| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett] |
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| Advertisement | Be the Master (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover ad for books on boxing, "police wrestling" and "police jiu-jitsu" from Pickwick Co. |
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| Comic Story | An Epidemic of Truth (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A scientist sprays truth gas over the city, inciting a mob. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Sally Kirby; Dr. Marks; Mr. Kirby |
| Notes | Garret is misspelled in this story. |
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| Comic Story | Death in the Sky! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A 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. |
| Featuring | Crime Reporter |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | In 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. |
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| Synopsis | Willie looks after a parrot but his friends teach the parrot some new vocabulary. |
| Featuring | Little Willie |
| Credits | Script: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Pencils: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Inks: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Little Willie; Mrs. Van Snoot; Polly (a parrot) |
| Notes | In the first panel, a box notes "'Little Willie' is an exclusive feature of Blue Beetle Comics. What do you think of him?" |
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| Synopsis | Rod 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. |
| Featuring | Rod Ripley, Wizard of Science |
| Content | Characters: Rod Ripley; Zarita; Sir Balcom; Ahmed (a guide); Rameses (mummy); Isis (goddess) |
| Notes | art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Synopsis | Joe 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. |
| Featuring | Turkey Joe |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Turkey Joe; U.S. Army |
| Notes | Only appearance. credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Synopsis | Rod tries to learn the "manly art of self-defense", but chooses a first opponent who is too skilled. |
| Featuring | Rookie Rod |
| Credits | Script: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Pencils: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Inks: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Rookie Rod |
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| Text Article | Young Norwegian Hero Fools Gestapo (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Article describing the roles of Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans in the war. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Knut Fredriksen; Lieutenant Colonel Ole Reistad; First Lieutenant James Perry Muri |
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| Comic Story | Igor Sikorsky and His Amazing Helicopter (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Sikorsky's attempts and eventual success at building a helicopter.
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Igor Sikorsky |
| Notes | It 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" |
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| Featuring | Come to the Fun Circus |
| Credits | Script: Mel Lazarus (signed) | Pencils: Mel Lazarus (signed) | Inks: Mel Lazarus (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Fish Scale Man (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Durrand 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. |
| Featuring | Durrand Draw |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Durrand Draw (intro); Beth (intro) |
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| Featuring | Service Gags |
| Credits | Script: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Pencils: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) | Inks: Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; War |
| Notes | Five one-panel gags. |
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| Synopsis | Tamaa 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. |
| Featuring | Tamaa, Jungle Prince |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Tamaa; Augo (Tamaa's lion) |
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| Comic Story | Double Trouble [Part 1] (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The 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.... |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Spunky; Dick Wilson (F.B.I. agent); Fritz Von Straff (the Nazi Blue Beetle); Himmler; Gretchen |
| Notes | Blue 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. |
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| Advertisement | Omnibus 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. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | "For every girl who wants to be lovely", the book "Better than Beauty" sells for 98 cents, from Herald Publishing Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Synopsis | Ad for six glasses each showing a member of a branch of the military embracing and kissing a girl. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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