Pretty sleazy. I realized when I saw the first story that this is the first time I've seen the word "nude" in a pre-Code comic. Even so it looks as if the artist made the statue a bit nuder than the editor felt comfortable with. In the long shot on page 11 (panel 5) she seems to be wearing a thong, while in the following panels her hips have been covered up. Speaking of wardrobe malfunctions, on the cover the reflection shows a strap going around the woman's ribcage but the woman herself doesn't have one.
By The Australian Panther
Wertham would probably have loved this cover. Yes, Crash, I also noted the inconsistency between the mirror front of the lady and the real back view. curious.
I have not yet paid much attention to Golden Age Blue Beetle. The silly costume does not attract me to the character. But looking at this run, Blue Beetle was a Crime Anthology masquerading as a Superhero book.
There are 'fetish' and 'Bondage' covers - even two with 'a girl in a red dress in distress' [See what I did there?]
And some of the insides are definitely not G-rated. Different days for sure!
Cheers!
By lrek
Also, there's no green dress in the reflection. Spot the differences! But maybe it's two different women? Gorgeous, identical, seen-it-all twins who like to dress and undress in front of one another, pretending it's a mirror? While a guy with a curved dagger and snake-eyes lurks nearby? Like Lucy and Harpo, but fortified with more kink!
Additional Information
Name
Blue Beetle 54 | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: monthly
Cover
1 page
Notes
Cover was featured in Frederic Wertham's anti-comics book Seduction of the Innocent, illo #20: "Children call these 'headlight' comics."
Comic Story
The Vanishing Nude / Blue Beetle (10 pages)
Pencils
Otis
Inks
Otis
Notes
story begins inside front cover
Comic Story
House of a Thousand Corpses / Blue Beetle (10 pages)
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