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| I recently listened to the Blue Beetle radio show and this story (friends at the fair) is almost verbatim. Good stuff! |
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| Publication | January 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: D-13 [Richard Anthony] |
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| Featuring | Strange Mysteries Unsolved |
| Credits | Script: Oppenheim Terrof | Pencils: Oppenheim Terrof | Inks: Oppenheim Terrof | Letters: Oppenheim Terrof |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | On inside front cover.
Only appearance of the "Strange Mysteries Unsolved" feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Green Mask and the Taj Lamah Jewels! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Agents of an enemy nation plot to destroy all U.S. industrial plants and steal gold from the U.S. Federal Reserve in order to cripple the abilities of America to meddle in the war. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Franz Weise (death); Thomas Henrich (refugee author); un-named daughter of Henrich; News Doakes; El Rikaf (villain, introduction); Boris (villain); Voss (villain); Lovensky (villain); Hans (villain) |
| Notes | Walter Frame was the name of a real artist at Fox named Walter Frehm. How much art he did is not known as the name was used as a by-line on many strips of the period, with art by Munson Paddock and Louis Cazeneuve, among possible others. |
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| Synopsis | A meteor from outer space has struck Earth in Asia, creating an area devoid of natural features, called "The Bald Spot." Scientists discover that the Bald Spot is growing in size. Investigation discovers a strange life form: jelly fish with heads or protoplasmen. Rex investigates and discovers a way to destroy the enemy. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Rex Dexter; Cynde; Protoplasmen (villains, all die) |
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| Comic Story | Mistaken Identity (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Billy Bounce |
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| Comic Story | Murder in a Monsoon (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chen Chang |
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| Synopsis | Wing is assigned the task of manning a plane over the U-boat infested waters of the North Atlantic, looking for the periscopes of submarines. He spots one and heads into the air to coordinate his ship's torpedo attack. When the torpedo hits the sub, Wing's plane's rudder is hit by flying shattered metal and crashes into the ocean, becoming fair game for the Nazis.. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Floyd Kelly] (byline) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Wing Turner; the Nazis (villains) |
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| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Lt. Drake; Tony Brick (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Morgue Murder Mystery (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hemlock Shomes; Dr. Potsam |
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| Text Story | The Dreamer (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Sid L. Sidney | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
| Notes | Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. |
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| Comic Story | Captured by Sin Lee (3 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Francis Drake] |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Savage; Sin Lee (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Fiends at the Fair (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Von Heuger (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Bridge Blasters (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Noel Howard] |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Bancroft (last appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Fahid the Revolutionary (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Agent D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Fahid (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Countess Zita, Spy (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Denny Scott; Countess Zita (villain, introduction, dies) |
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| Comic Story | The Murder of Glenwood Village (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Zanzibar; Marco Hawkins (villain, introduction) |
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