Digital Comic Museum - Blue Beetle 044


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Issue: #44
Published: September-October 1946, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: 7 1/2"? X 10 1/4"? [pre-War]; 7 1/4" X 10 1/8" [<= 1948]; 6 7/8" X 10 1/8" [>= 1950] Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: 221 Conyngham Ave, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Editorial Offices 60 E 42nd St, NY, NY

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Blue Beetle
Credits:	Pencils: E. C. Stoner [as E. C. S.] (signed) \| Inks: E. C. Stoner [as E. C. S.] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Synopsis:	Promo with "Green Premium Coupon" that can be redeemed for prizes.

Comic Story (10 pages)	Triple Trouble
Featuring:	Blue Beetle
Synopsis:	The city is taking on a campaign against juvenile delingquency. But a crooked furrier hires a bunch of school kids to rob his warehouse so he can collect the insurance.
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Ferstadt \| Inks: Lou Ferstadt
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] Mike Mannigan Joan Mason Reardon (villain, Introduction) Colini (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Minit Mystery
Credits:	Pencils: Al Zere \| Inks: Al Zere \| Letters: Al Zere ?
Genre:	Detective-mystery

Text Story (2 pages)	Solution by Cupid
Featuring:	Matty Case
Credits:	Script: Al Huston (signed) \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Enigma Called Noface
Featuring:	Johnny Earthquake
Credits:	Pencils: ? [as Sid Tyler] \| Inks: ? [as Sid Tyler]
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Johnny Earthquake Noface Roland Van Hemingway Rusty Ringle Gloria Van Hemingway Narda

Comic Story (8 pages)	Statue of Doom!
Featuring:	Bronze Man
Synopsis:	Randy gets off the train and spots a statue named after him in appreciation for saving the life of the local judge years back, and he visits the courtroom where the judge is sentencing a criminal to prison. While seated there, Randy overhears a threat to the judge's life and tries to follow the plotters, but instead sees the judge's son kidnapped. He discovers that the statue is loaded with explosives, timed to go off during a citizen's committee speech to be given by the judge.
Credits:	Script: Alvin Hollingsworth ? [as Alec Hope] (signed) \| Pencils: Alvin Hollingsworth [as Alec Hope] (signed) \| Inks: Alvin Hollingsworth [as Alec Hope] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Bronze Man [Major Randy Ronald] Judge Buzz Smith (Rand's Father) Rand Ronald Smith, Jr. Bull Gambos (villain) Gambo's Gang (villains, All Die?)

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Synopsis:	Order blank and list of items which can be redeemed with Green Coupons. These include a Blue Beetle Whistle and a Blue Beetle Camera.
Credits:	Letters: typeset

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