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| This is gonna be one of my briefer commentaries - I get the feeling that either the artists who served in WWII had not returned yet, or Fox was too cheap to get better personnel, as the artwork here was a bit on the, shall we say, basic side - so were the stories. The O'Brine twins were strange enough to be the highlight of the book, and that's all I have to say about that. No Kooba-Cola ad in this issue, but how about that snazzy glow-in-the-dark necktie? I could see that Ralphie kid from A CHRISTMAS STORY getting in trouble with his mom for getting his father one of those! |
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| Publication | March-April 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Earthquake Maker |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan |
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| Publisher advertisement | "Look for this sign" (1 page) |
| Notes | Ad promotes Fox cover symbol (which is not on the cover of this issue). Note indicates Blue Beetle contests have been discontinued. |
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| Comic Story | The Adventure of the Panting Photographer (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Snapem stages accidents so he can get pictures of the Blue Beetle in action. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; Snapem of Pop Magazine |
| Notes | Art was previously credited to Lew 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. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Bouncing Book (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | An unscrupulous publisher uses Mike's manuscript as a blueprint to commit crimes. Only trouble is, it's the wrong book. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; J.J. Smith |
| Notes | 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. |
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| Comic Story | The Hidden Landing Strip (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Comic Story | Ted Purdy (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Comic Story | The Threat From Saturn (Chapter 6): The Earthquake Maker (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Beetle thinks Gloat and Saturnia are dead, but Gloat plans to use his earthquake maker to destroy the city. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; Saturnia; Gloat |
| Notes | 'What will that choice be? Read the next issue of Blue Beetle!' But this is the last published chapter, and the story remains unconcluded. |
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| Text Story | Backfire (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Lieutenant Foxheart; Big Bill Armstrong; Colonel Watson; Chief Thunder Head |
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| Comic Story | The Latest Fashion--In Crime (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Joan Mason; Officer Mike Mannigan; Officer Dennis; McPherson (editor); Spotsy (crook); Elsie; Mort |
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| Comic Story | Saludos Amigos (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Wetmore O'Brine; Waterman O'Brine; Captain Frank Furter |
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| Featuring | Laff Parade |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
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