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Issue: Blue Beetle #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #1 of 40 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: FPView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/02/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox
Disclose Notes: Published Quarterly by Fox Publications, Inc. 480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY. Application for 2nd class postage pending at Holyoke, Mass. Entire contents copyrighted 1939 by Fox Publications, Inc.

Volume number and the on sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 440715. Volume number not listed in the comic's indicia.

Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide claimed the on sale date was January 20, 1940.

Indicia title listed is The Blue Beetle.

Trademark for this title was posted in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 513, April 12, 1940, page 772. Trademark serial number 428,784. Fox Publications, Inc. New York, New York. Trademark filed February 20, 1940. Fox claimed it had been in use since November 5, 1939. This use date probably indicates when the title was created as the filing date indicates that this issue itself was used to secure the trademark instead of the creation of an ashcan edition.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Origin of Blue Beetle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ?
Penciller(s): Will Eisner (layouts); Charles Nicholas (finished pencils)
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Michael Garrett (dies); Mrs. Garret (dies); Karen Dobbs; Chick Alonzo (villain, intro); Mike Mannigan
Synopsis: Dan Garret joins the police force and his Dad's old partner Mike to avenge his father's death at the hands of Chick Alonzo. (No actual explanation as to why or how Dan became the Blue Beetle.)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: New story created especially for this issue.
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The Coming of the Blue Beetle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Mr. Vander; The White Face Gang; John Brandes; Mike Ravani
Synopsis: The Blue Beetle attempts to rescue a kidnapped banker's daughter from the White Face Gang.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery Men Comics #1 published August 1939
was The Coming of the Blue Beetle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Beetle wears a blue business suit and hat in this story.
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The Armored Truck Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Tim
Synopsis: The Blue Beetle captures some bank robbers.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery Men Comics #2 published September 1939
was The Armored Truck Robbery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Garret now wears a skin tight blue outfit with a hood but no mask.
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The Loan Shark Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan
Synopsis: The Beetle battles some crooked loan sharks.
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From Content Item: FlagMystery Men Comics #3 published October 1939
was The Loan Shark Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Beetle now has a mask.
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Protection Insurance For Newsboys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Bull Blackart
Synopsis: Bull Blackart attempts to run a protection racket aimed at newsboys.
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From Content Item: FlagMystery Men Comics #4 published November 1939
was Protection Insurance For Newsboys [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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A Trap For the Blue Beetle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Dr. Franz
Synopsis: A gang of thugs attempts to capture the Blue Beetle.
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From Content Item: FlagMystery Men Comics #5 published December 1939
was A Trap For the Blue Beetle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Death Rides On Horseback

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Old Hex House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Yarko
Character(s): Yarko; Carole Tate; Oliver Tate; Shaddiba; Doga; Ivan
Synopsis: Yarko rescues Oliver Tate and his daughter from the hypnotic clutches of the evil Shadibba, who forces them to commit crimes and enrich him.
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From Content Item: FlagWonder Comics #2 published June 1939
was The Old Hex House [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Death and the Devil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Yarko
Character(s): Yarko; Inspector Drake; Mulvaney; Death; The Devil; Beppo; Killer Kirby
Synopsis: Death and the Devil lay a trap for Yarko, frustrated because he keeps snatching their victims away.
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From Content Item: FlagWonderworld Comics #3 published July 1939
was Death and the Devil [Story on Interior Page(s)]with page 3 removed
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell ?
Inker(s): Bob Powell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Yarko
Character(s): Yarko; Fred Lawton; Rita Lawton; Rocco; Detective Gail Martin; Andre Coe
Synopsis: Judge Lawton can't stop his wife from smuggling jewels.
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From Content Item: FlagWonderworld Comics #4 published August 1939
was The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Vladim the Voodoo Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Anthony Brooks] (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Powell ?
Inker(s): Bob Powell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Yarko
Character(s): Yarko; Vladim
Synopsis: Yarko rescues a woman from the clutches of a mad Russian practitioner of Voodoo.
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From Content Item: FlagWonderworld Comics #5 published September 1939
was Vladim the Voodoo Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 5 and 7 missing in reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Absolutely Free! Comic-Scope

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lou Fine (part)
Inker(s): Lou Fine (part)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Samson
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Fox's cardboard comic-strip "projector". Ad contains partial reprint of the cover of Fantastic Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1

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