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Issue: Blue Beetle #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1942
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Issues: #16 of 19 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHolyoke
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Quinlan ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Ulmer ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky
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Pages: 1
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The Monster Mechanic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Ulmer ? [as Art Barley]
Inker(s): Al Ulmer ? [as Art Barley]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky; Kreal [Prof. Roberts] (villain, introduction, death); Dr. James Crunchwell; Jarvis; Mike Mannigan; Koulouch
Synopsis: The Blue Beetle has to deal with a criminal who can make men vanish into thin air. Kreal is kidnapping America's most brilliant men because their combined knowledge will make him the world's most powerful human.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Free puppy given away to the fan who writes the best letter on the last page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Bard
Inker(s): Phil Bard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Likkity Split
Character(s): Likkity Split
First Line: Come on, ya monkey!
Synopsis: Likkity Split goes to the North Pole to rescue Santa who has been captured by Nazis.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued next issue
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Mystery of the Walking Torches

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Quinlan (Signed)
Inker(s): Charles Quinlan (Signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky; the Flame-Man [Clayton] (villain, introduction, death); Mike Mannigan
Synopsis: Blue Beetle battles a gang of arsonist saboteurs armed with flame throwers.
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Story ends with Sparky giving a Cat-Man ad.
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Trail of the Warrior

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Horace Wallace
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sol Brodsky (signed)
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): V-Man
Character(s): V-Man [Jerry Steele]; Ginger Dare; V-85 (of the V-Group); Pierre Burrie; Madame Burrie; Lt. Mopeman; Adolf Hitler (villain)
First Line: The cunning web of Hitler's mock justice snares an innocent victim...
Synopsis: Ginger Dare and the V group have to get money to the French underground. Meanwhile Pierre Burrie paints slanderous anti-Nazi posters which attract the attention of Lt. Mopeman so V-Man has to rescue him.
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Pages: 10
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Pvt. Narcisco Ortilano

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, war
Character(s): Pvt. Narcisco Ortilano
Synopsis: Pvt. Ortilano fights with MacArthur at Bataan.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: true story
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The Amateur Magician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Bard ? [as Oliver Ashford]
Inker(s): Phil Bard ? [as Oliver Ashford]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky; Dascomb Dinsmore (villain, introduction); Seidlitz (villain, introduction); Mrs. Vermine Throttlebottom; Mike Mannigan
Synopsis: Dascomb Dinsmore, amateur magician and the mysterious Seidlitz attempt to move on from the circus into a life of crime.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: $5.00 prize for best letter.
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Now follow me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Bard ? [as Oliver Ashford]
Inker(s): Phil Bard ? [as Oliver Ashford]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spark Stevens
Character(s): Spark Stevens; Squak; Chuck; Oliver Ashford (artist)
Synopsis: Artist Oliver Ashford appears to die in his own story, but it's all a fantasy of Squak's.
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Pages: 6

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