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| Date | | Number: 27 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Notes | November, 1943 - 400 dpi scan of a coverless comic missing the centerfold. Front and back cover scans found online. IFC recreated from existing low res. scan with other iterations for clarity. IBC recreated from existing low res. scan and later color version for clarity. Centerfold scans found on eBay, edited to better match the rest of the book. Featuring two Blue Beetle stories, Crime Reporter, Little Willie, Rod Ripley, Turkey Joe, Rookie Rod, Igor Sikorsky and His Amazing Helicopter, Durrand Draw, Tamaa the Jungle Prince, and more! There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page | |||
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| Name | Blue Beetle 27 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Indicia: THE BLUE BEETLE, November, 1943, No. 27. Published monthly by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. Office of publication, 1 Appelton Street, Holyoke, Mass. Editorial and executive offices, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York City. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Holyoke, Mass., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.20. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1942 by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. The names of all characters that are used are ficticious. Use of a name which is the same as that of any living person is accidental. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett] |
| Advertisement | Be the Master (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover ad for books on boxing, "police wrestling" and "police jiu-jitsu" from Pickwick Co. |
| Comic Story | An Epidemic of Truth / Blue Beetle (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A scientist sprays truth gas over the city, inciting a mob. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Sally Kirby; Dr. Marks; Mr. Kirby |
| Pencils | Alex Blum ? |
| Inks | Alex Blum ? |
| First Line | Pause a moment dear reader! |
| Notes | Garret is misspelled in this story. |
| 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. |
| Feature | Crime Reporter |
| Genre | War |
| Pencils | George Tukel ? |
| Inks | George Tukel ? |
| 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. |
| Story | Little Willie (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Willie looks after a parrot but his friends teach the parrot some new vocabulary. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Willie; Mrs. Van Snoot; Polly (a parrot) |
| Script | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| Pencils | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| Inks | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| First Line | Did you call me, Mrs. Van Snoot? |
| Notes | In the first panel, a box notes "'Little Willie' is an exclusive feature of Blue Beetle Comics. What do you think of him?" |
| Comic Story | No Title (5 pages) |
| 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. |
| Feature | Rod Ripley, Wizard of Science |
| Characters | Rod Ripley; Zarita; Sir Balcom; Ahmed (a guide); Rameses (mummy); Isis (goddess) |
| Script | S. M. Iger ? |
| Pencils | Sam Cooper ? |
| Inks | Sam Cooper ? |
| First Line | Commissioned by a world-famous laboratory... |
| Notes | art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | No Title (5 pages) |
| 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. |
| Feature | Turkey Joe |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Turkey Joe; U.S. Army |
| Script | Sid Lazarus (signed) |
| Pencils | Sid Lazarus (signed) |
| Inks | Sid Lazarus (signed) |
| First Line | Boy oh boy! Is he a cockadoodle dandy! |
| Notes | Only appearance. credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Rod tries to learn the "manly art of self-defense", but chooses a first opponent who is too skilled. |
| Feature | Rookie Rod |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Characters | Rookie Rod |
| Script | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| Pencils | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| Inks | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| First Line | Now le's see |
| Text Article | Young Norwegian Hero Fools Gestapo (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Article describing the roles of Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans in the war. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; War |
| Characters | Knut Fredriksen; Lieutenant Colonel Ole Reistad; First Lieutenant James Perry Muri |
| Comic Story | Igor Sikorsky and His Amazing Helicopter (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Sikorsky's attempts and eventual success at building a helicopter. |
| 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" |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Come to the Fun Circus |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| Pencils | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| Inks | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| 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. |
| Feature | Durrand Draw |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Durrand Draw (intro); Beth (intro) |
| Script | Montgomery Mulford |
| Pencils | George Tukel ? |
| Inks | George Tukel ? |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Service Gags |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Script | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| Pencils | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| Inks | Mell Lazarus (signed) |
| First Line | Oh- er- hello- er- ah- silly programs thos kids listen to, eh? |
| Notes | Five one-panel gags. |
| Comic Story | No Title (5 pages) |
| 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. |
| Feature | Tamaa, Jungle Prince |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Tamaa; Augo (Tamaa's lion) |
| Pencils | Bob Kipler (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Kipler (signed) |
| First Line | Ho, little one! |
| Comic Story | Double Trouble [Part 1] / Blue Beetle (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.... |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Spunky; Dick Wilson (F.B.I. agent); Fritz Von Straff (the Nazi Blue Beetle); Himmler; Gretchen |
| Pencils | Lee Ames ? |
| Inks | Lee Ames ? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "For every girl who wants to be lovely", the book "Better than Beauty" sells for 98 cents, from Herald Publishing Co. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | You, too can be more beautiful- charming and popular! |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for six glasses each showing a member of a branch of the military embracing and kissing a girl. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Drink a Toast to Our Armed Forces! |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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