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Issue: Blue Beetle #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #8 of 40 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature Comic FPView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/21/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Beetle
First Line: The Blue Beetle fights to save America from Nazis!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Radium Threat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Charles Nicholas] (credited)
Inker(s): ? [as Charles Nicholas] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Porky Hog (Intro, villain); Scorny; Doc Franz
First Line: Smashing down upon the Underworld rackets...
Synopsis: Porky Hog steals radium from the hospital to build a great destructive weapon.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Dr. Krug's Explosive Gorillas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Charles Nicholas] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Dr. Krug (Intro, villain); Dr. Franz
First Line: Dan spots trouble --
Synopsis: Dr. Krug uses gorillas coated in dynamite to take over the city. Well, that was the plan anyway.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Crime Dealer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dynamo [Jim Andrews]; The Crime Dealer (Intro; villain), [Morell]; Sally Brandt; Renard
First Line: Like a lightning flash...
Synopsis: The Crime Dealer threatens to blow up the Brandt hotel unless blackmail is paid.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Takes place between WEIRD COMICS #17 and 18.
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Red Cross Dog

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, nature
Character(s): Lieutenant D'Oursac
First Line: Lieutenant D'Oursac leaned low over his horse.
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Pages: 2
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The Murder Miniatures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; William Brent (villain); Jean Brent; George Brent; Smythe; Werner
First Line: Dan Garret and Mike Mannigan are riding along a street...
Synopsis: The Beetle investigates a businessman's death. The only clue is a miniature painting.
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Reprint Notes: from Blue Beetle daily (Fox Features Syndicate) 1940-11-xx - 1940-11-xx (final sequence)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Gagon's Explosive Device

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Charles Nicholas] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Mike Mannigan; Gagon (Intro, villain); Joan Mason; Dr. Franz; Drag
First Line: I got the gadget...
Synopsis: Gagon has stolen a machine that can cause explosions from a distance and demands the keys to the state bank or he will blow up the city.
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Pages: 10
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The Remote-Controlled Death-Device

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Wright Lincoln] (credited)
Inker(s): ? [as Wright Lincoln] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dynamite Thor
Character(s): Dynamite Thor [Peter Thor]; Zonn (villain); Ludwig (villain); the Countess (villain); Glenda
First Line: Blasting his was thru the skies...
Synopsis: Zonn, a foreign agent, uses his radio compass to blow up arms shipments.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Final appearance.

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