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| Date | | Number: 44 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Blue Beetle 44 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | 221 Conyngham Ave, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Editorial Offices 60 E 42nd St, NY, NY. An ad on the inside cover of All Top Comics (Fox, 1946 series) #3 (Fall 1946) states the on-sale of September-October Blue Beetle was August 5. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
| Pencils | E. C. Stoner (signed) |
| Inks | E. C. Stoner (signed) |
| Notes | The artist's signature is found on the front of the locomotive. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promo with "Green Premium Coupon" that can be redeemed for prizes. |
| Feature | Green Premium Coupon |
| First Line | Hey, kids! Get valuable premiums. |
| Notes | Inside front cover, black and white. |
| Comic Story | Triple Trouble / Blue Beetle (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The city is taking on a campaign against juvenile delinquency. But a crooked furrier hires a bunch of school kids to rob his warehouse so he can collect the insurance. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Reardon (villain, introduction); Colini (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | E. C. Stoner |
| Inks | E. C. Stoner |
| First Line | The Devil makes work for idle fingers... |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Lou Ferstadt, but compare this story with any other signed effort by that artist from the same period (e.g. the Lash Lightning story in Four Favorites #16 (Ace Books)) and it will be clearly seen that this is by Stoner. |
| Story | Minit Mystery (2 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Pencils | Al Zere |
| Inks | Al Zere |
| Letters | Al Zere ? |
| First Line | Lakeslip, Florida... |
| Text Story | Solution by Cupid (2 pages) |
| Feature | Matty Case |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Matty Case; Mr. Stacy; Miss Stacy |
| Script | Al Huston |
| First Line | Matty's coupe glided round a corner... |
| Comic Story | The Enigma Called Noface / Johnny Earthquake (10 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Johnny Earthquake; Noface (villain); Roland Van Hemingway; Rusty Ringle; Gloria Van Hemingway; Narda |
| Pencils | Sid Tyler (signed) |
| Inks | Sid Tyler (signed) |
| First Line | Who is this genius of crime... |
| Notes | last previous appearance in THE BOOK OF COMICS #1 |
| Comic Story | Statue of Doom! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Randy gets off the train and spots a statue named after him in appreciation for saving the life of the local judge years back, and he visits the courtroom where the judge is sentencing a criminal to prison. While seated there, Randy overhears a threat to the judge's life and tries to follow the plotters, but instead sees the judge's son kidnapped. He discovers that the statue is loaded with explosives, timed to go off during a citizen's committee speech to be given by the judge. |
| Feature | Bronze Man |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Bronze Man [Major Randy Ronald]; Judge Buzz Smith (Rand's father); Rand Ronald Smith, Jr.; Bull Gambos (villain); Gambo's gang (villains, all die?) |
| Script | Alvin Hollingsworth (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Alvin Hollingsworth (signed) |
| Inks | Alvin Hollingsworth (signed) |
| First Line | Bronze Man! Still alive! |
| Notes | Next appearance in Jo-Jo Comics #7. Credits added by Craig Delich. Alec Hope is a pen name for Bronze Man creator/artist, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and appeared on the strips that Hollingsworth drew (courtesy of the Who's Who). Despite the text which specifically says Bronze Man wears a "bronze mask" to conceal his "disfigured" face, this story (and the other Bronze Man stories) has been redrawn so the hero does not wear a mask and his face is normal. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Order blank and list of items which can be redeemed with Green Coupons. These include a Blue Beetle Whistle and a Blue Beetle Camera. |
| Feature | Green Premium Coupon |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Free premiums for Green Coupons |
| Notes | Inside back cover, black and white. |
| 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 | |
