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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published September-October 1946
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Fox
Notes 221 Conyngham Ave, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Editorial Offices 60 E 42nd St, NY, NY

Cover Details

Characters Blue Beetle
Genre superhero
Pencils E. C. Stoner [signed E. C. S.]
Inks E. C. Stoner [signed E. C. S.]

10 page Blue Beetle story "Triple Trouble"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Reardon (Intro, villain); Colini (Intro, villain); Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason
Synopsis The city is taking on a campaign against juvenile delingquency. But a crooked furrier hires a bunch of school kids to rob his warehous so he can collect the insurance.
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Ferstadt
Inks Lou Ferstadt
Notes Art credits from Gary Watson, April 2009. Original indexer had credited E. C. Stoner.
Reprinted in Human Fly (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1

2 page Minit Mystery story "[Lakeslip, Florida..."

Genre mystery
Pencils Al Zere ?
Inks Al Zere ?
Reprinted in Human Fly (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1

2 page Matty Case text story "Solution By Cupid"

Script Al Huston [signed]
Letters typeset

10 page Johnny Earthquake story "The Enigma Called Noface"

Characters Johnny Earthquake; Noface; Roland Van Hemingway; Rusty Ringle; Gloria Van Hemingway; Narda
Pencils ? [as Sid Tyler]
Inks ? [as Sid Tyler]
Notes last app. in THE BOOK OF COMICS #1
Reprinted in Human Fly (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1

8 page Bronze Man story "Statue of Doom"

Characters Bronze Man [Randy Ronald]; Buzz Smith; Rand Ronald Smith; Bull Gambos (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils A. C. Hollingsworth [as Alec Hope]
Inks A. C. Hollingsworth [as Alec Hope]
Notes next app. in JO-JO #7
Reprinted in Human Fly (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1