue Beetle / Blue Beetle (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A gang of thugs attempts to capture the Blue Beetle. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Dr. Franz |
| Script | Will Eisner ? |
| Pencils | Charles Nicholas (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Nicholas (signed) |
| First Line | I'm gonna get the Blue Beetle! |
| Notes | This four-page reprint does not include page 4 of the original five-page story. |
| Text Story | Death Rides On Horseback / Blue Beetle (2 pages) |
| Pencils | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Bannon; Sergeant Maddon |
| First Line | The hand of a killer hovered over a frightened city... |
| Comic Story | The Old Hex House / Yarko (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Yarko rescues Oliver Tate and his daughter from the hypnotic clutches of the evil Shadibba, who forces them to commit crimes and enrich him. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Yarko; Carole Tate; Oliver Tate; Shaddiba; Doga; Ivan |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| First Line | Buried in the rugged mountains of the Alleghenies... |
| Comic Story | Death and the Devil / Yarko (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Death and the Devil lay a trap for Yarko, frustrated because he keeps snatching their victims away. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Yarko; Inspector Drake; Mulvaney; Death; The Devil; Beppo; Killer Kirby |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| First Line | The outskirts of London... |
| Notes | Reprint note from Error Report #2331, from Darci. |
| Comic Story | The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers / Yarko (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Judge Lawton can't stop his wife from smuggling jewels. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Yarko; Fred Lawton; Rita Lawton; Rocco; Detective Gail Martin; Andre Coe |
| Script | Will Eisner ? |
| Pencils | Will Eisner ? Bob Powell ? |
| Inks | Will Eisner ? Bob Powell ? |
| First Line | The ways of the Underworld are varied... |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : There is visual evidence of both Eisner and Powell here. |
| Comic Story | Vladim the Voodoo Master / Yarko (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Yarko rescues a woman from the clutches of a mad Russian practitioner of Voodoo. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Yarko; Vladim |
| Script | Toni Blum (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| First Line | Out of the night comes Yarko... |
| Notes | Signature credit from Error Report #2282, by Tony Oliva. Previously credited as "Will Eisner?". Keith Chandler : Art is clearly by Powell, possibly over Eisner layouts. |
| Advertisement | Absolutely Free! Comic-Scope (1 page) |
| Characters | Samson |
| Pencils | Lou Fine (part) |
| Inks | Lou Fine (part) |
| Notes | Ad for Fox's cardboard comic-strip "projector". Ad contains partial reprint of the cover of Fantastic Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1 |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
