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| Publication | December 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Featuring | The Blue Beetle |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Burning Death (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Drug manufacturer Leo Sugar murders his partner when he won't let him use his new drug for crime. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Joan Mason; Dr. Frantz (druggist); Leo Sugar (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Corpse Who Walked (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | After stealing a cool half million in bonds, Marcus Hook attempts to falsify his death and almost kills Dr. Franz in the process. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Joan Mason; un-named tramp (death); Dr. Frantz (druggist); Marcus Hook (villain, banker); Crimp (villain, lawyer); Monty (villain, Hook's cousin) |
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| Comic Story | Curtain Call for Death (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scribbler is busy forging checks. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Lord Summer; Dr. Franz (druggist); Jane Bullock; James Bourne (villain, introduction); Scribbler (villain, forger) |
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| Comic Story | The Monster of the Swamp (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A fake monster hijacks trains by running them into an abandoned mine. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Joan Mason; The Swamp Master (villain, introduction); Swamp Master's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | The Gorilla and the Gangsters (5.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The mysterious half-human, half-gorilla kills notorious mobster Renard and takes over his gang, then kidnaps Elsa Bonn, one of the two people who know who is really is (or was), in order to use her as a front for some of his plots to gain power. |
| Featuring | The Gorilla |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Gorilla [Jack Castle] (villain); Elsa Bonn; Renard (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Last appearance, even though the last panel states he will return in a future issue of Blue Beetle.
The last half page of the story is an illustrated promo for a new hero to appear in the pages of Fantastic Comics: The Gladiator.
Bill Black states that Jerry Bails' "Collector's Guide: The First Heroic Age" from 1969 and Howard Keltner's "Index to Golden Age Comics Books" from 1976 both list the feature.
Bails' Who's Who does not list the feature nor Harry Graves. |
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| Text Story | Coastguard in Action (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War |
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| Comic Story | The Wonderful Wish (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Davy the Wish Master |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Fantasy | Characters: Davy; The Grogans; the Devil; Bumper |
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| Comic Story | Arsonists at Sea (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Blackbird and his super powered plane battle Nazis and spies. |
| Featuring | Blackbird |
| Content | Characters: Blackbird [Jake Baxter]; Hansie (villain); Nazis |
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