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Issue: Blue Beetle #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #9 of 40 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature Comic FPView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/23/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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. 4.
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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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Genres: superhero
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The Bank of Counterfeit Bills

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Lora Crofte; Jorth (villain); Slink Bard (villain)
First Line: Tearing wildly through a light at a busy intersection, a taxi careens recklessly into cross traffic and crashes head-on into a sleek limousine!
Synopsis: The Crofte Trust Bank is passing counterfeit $1 bills.
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Pages: 11
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The Crimes of the Falcon

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Luella; Mr. Finger; The Falcon (villain, introduction)
First Line: The Falcon!
Synopsis: A gang of zombies tries to rob a jewelry store.
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Pages: 10
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The Carnival Doll Killing

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Carvo (villain, introduction); unnamed carnival workers (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Midnight -- and death slips in between the bars of Phillip Dolor's sumptuous mansion as he prepares to retire...
Synopsis: Carnival pickpockets steal rich people's address cards for future use.
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Pages: 10
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The Deadly Sanitarium of Dr. Horthe

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Janet Charter; Dr. Horthe (villain, introduction)
First Line: As his deformed assistant stands by, Dr. Horthe applies lethal paralyzing gas to the recumbent form of Charter, one of the elderly patients of his sanitarium!
Synopsis: Dr. Horth uses dead bodies to dictate new wills leaving their estates to him.
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Pages: 10
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Feature(s): Kooba Kid
Character(s): Kooba Kid
Synopsis: The Kooba Kid is too lazy to reel in his fishing line but one sip of Kooba with vitamin B-1 gives him the strength to tackle purse snatchers.
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The Gorilla with a Human Brain

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Gorilla
Character(s): The Gorilla [Jack Castle, gorilla w/ a human brain] (introduction, origin, Dr. Brock's assistant); Ken Connors; Elsa Brock (Dr. Brock's niece); Dr. Mishkin (scientist, death); Dr. Flavius Brock (villain, brain surgeon, introduction)
Synopsis: Mad scientist Brock transfers Castle's brain into a gorilla's body which then murders Brock and goes after Brock's niece, Elsa.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #90 published January 2013in black & white
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Harry Graves is not listed by Jerry Bails in the Who's Who, nor is the feature.

Bill Black states that Jerry Bails' "Collector's Guide: The First Heroic Age" from 1969 and Howard Keltner's "Index to Golden Age Comics Books" from 1976 both list the feature.
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The Memoirs of the Colonel

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Genres: war
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The Origin of the Blackbird

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Feature(s): Blackbird
Character(s): The Blackbird [Jake Baxter] (intro and origin); Raftery; Von Essen (villain); Nazis; Dutch Berry
Synopsis: Jake Baxter builds a super plane but no one will believe him so he becomes the Blackbird.
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Pages: 5
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Buttercup Alley

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Genres: childrens, fantasy, humorous, occult
Feature(s): Davy the Wish Master
Character(s): Davy (the Wish Master); Ma Grogan; Pa Grogan; Junior Grogan
Synopsis: Davy lives in a shack. The Grogans torment him day and night, until one day he learns he can make wishes come true.
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