Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	April 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

8 page Blue Beetle story "The Blue Beetle--Kidnapper?"

Characters	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Jack Bendon (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Charles Nicholas
Inks	Charles Nicholas

5 page Wing Turner story "Girl Flyer Missing"

Characters	Joan Farrel (first appearance)
Pencils	? (Floyd Kelly)

8 page Rex Dexter story "The Planet That Feared Earth"

Characters	Rex Dexter; Ecaepians (first appearance); Leonardo Da Vinci; Napoleon; Alexander the Great
Script	Dick Briefer
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer

8 page Green Mask story "Steel Mill Explosion"

Characters	The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Von Shlameal (first appearance; villain); Josef (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Walter Frame
Inks	Walter Frame

2 page Billy Bounce story "Gee--nobody knows the hours I suffer..."

Characters	Billy Bounce
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab
Letters	Fred Schwab

6 page Chen Chang story "River Lily and the Feted Guests"

Characters	Chen Chang (villain); River Lily (villain)
Pencils	Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson]
Inks	Munson Paddock

4 page Lt. Drake story "The Milk Bottle Bombs"

Characters	Lt. Drake
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

2 page text story "The Secret of Wan"

Letters

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8 page D-13 story "The Disintegrator"

Characters	D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Hito Dishuki (first appearance; villain)
Script	Bob Powell?
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

6 page Zanzibar story "The Phantom of Cadel"

Characters	The Phantom (first appearance; villain; death)
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska

7 page Moth story "Enter: The Moth"

Characters	The Moth (first appearance)
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney