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| Date | | Number: 31 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Blue Beetle 31 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | The Blue Beetle June 1944 No 31. Published monthly by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc. Office of Publication 32 North High St. Akron, O. Editorial and executive offices 10 East 43rd St, New York City. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Holyoke, Mass under the Act of March 3, 1879. Re-entry at New York NY. Price 10 cents per issue. Subscription rates:12 issues in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain $1.20 On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1944 Periodicals, page 255 |
| Cover | Blue Beetle Clips the Nips / 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Japanese soldiers; American soldiers |
| Pencils | E. C. Stoner |
| Inks | E. C. Stoner |
| Notes | Artist revision from Gerald Altman ? to Stoner per Ken Quattro's article in Alter Ego #118 (July 2013). Fox resumes publication of this title. |
| Comic Story | The Adventure of the Crumbling Skyscraper / Blue Beetle (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | German saboteurs blow up a building and leave evidence that the Beetle is responsible. The Beetle uses his super powers to rebuild the entire building by morning, but the saboteurs continue their campaign to blacken the Beetle's name. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Admiral Mason (Joan's father) |
| Pencils | E. C. Stoner |
| Inks | E. C. Stoner |
| First Line | What fiendish business is this... |
| Notes | Beetle has super powers, including the ability to grow to giant size. He also has an airplane, the Beetle Mobile, the Beetlebird and a black light that turns him invisible. |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Military Humor |
| Genre | Humor |
| Pencils | W. Jourdain |
| First Line | Ah g'wan away |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Although a previous indexer has credited Jourdain with pencils, by comparison with the Blue Beetle story immediately preceding it, this looks to be the work of E.C. Stoner. Five gag panels with a military theme. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Minute Mystery |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Pencils | W. Jourdain |
| First Line | I'm good. They'll never find out. |
| Comic Story | Peril In the Pacific / Blue Beetle (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan Garrett is given the assignment of protecting Colonel Denton who is delivering information of the utmost importance. But Gestapo agents infiltrate the plane Denton is flying on, and Dan and the Colonel end up stranded on a "Jap infested" island in the Pacific. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Colonel Denton; Lt. Adams; Lt. Morrow; Gestapo agents (villains); the Japanese (villains) |
| Pencils | Herman C. Browner ? E. C. Stoner ? |
| Inks | E. C. Stoner ? |
| First Line | The enemy forces lay in wait... |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Once again, this appears more to be the art of E.C. Stoner. |
| Text Story | They Came to Destroy America (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Children; War |
| Characters | Jerry; Hans |
| First Line | This is a story of a boy and his dog... |
| Comic Story | The Whistling Death / Joan Mason (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joan solves the mystery of a broadway booking agent's murder. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Joan Mason |
| Pencils | Gerald Altman ? |
| First Line | The most puzzling murder mystery... |
| Notes | Joan Mason is a continuing character in the Blue Beetle strip, and this is her first outing solo. |
| Comic Story | The Very Salty Tale of the O'Brine Twins / The O'Brine Twins (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | After being declared 4-F by the draft board, the O'Brine twins join the Merchant Marine. There they foil a submarine attack and volunteer to sail the captured submarine back to Washington. Only trouble is, they don't know the way! |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Waterman O'Brine; Wetmore O'Brine; Cap'n McArsenic; Prince Annokanoanock the Fourteenth |
| Script | Jack Farr |
| Pencils | Jack Farr |
| Inks | Jack Farr |
| Letters | Jack Farr |
| First Line | From now on, Brother Waterman... |
| Comic Story | Buried Alive / Blue Beetle (10 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Marsh; Hau Pirl (Japanese spy); Dum Jon (Japanese spy) |
| First Line | I'm assigning you to guard Miss Mason... |
| Comic Story | Coxwell and Glaisher (1 page) |
| Synopsis | On 5 September, 1862, Coxwell and Glaisher ascended from a village in England in a hot air balloon to a height of more than seven miles. |
| Feature | True Story |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Coxwell; Glaisher |
| Pencils | W. Jourdain |
| First Line | Coxwell and Glaisher, 82 years ago, rose to nearly 7 miles... |
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