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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Blue Beetle 8 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bimonthly |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe |
| Inks | Edd Ashe |
| First Line | The Blue Beetle fights to save America from Nazis! |
| Notes | credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes. Keith Chandler : Ashe draws the Beetle's cowl with a prominent scarab on the forehead, only found elsewhere in this issue on the newspaper strip reprint given the title 'The Murder Miniatures'. |
| Comic Story | Radium Threat / Blue Beetle (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Porky Hog steals radium from the hospital to build a great destructive weapon. |
| Script | ? [as Charles Nicholas] (credited) |
| Inks | ? [as Charles Nicholas] (credited) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Porky Hog (Intro, villain); Scorny; Doc Franz |
| Pencils | Al Carreño |
| First Line | Smashing down upon the Underworld rackets... |
| Notes | credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes |
| Comic Story | Dr. Krug's Explosive Gorillas / Blue Beetle (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Krug uses gorillas coated in dynamite to take over the city. Well, that was the plan anyway. |
| Script | ? [as Charles Nicholas] (credited) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Dr. Krug (Intro, villain); Dr. Franz |
| Pencils | Al Carreño |
| Inks | Al Carreño |
| First Line | Dan spots trouble -- |
| Notes | credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes |
| Comic Story | The Crime Dealer / Dynamo (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Crime Dealer threatens to blow up the Brandt hotel unless blackmail is paid. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Dynamo [Jim Andrews]; The Crime Dealer (Intro; villain), [Morell]; Sally Brandt; Renard |
| Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
| First Line | Like a lightning flash... |
| Notes | Takes place between WEIRD COMICS #17 and 18. Credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes/ Keith Chandler : While there is no entry for Harold Weber in the Who's Who, he may be the writer here. |
| Text Story | Red Cross Dog (2 pages) |
| Pencils | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure; Animal |
| Characters | Lieutenant D'Oursac |
| Script | Nathaniel Nitkin |
| First Line | Lieutenant D'Oursac leaned low over his horse. |
| Comic Story | The Murder Miniatures / Blue Beetle (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Beetle investigates a businessman's death. The only clue is a miniature painting. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; William Brent (villain); Jean Brent; George Brent; Smythe; Werner |
| Pencils | Pierce Rice ? |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve ? |
| First Line | Dan Garret and Mike Mannigan are riding along a street... |
| Comic Story | Gagon's Explosive Device / Blue Beetle (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gagon has stolen a machine that can cause explosions from a distance and demands the keys to the state bank or he will blow up the city. |
| Script | ? [as Charles Nicholas] (credited) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Gagon (Intro, villain); Joan Mason; Dr. Franz; Drag |
| Pencils | Al Carreño |
| Inks | Al Carreño |
| First Line | I got the gadget... |
| Notes | credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes |
| Comic Story | The Remote-Controlled Death-Device (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zonn, a foreign agent, uses his radio compass to blow up arms shipments. |
| Feature | Dynamite Thor |
| Script | ? [as Wright Lincoln] (credited) |
| Inks | ? [as Wright Lincoln] (credited) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Dynamite Thor [Peter Thor]; Zonn (villain); Ludwig (villain); the Countess (villain); Glenda |
| Pencils | Dan Gormley |
| First Line | Blasting his was thru the skies... |
| Notes | Final appearance. Credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.'s notes. |
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