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Item #26466239
Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 60 FN- 5.5
Ended Aug 8 2016 Winning Bid $214 Art by Jack Kamen and others. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle, which by this time was becoming one of the era's many crime comics. The Beetle gets involved when hoods invade a charity circus to steal a priceless artifact from a struggling magician; Reporter Joan Mason, the Beetle's girlfriend, investigates a murder during a stage play; The Beetle stumbles on a forgery plot at a Van Gogh exhibit. Crime Circus; Joan Mason: Onstage Murder; Justice Wasn't Blind; The Bloody Artist. Final issue of the series; the character returned in the 1960s Charlton series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: FN- 5.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)