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Issue: Blue Beetle #8 Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/21/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
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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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Edd Ashe
Edd Ashe
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle
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Miscellaneous
1
Radium Threat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Carreno
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Porky Hog (Intro, villain); Scorny; Doc Franz
Porky Hog steals radium from the hospital to build a great destructive weapon.
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Miscellaneous
15
Dr. Krug's Explosive Gorillas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Carreno
Al Carreno
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Dr. Krug (Intro, villain); Dr. Franz
Dr. Krug uses gorillas coated in dynamite to take over the city. Well that was the plan anyway.
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Miscellaneous
10
The Crime Dealer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Louis Cazeneuve
Louis Cazeneuve
?
?
Subject Matter
Dynamo
Dynamo [Jim Andrews]; The Crime Dealer (Intro; villain), [Morell]; Sally Brandt; Renard
The Crime Dealer threatens to blow up the Brandt hotel unless blackmail is paid.
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Miscellaneous
6
Takes place between WEIRD COMICS #17 and 18.
Red Cross Dog

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel]
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
nature
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Miscellaneous
2
The Murder Miniatures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Pierce Rice ?
Louis Cazeneuve ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; William Brent (villain); Jean Brent; George Brent; Smythe; Werner
The Beetle investigates a businessman's death. The only clue is a miniature painting.
Reprinting
from Blue Beetle daily (Fox Features, 1940 series) November 1940. (last sequence)
Miscellaneous
12
Gagon's Explosive Device

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Carreno
Al Carreno
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Gagon (Intro, villain); Joan Mason; Dr. Franz; Drag
Gagon has stolen a machine that can cause explosions from a distance and demands the keys to the state bank or he'll blow up the city.
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Miscellaneous
10
The Remote-Controlled Death-Device

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan Gormley [as Wright Lincoln]
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Dynamite Thor
Dynamite Thor [Peter Thor]; Zonn (villain); Ludwig (villain); the Countess (villain); Glenda
Zonn, a foreign agent, uses his radio compass to blow up arms shipments.
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Miscellaneous
5
Final appearance.

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