Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) comic books 1946 or later

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Cover art by E. C. Stoner [as Otis]. The Adventure of the Panting Photographer, art by Otis; Snapem stages accidents so he can get pictures of the Blue Beetle in action. The Case of the Bouncing Book, art by Otis; an unscrupulous publisher uses Mike's manuscript as a blueprint to commit crimes. The Threat From Saturn (Chapter 6): The Earthquake Maker, art by Otis; Beetle thinks Gloat and Saturnia are dead, but Gloat plans to use his earthquake maker to destroy the city. The Latest Fashion--In Crime starring Joan Mason, art by Art Allen. Saludos Amigos starring the O'Brine Twins, script and art by Larry Page. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Victor Fox. Cover by E. C. Stoner. Stories by Elmer C. Stoner and A. C. Hollingsworth. Tales of daring-do, with such colorful characters as the Bronze Man and Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. Pirate Treasure; The Beetle and his friends go to South America to find a hoard of counterfeit currency originally printed by the Japanese and now the target of U.S. gangsters. Murder on Stage; Murder is committed to obtain the Jewels of Kwannon which have been smuggled in from the mysterious orient by a troop of actors. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by E.C. Stoner. Triple Trouble, art by Lou Ferstadt; the city is taking on a campaign against juvenile delinquency; but a crooked furrier hires a bunch of school kids to rob his warehouse so he can collect the insurance. Solution By Cupid text story starring Matty Case. The Enigma Called Noface starring Johnny Earthquake, art by Sid Tyler. Statue of Doom starring Bronze Man, art by A. C. Hollingsworth [as Alec Hope]. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Museum Murders; Joan, a double for the long lost princess of the Ozini tribe, is taken to be sacrificed to appease the rain god; their plans are foiled by the Blue Beetle. A Case of Death text story--A Matty Case Mystery. Adventure in the Gobi Desert; In the Gobi Desert, the Blue Beetle and friends search for the lost city of Lulan and its treasures. Mystery In C Major starring Joan Mason Reporter; a hit and run story leads to murder and hidden loot. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Kamen. Pyros, the Evil Auctioneer, art by Lou Ferstadt; Pyros auctions off a silver wishbone said to have belonged to Cleopatra and a diamond necklace. The Toga Terror; Blue Beetle, Mike and Joan are transported back to the year 56 AD in ancient Rome. The Adventure of the False Rajah starring the Puppeteer; Pops is kidnapped, diamonds are involved. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Jack Kamen and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. This issue sees the debut of a new creative team that may have included an uncredited Matt Baker. The Blue Beetle battles a gang of young hoods who fancy themselves the Junior Crime Club; The Beetle encounters a machine of destruction; Reporter Joan Mason investigates an island of terrifying creatures. Despite being listed on the cover, "The Mummy Who Never Died" does not appear in this issue, or in Blue Beetle at all; the story is in Phantom Lady Series 1 (1947) #13.. The Blue Beetle Meets the Junior Crime Club!; Minit Mystery; The Atomic Grab Mystery; The Mechanical Monster of Death; Joan Mason: Horror Island. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Jack Kamen. Cover by Jack Kamen. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetle faces the female killer Black Lace, featuring a terrifically lurid cover by EC legend Jack Kamen; A beautiful blonde is actually a Nazi agent; Reporter Joan Mason encounters a man who contains the terrifying new power of an atomic bomb. The Adventuress Called Black Lace; Murder and the Blitzkrieg Blonde; Joan Mason: The Walking Atomic Bomb. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Mocking Maniac Who Struck at Midnight," "Satan's Circus," and "Material For the Morgue!" Jack Kamen cover and art. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by J.L. Keene and Paul Parker. Art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth and Jack Kamen. Cover by Jack Kamen. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. The main witness to a crime is strangely hirsute; A dead man crosses the finish line. Featuring another deliciously lurid cover by EC legend Jack Kamen. Also featuring a back-cover ad for a Genuine Dick Tracy Wrist Radio (only $3.98!). The Hairy Informer; Inspector Roc's Felony Files: The Bloodless Corpse; Murder Clue; The Ambitious Bride; A Corpse Won a Race; Minit Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Victor Fox. Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Robert Webb, Jack Kamen, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and Otis. Blue Beetle in "The Shady Lady," "The man Who Murdered Midas," and "The Cunning Corpse!" Tales of daring-do starring Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. The Shady Lady; A female gang leader uses electricity black outs and darkness to rob banks. The Man Who Murdered Midas; Professor Midas invents a drink that turns living tissue into pure gold. The Cunning Corpse; Joan Mason gets into trouble investigating criminals stealing corpses. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Ed Lane and others. Art by Jack Kamen and others.. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. A Blue Beetle Christmas story; The Blue Beetle tells the true story of the organized crime gang Murder Incorporated. Featuring an action-packed bondage cover by an unknown artist. The Fiddling Crooks!; Twas the Night Before Christmas; Murder O'Clock; Sadie Krum, Girl Bandit; Murder Incorporated. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Joe Adder and others. Art by Jack Kamen and others.. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. The Beetle gets involved in a film shoot and winds up making an underwater rescue; The Blue Beetle investigates a series of women jumping to their deaths; The Beetle tells the true story of gangster "Legs" Diamond. Featuring another lurid cover by an unknown artist, as the series transforms into one of the era's many crime comics. Murder on Strange Street; Suicide for Sale!; Rat Poison; Homicide Diary: The Case of the Lethal Christmas Package; True Crime Case: Jack Legs Diamond, Scorpion of Crime. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 investigates after a model disappears; The Beetle tells the true story of cop-killer Victor Gelson. Featuring the most lurid cover yet, by an unknown artist, one that was reproduced in Seduction of the Innocent. (Note the possibly erroneous missing bra-straps - visible in the woman's reflection - that make the cover even tawdrier.) The Vanishing Nude; House of a Thousand Corpses; The Deadly Three; Tropical Topics; True Crime Story: Victor Gelson, the Murdering Showoff. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Victor Fox. Stories by Robert Webb and Jack Kamen. Tales of daring-do starring Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. The Counterfeit Co-Ed; Gangster Lushy Lemond hides out by pretending to be a college girl. The Anonymous Atom; Blue Beetle battles Red Donahue. Carlo Barone the Human Vulture; a story narrated by Blue Beetle. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kamen. 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 tracks a killer of women, only to learn she's a woman herself: the masked Sphinx; Frankie becomes a heroin pusher in a typically lurid crime story of the era; The Beetle tells the true story of bank robber and Depression-era outlaw Wilber Underhill. Featuring violent imagery that got the issue mentioned in Seduction of the Innocent. The Sinister Sphinx!; An Invitation to Danger!; Killers at Large; True Crime Story: Wilber Underhill; Gang Leaders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Kamen. The Black Widow; Navy sailors are being murdered, suffocated by a plastic film that Navy was developed in secret, and each marked with a dead black black widow spider. The Lady Firebug; Dan, Mike and Joan know something is up when homeowners start burning their own homes and turning themselves in for arson; Blue Beetle gets into trouble when Lady Medusa hypnotizes him to be her spy on the police force. Partners in Loot; Blue Beetle narrates the crime career and superstitions of the Fleagle Brothers. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Power of the Press; Dan Garret and the Blue Beetle return after a nearly two year absence, during which Dan did overseas work for the government. Appointment With Death; Dan Garret overhears a plot to kill a professor working on atomic secrets in the subway, and must save both the Professor and Joan as the Blue Beetle. Sink That Ball; The Blue Beetle helps a high school basketball player who is being blackmailed into throwing the championship game. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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 investigates crime in the world of boxing; Reporter Joan Mason, the Beetle's girlfriend, and her photographer pal have a Hitchcockian showdown with a killer on the torch of the Statue of Liberty. Murder In the Ring; Explosive Action; Joan Mason: Reproduction of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.