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Issue: Real Hit Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1944
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHolyoke
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: none
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: No indicia or copyright date. All ads and two short features from Blue Beetle #25 replaced with new ads.

There are no indications on the item as to its publisher. We formerly listed this title under Fox, following Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index, but GCD scholars agree it was much more likely produced by Holyoke right at about the time Holyoke lost the rights to the Blue Beetle to Fox.

The notion that this was produced for use as a savings bond premium appears to originate with The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, and is also disputed by GCD experts.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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All Out for Offense!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Blue Beetle
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was All Out For Offense [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Deception

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gil Kane ?
Gil Kane ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Larry Connor
Dan Garret sneaks into Japan by convincing the enemy he's a Gestapo agent and helps a captured American pilot escape.
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Deception [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Blue Beetle's name varies from Garrett to Garret from one story to the next. In this story it's one T.

Blue Beetle logo and text removed from splash panel. Next issue blurb removed from final page.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mel Lazarus
Mel Lazarus
Mel Lazarus
?
Mel Lazarus
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Little Willie
Little Willie
Here y'are, folks!
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Devil's Highway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was The Devil's Highway [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3.67
Victory Garden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Ali Baba
Ali Baba
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Victory Garden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
2/3 of final page taken up with an activity featuring Ali-Baba.
Caught by Dusty Hands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Montgomery Mulford
George Tukel
George Tukel
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Caught by Dusty Hands [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Air Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Crime Reporter
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Air Pirates [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Next issue blurb removed from final panel.
Putting Planes Through Their Paces

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
typeset
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Putting Planes Through Their Paces [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was They Fly from 11 to 83 Years of Age [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Animals at War

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photographs)
? (photographs)
typeset
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Animals at War [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Left Handed Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was The Left-Handed Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Feature logo and final next issue blurb removed from the original.
Escape of a French Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Tukel
George Tukel
?
?
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Escape of a French Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Final panel containing next issue blurb removed.
The Case of the Empty Envelope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Montgomery Mulford
George Tukel
George Tukel
?
?
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Case of the Empty Envelope [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
The D's to the Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was The D's to the Rescue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Netje, the Little Dutch Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Montgomery Mulford
George Tukel
George Tukel
?
?
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Netje the Little Dutch Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mel Lazarus
Mel Lazarus
Mel Lazarus
?
Mel Lazarus
Subject Matter
humorous
Jungle Jake
(Ulp) Should I run?
Reprinting
FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1

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