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| Publication | Fall 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Per Don Mangus, Edd Ashe did a reproduction of this cover, leading to the possibility that he may have done the original cover (June 27, 2006).
Keith Chandler : Comparing this with the cover of Mystery Men #13, the style here is definitely Ashe. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
| Notes | Per Don Mangus, Edd Ashe did a reproduction of this cover, leading to the possibility that he may have done the original cover (June 27, 2006).
Keith Chandler : Comparing this with the cover of Mystery Men #13, the style here is definitely Ashe. |
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| Comic Story | Blitz and the Dynamite Formula (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Blitz tries to steal the liquid dynamite formula to give to his fatherland. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason (introduction, NY Chronicle reporter); Blitz (introduction, death, villain); Mike Mannigan; Dr. Franz |
| Notes | Previous credits given to Charles Nicholas.
Dan uses vitamin 2X to gain super-powers in this story. |
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| Comic Story | The Dope Smuggling Ring (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Snow Brody sells marijuana cigarrettes to kids and earns the Beetle's wrath. Dan gets shot by a sub machine gun and needs a blood transfusion from Helen Harmon, but vitamin 2X speeds his recovery. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Snow Brody; Helen Harmon; Police Commissioner Harmon; Dr. Franz; Philip Redon |
| Notes | Garret uses vitamin 2X.
Adapted from Blue Beetle radio episode of 1940-05-15.
Keith Chandler : The inset image of the Blue Beetle is not from the daily strip and is by a different artist, possibly Joe Simon. Here the costume has the later characteristic scales. |
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| Comic Story | The Man In the Black Robe (11.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Beetle investigates a stolen corpse and a haunted house. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mary Parnell (villain); Egg-Head (villain); Mike Mannigan; Edna Parnell |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : The splash panel is not from the daily strip and is by a different artist, possibly Joe Simon. Here the costume has the later characteristic scales.
The bottom half of the final page features an advertisement for the new Green Mask comic. |
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| Text Story | The Mystery of the Vanishing Corpses (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Phyllis Boyce; Dr. Franz |
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| Comic Story | The Ghosts of Denton Hall (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rajput brings Lorraine Denton messages from her grandfather from beyond the grave. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Rajput (introduction, villain); John Kent (introduction, villain); Lorraine Denton; Doane; Mike Mannigan |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : The splash panel is not from the daily strip and is by a different artist, possibly Joe Simon. Here the costume has the later characteristic scales. |
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| Comic Story | The Three European Dictators (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy; War | Characters: K-51; Anna Zev; Rudolph Morgo (villain); Diableff |
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| Comic Story | The Return of Lin Sun (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy; War | Characters: K-51; Claire Conos (Agent Z-19); Tsin-Yu (villain); Lim Sun; Remy Mussoni (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Captured by Sin Lee (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Savage; Helen Drew; Captain Sin Lee (pirate); Captain Hoyt |
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