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| Publication | January 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Art identification based on Patenaude‘s signed covers for Mystery Men Comics #31 (February, 1942) and V...- Comics #2 (March, 1942), which feature the Blue Beetle and V-Man appearing consistent with how they’re drawn on this cover. Similarities include small heads which are smoothly well-rounded, dotted eyes with no irises, small noses, wide smiles showing teeth, and pronounced chests with a few bumps drawn to convey the ribs. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: V-Man [Jerry Steele]; The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; The Flame [Gary Preston] |
| Notes | Art identification based on Patenaude‘s signed covers for Mystery Men Comics #31 (February, 1942) and V...- Comics #2 (March, 1942), which feature the Blue Beetle and V-Man appearing consistent with how they’re drawn on this cover. Similarities include small heads which are smoothly well-rounded, dotted eyes with no irises, small noses, wide smiles showing teeth, and pronounced chests with a few bumps drawn to convey the ribs. |
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| Comic Story | The Giant's Dagger (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Beetle comes up against an opponent who carries a giant dagger around in a violin case and, in the end, discovers that the Giant is actually Tom Patten, who had murdered his wife for valuable jewels, then was sent to prison, but escaped during a fire which horribly disfigured his face. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan; Mike (a Policeman); The Giant's Dagger [Tom Patten] (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | The Tomb of the Tortured Death (15 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Basil Berold] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Flame [Gary Preston]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Hans (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Text Story | Power Dive (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Gene Rider | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Meeting That Death Attended (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | V-Man must go up against a villainous group of Nazis intent on discovering the location of Father Duroc, the man who created V-Man and the leader of the European V-Groups. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: V-Man [Jerry Steele]; Mickey (leader of the V-Boys Defense Corps); Ginger Dare; Clarkson (a pilot, death); Father Duroc (guest-star); Professor Schnell (villain, introduction, death); Herr Baron (villain, introduction); Von und Zu Schutz (villain, introduction); Countess Talya (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Half of the last page is an illustrated promotional ad which asks readers to enlist in the Boys Defense Corps.
The Feature Logo for this story is "V-Man, for Defense of Democracy". |
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| Comic Story | Death at the Ball (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Crotin (villain, introduction) |
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