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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published June 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
Pencils Joe Simon
Inks Joe Simon

8 page Blue Beetle story "The Castle of Taro"

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

3 page Wing Turner story "The Prince Otembi Affair: Part 2"

Characters Prince Otembi; Von Shiller (first appearance; villain); Shizaka (first appearance; villain); Mahruf-Ali (villain)
Notes Jack Kirby removed from credits (Greg Theakston, Joe Simon removed from credits(Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr)

8 page Rex Dexter story "The Robot's Revolt"

Characters Rex Dexter
Script Dick Briefer
Pencils Dick Briefer
Inks Dick Briefer

8 page Green Mask story "Ho Sen, King of Dope"

Characters The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Ho Sen (first appearance; villain; death); Blake (first appearance)
Pencils Walter Frehm
Inks Walter Frehm

2 page Hemlock Shomes story "Gosh! A killer lunatic called the Cat..."

Characters Hemlock Shomes
Script Fred Schwab
Pencils Fred Schwab
Inks Fred Schwab
Letters Fred Schwab

6 page Chen Chang story "Camera"

Pencils Munson Paddock [as Cecelia Munson]
Inks Munson Paddock

2 page text story "The Beggar Poison Case"

Script Toni Blum [as Tony Adams]
Letters typeset

6 page Lt. Drake story "The Light"

Characters Lt. Drake; The Light (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Klaus Nordling?
Inks Klaus Nordling?

8 page D-13 story "Russmania Strikes Spitzbergen"

Characters D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Russmanians (first appearance; villain); Princess Hochberg (first appearance; villain); Helen Cameron (first appearance)
Pencils Pierce Rice?
Notes tentative art credit by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr 28-2-2009

5 page Zanzibar story "The Poison Dart Murders"

Characters Bull Mako (first appearance; villain; death); Slug (first appearance; villain; death); Slick (first appearance; villain; death); Maj. Crane (first appearance; death)
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska

6 page Moth story "The Torrence Mansion Case"

Characters The Moth; Anthony (first appearance; villain); Daisy (first appearance; villain); Mrs. Torrence (first appearance)
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney