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| Date | | Number: 18 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Blue Beetle 18 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Sparky becomes Spunky in this issue. Office of publication: 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, Mass. Editorial and Executive offices: 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York City. Copyright 1942 by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Spunky [Sparkington J. Northrup] [aka Sparky]; The Red Knight |
| Pencils | Ray Willner (see notes) ? |
| Inks | Ray Willner (see notes) ? |
| First Line | Who is the Red Knight? |
| Notes | Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020). |
| Publisher advertisement | Don't Miss the January Issue of Catman (1 page) |
| Feature | Catman |
| Script | ? (promo copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Indicia at the bottom of the page. Promotional advertisement for what would be Cat-Man Comics (Holyoke, 1942 Series) #v3#7 (17) (January 1943). |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Red Knight! / Blue Beetle (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Count Renaud enters the offices of two jewelers, announcing he has the fabulous Beaufort Emerald. Joan is on hand, wanting the story for her newspaper, and is invited to dinner at Mr. Bentley's that evening to get the story. Officer Dan Garret, knowing that the emerald carries with it a history of death for its owners, decides to be around....just in case, and learns that, during the time of the Crusades, the Red Knight, possessing the emerald, stops to rest for the evening and is killed for the gem by Count Beaufort. When the Knight and curse on the gem seems to return, the Beetle steps in. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Spunky [Sparkington J. Northrup]; Joan Mason (reporter); Bentley (jeweler, death); Carl Lewis (jeweler, death); Count de Beaufort (villain, death, flashback); The Red Knight (flashback, death); The Red Knight [Count Henry Renaud] (villain) |
| Pencils | Maurice Del Bourgo (see notes) ? |
| Inks | Don Rico (see notes) ? |
| First Line | A precious jewel, a fabulous emerald is the prize in a game of death. |
| Notes | A new version of the Red Knight is introduced in Blue Beetle (Charlton, 1964 series) #5. Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020). |
| Photo Story | Read the Catman and the Kitten (1 page) |
| Feature | Catman |
| Script | ? (promo copy) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Catman; Kitten |
| Pencils | Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed) |
| Notes | Promotional advertisement for Cat-Man Comics (Holyoke, 1942 Series) #v3#7 (17) (January 1943) including cover reproduction. |
| Comic Story | The Blue Beetle Starring Spunky.. in The Case of the Magic Lamp / Blue Beetle (15 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Spunky [Sparkington J. Northrup] |
| Pencils | Alan Mandel (see notes) |
| Inks | Ray Willner (see notes) Sol Brodsky (see notes) ? |
| First Line | The Sultan of the great city was a wicked one... |
| Notes | Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020). |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Papoose |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Papoose (introduction, only appearance); Big Moose (father of Papoose) |
| Pencils | Ray Willner (see notes) |
| Inks | Ray Willner (see notes) |
| First Line | How many times Big Moose have to tell... |
| Notes | Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020). |
| Comic Story | A Mission of Death! (10 pages) |
| Feature | V-Man |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Sol Brodsky (see notes) |
| Inks | Don Rico (see notes) |
| First Line | Can anyone enter Nazi occupied France and return alive? |
| Notes | Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020). |
| Text Story | Six-Gun Law (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Script | Horace Wallace |
| Comic Story | No Title (3 pages) |
| Feature | Likkity Split |
| Genre | Humor; Children; War |
| Pencils | Ray Willner (see notes) (signed) |
| Inks | Ray Willner (see notes) (signed) |
| First Line | Since his crushing defeat at the North Pole... |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
| Comic Story | The Sight-Seeing Bus Mystery!! / Blue Beetle (10 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Spunky [Sparkington J. Northrup] |
| Script | Ed Murphy (editorial, see notes) |
| Pencils | Ray Willner (art, see notes) ? |
| Inks | Ray Willner (art, see notes) ? |
| First Line | Times Square in New York City is often referred to as 'The Crossroads of the World.' |
| Notes | Listed as: "Art and Editorial by Cromwell Bates and Dudley Rutherford." on the splash page. Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020). On the third panel of the eighth page, the dialogue box states, "Once more Wes and Sandy return to the sight seeing bus." This reference indicates that this was most probably a re-worked story originally intended to be a Sandman and Sandy story. It is likely the story was originally rejected by DC and redone for Holyoke's Blue Beetle. |
| Comic Story | No Title (6 pages) |
| Feature | Spark Stevens |
| Genre | Military |
| Characters | Spark Stevens; Chuck; Myra Lee |
| First Line | They're here again, folks! |
| Notes | navy |
| Advertisement | Free with this Offer (1 page) |
| Feature | Holyoke Publishing Co. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Advertisement for the book series Wonders of Science, Simplified from Holyoke Publishing Co. of New York. |
| Advertisement | Jim Prentice Famous Inventor of Electronic Football, Baseball, Etc., Announces (1 page) |
| Feature | Electric Game Co., Inc. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Advertisement for the Jim Prentice electronic game, Bomb'em with Blast'em from Electric Game Co., Inc. of Holyoke, Massachusetts. |
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