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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published October 1942
Frequency monthly
Cover Price USD 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Charles Quinlan ?

Cover Details

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Ulmer? [as Art Barley]
Inks Al Ulmer? [as Art Barley]

15 page Blue Beetle story "It's the chief of police over at Fairlawn, wonder what he wants?"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky [Sparkington J. Northrup]; Madame Fang (villain, introduction); Rob Rutter; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason
Synopsis Madame Fang attempts to rescue a prisoner from Dan and Mike.
Genre superhero
Pencils Charles Quinlan (signed)
Inks Charles Quinlan
Notes Sparky appeared on the cover of issue #14 and in an ad page in that same issue, but this is his first story appearance. Although the second story in this issues is chronologically the first. Joan Mason is blonde again.

2 page Nosey Nolan story "Nosey Nolan was teased so much about his big nose..."

Characters Nosey Nolan (intro, only appearance)

15 page Blue Beetle story "The mid-afternoon silence is broken by the eerie whail [sic] of a screaming siren...!"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Hautmann (villain; introduction); Mike Mannigan; Sparky [Sparkingon J. Northrup]
Synopsis This is Sparky's origin story.
Genre superhero

2 page Blue Beetle text story "Four Spies"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
Genre superhero
Letters typeset

10 page V-Man story "Paris--the heavy tread of Nazi boots echoes through a street of the occupied capital!"

Genre superhero

6 page Spark Stevens story "The Mixed-Up Parrots"

Characters Spark Stevens; Chuck; Squak
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

8 page Blue Beetle story "The Bloodless Bodies"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky; the Vampire [Dr. Grime] (villain, introduction); Mike Mannigan
Genre superhero
Script Oliver Ashford (signed)
Pencils Phil Sturm (signed)
Inks Phil Sturm

6 page story "Lt. Edward Henry O'Hare"

Genre war
Notes true story