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Issue: Blue Beetle #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1943
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Issues: #22 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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Quinlan ?
Disclose Notes: Published monthly by Holyoke Publishing Co, Inc. 1 Appleton St, Holyoke Mass. Editorial and Executive Offices 52 Vanderbilt Ave. New York City.
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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): Sol Brodsky ?; Sid Lazarus
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Ali Baba
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents page
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The Case of the Transformation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sylvan Stein (signed)
Penciller(s): Charles Quinlan Sr. [as Charles Quinlan] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Quinlan Sr. [as Charles Quinlan] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Mike Mannigan; Bill Dailey; Adolf Hitler (villain); The Devil (villain)
Synopsis: Dan quits the police force and joins up with the U.S. Intelligence Dept. Dan and his new friend Bill Dailey are assigned to sneak into Germany. Dan then proceeds to Berchtesgaden and meets Hitler where he discovers that der Fuehrer is really the Devil in disguise. There the Beetle escapes a firing squad and manages to pull Hitler's moustache.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Bagdad 900 Miles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Willner
Penciller(s): Ray Willner
Inker(s): Al Ulmer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Ali Baba
Character(s): Ali-Baba; Mrs. Baba; Muhrad; Harun el-Rashid; King of Sarandib
Synopsis: Having defeated the 40 theives and stolen the treasure, Ali discovers that life at home is not pleasant. He goes off to find more treasure to help pay the income tax. Ali is soon shipwrecked on an island inhabited by a very hungry giant.
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Pages: 10
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Adventure with the Lions in New York City

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Beware -- This Woman Is Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Allen Ulmer ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime Reporter
Character(s): Mike Dolan; Kay; Ears McGuire
Synopsis: When Kay hooks up with Mike Dolan's gang, her former boyfriend "Ears" is certain she's giving him his future hit list.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The script claims Kay is a redhead, yet she doesn't have the same hair color in any two panels.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Picture Quiz
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Pages: 1
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Puzzle Page
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Pages: 1
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The Boy Patriots Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Alderman
Inker(s): Jack Alderman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Wing Lee
Character(s): Wing Lee; Chin Lau; Bill Anderson; Ruby Foo; Song Kau
Synopsis: Downed american pilot Bill Anderson needs Wing Lee's help to rescue his father from a Japanese POW camp.
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Pages: 10
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Young Guerilla Girl Fighter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Allen Ulmer ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Vera Nikitina
Synopsis: Vera tells the first person story about how a young teenager becomes a guerilla fighter against the Nazis in the Soviet Union. Her life is saved by supplies dropped by American war relief.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Parachute Nurse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Allen Ulmer ?
Inker(s): Allen Ulmer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Tanya Gertseva
Synopsis: Young nurses parachute into Russian villages to tend the wounded.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Page count supplied by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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A Holiday with Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Quinlan (signed)
Penciller(s): Charles Quinlan (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Quinlan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett; Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Bug Eye Bailey; Joan Mason
Synopsis: Bug-Eye Bailey is released on parole, which cause Mike much consternation, because Bailey has sworn to kill Dan. So he has Joan start a crusade in the paper to put Bailey back in jail. This gets Mike and Joan in hot water, so they're lucky Dan shows up as the Beetle on the last page to put things to rights.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Joan Mason works for the Centre City Clarion. Garret/Garrett is spelled both ways.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mel Lazarus (signed)
Penciller(s): Mel Lazarus
Inker(s): Mel Lazarus
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mel Lazarus
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Willie
Character(s): Little Willie; Mom
First Line: I'd sure like to stay home from school today
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Lieutenant Edward Henry O'Hare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Bard ?
Inker(s): Phil Bard ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, war
Character(s): Edaward Henry O'Hare
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Re-uses the splash panel and blurb and an additional panel from the 6-page story of the same name in Blue Beetle #15. Art credits from GCD index of that story. (Note added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.)
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sol Brodsky [as Sol] (signed)
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky [as Sol] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dipsy Doodle
Character(s): Dipsy Doodle; Uncle Sam
First Line: Hey Uncle Sam can I speak to you?
Synopsis: Dipsy approaches Uncle Sam with a quarter and asks if Sam could use it, and Sam wants to know where he got it. When Dipsy tells him that he got it delivering groceries, then Sam agrees to let Dipsy buy a war stamp with it.
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Reprint Notes: on Alter Ego (TwoMorrows Publications, 1999 series) Vol. 3 #134 (July, 2015)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Art credits by Richard Arndt in Alter Ego #134 (July, 2015).

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