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Issue: Blue Beetle #15 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1942
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Issues: #15 of 19 Issues
Title:
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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Quinlan ?
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Ulmer? [as Art Barley]
Inker(s): Al Ulmer? [as Art Barley]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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 Garret]; Sparky [Sparkington J. Northrup]; Madame Fang (villain, introduction); Rod Rutter; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason
First Line: It's the chief of police over at Fairlawn, wonder what he wants?
Synopsis: Dan and Mike have to go to a neighboring town to extradite Rod Rutter. Sparky hitches a ride. Madame Fang runs them off the road and rescues Rod. Joan comes along and picks up Dan and Sparky and gives chase. Joan gets captured, so the Beetle and Sparky have to go into action.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Sparky appeared on the cover of issue #14 and in an ad page in that same issue, but this is his first story appearance. Although the second story in this issues is chronologically the first. Joan Mason is blonde again.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nosey Nolan
Character(s): Nosey Nolan (intro, only appearance)
First Line: Nosey Nolan was teased so much about his big nose...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Allen Ulmer ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Hautmann (villain; introduction); Mike Mannigan; Sparky [Sparkingon J. Northrup] (introduction, origin)
First Line: The mid-afternoon silence is broken by the eerie whail [sic] of a screaming siren...!
Synopsis: The Beetle has to deal with a prison break. Hauptman a Gestapo agent gets to them. Meanwhile Lord Northrup ships his son to America for the duration. Hauptman tries to kidnap the boy when he lands. The Beetle rescues him, but Sparky discovers his identity and asks to be his partner.
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Pages: 15
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Four Spies

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pierce Rice ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): V-Man
Character(s): V-Man
First Line: Paris--the heavy tread of Nazi boots echoes through a street of the occupied capital!
Synopsis: V-Man saves the occupied town of Ste. Gabriel from being wiped out to teach the Resistance a lesson.
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Pages: 10
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The Mixed-Up Parrots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spark Stevens
Character(s): Spark Stevens; Chuck; Squak
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Pages: 6
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The Bloodless Bodies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Sturm (signed)
Penciller(s): Phil Bard [as Oliver Ashford] (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Bard [as Oliver Ashford] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Sparky; the Vampire [Dr. Grime] (villain, introduction); Mike Mannigan
Synopsis: Dan, Mike and Sparky investigate a killer who leaves his bodies dry of blood. It's Dr. Grime pretending to be a vampire so he can get enough blood to resurrect corpses from Ancient Egypt.
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Pages: 8
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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, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Lt. Edward Henry O'Hare
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: true story

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