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Issue: Blue Beetle #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1943
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Issues: #23 of 19 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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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: 17 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Don't Miss the Thrilling True Story of Jimmy Doolittle

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ali Baba; Wing Lee; unnamed police officer; unnamed woman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The face of Blue Beetle is a swipe from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #30 (January 1942), see page 5 of the Ray story. The kid on the cover is also a swipe from that same page.
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Here's the Greatest Billfold Bargain in all America!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Indicia at the bottom of the page.

An advertisement for a billfold wallet from Illinois Merchandise Mart of Chicago, Illinois.
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The General Alters His Plans

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Masked General [Kommandant Viltz]; Jan van Meck
Synopsis: Dan, now an American Secret Service agent, arrives in Holland to search for a Nazi glider base.
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Pages: 10
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The Smashing Case of Voodoo in New York

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Crime Reporter; J. Potter Cransbury (death); unnamed diamond thief (death); unnamed Police Chief; Murphy (police officer); Detective Morgan [One-Eyed Logan] (uses disguise as Logan); Detective Casey (police detective); Madame Currie / Madame Curry (called both during the story); Spike (Currie's henchman)
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Willie Smith; Mrs. Smith (Willie's mother); unnamed man; Willie's dog; unnamed companion of Willie
First Line: Mrs. Smith, I'd like to speak to you about that young fiend of yours!
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Dogs of War

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Penciller(s): ? [as U.S. Army Signal Corps] (photograph); ? (three illustrations)
Inker(s): ? [as U.S. Army Signal Corps] (photograph); ? (three illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Major-General James Harold Doolittle

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Genres: biography, war
Character(s): James Doolittle
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Pages: 10
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Live Lions

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Alladin's Lamp

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Ali Baba; Muhrad (a mule); Ali Baba's wife; Mr. Djinni / Mr. Djinn (called both); Il Takum (merchant); El Sahambo
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Disclose Notes: The story contains several cultural, racial, religious, ethnic, and gender stereotypes.
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The Flying Tigers Part 3

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Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Wing Lee
Character(s): The Boy Patriots [Wing Lee; Bill Anderson; unnamed members]; Lieutenant Sandy Ward (Flying Tigers pilot); Japanese army members (many die); Japanese air force members (many die); General Claire Chenault (cameo)
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Fireworks

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Willie Smith
First Line: Hot darn! Here come my fireworks for the 'fourth'!
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: What is dis?
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Toppy
Character(s): Toppy; Uncle Looey; Toppy's mom
First Line: Uncle Looey is making speaches again.
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Coast Guard Duty

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Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Drop Towers, Ace Pilot
Character(s): Drop Towers; Marie; Schluss; unnamed Chinese art dealer; Hilda
First Line: It's Coast Guard duty for Drop and his pals in San Francisco...
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Now! You Can Tell the Weather Up to 24 Hours in Advance

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Swiss Windmill Weather Forecaster from Illinois Merchandise Mart of Chicago, Illinois.
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Remove Ugly Blackheads or No Cost [sic]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy); ? (comic strip)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration); ? (comic strip)
Inker(s): ? (illustration); ? (comic strip)
Letterer(s): typeset (ad copy); ? (comic strip)
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

The title of advertisement does say "...or No Cost" instead of "...at No Cost." The ad has a three-panel comic strip but does not take up enough of the advertisement to be a comic advertisement.

Advertisement for the Vacutex blackhead removal device from Ballco Prods. Co. of New York, New York.
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Be a Hard, Tough, Commando Scrapper!

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Letterer(s): typeset (ad copy); ? (word balloon)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hercules Combat and Muscle Building Course
First Line: O.K. America! Let;s get rough, and tough, here's how!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Advertisement for the Hercules Combat and Muscle Building Course from the Institute of Physical Development, Inc. of New York, New York.

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