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Issue: Blue Beetle #27 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1943
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Issues: #27 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: 18 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Phillip Steinberg ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia:
THE BLUE BEETLE, November, 1943, No. 27. Published monthly by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. Office of publication, 1 Appelton Street, Holyoke, Mass. Editorial and executive offices, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York City. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Holyoke, Mass., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.20. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1942 by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. The names of all characters that are used are ficticious. Use of a name which is the same as that of any living person is accidental.
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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
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
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Pages: 1
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Be the Master

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover ad for books on boxing, "police wrestling" and "police jiu-jitsu" from Pickwick Co.
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An Epidemic of Truth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Sally Kirby; Dr. Marks; Mr. Kirby
First Line: Pause a moment dear reader!
Synopsis: A scientist sprays truth gas over the city, inciting a mob.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Garret is misspelled in this story.
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Death in the Sky!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Crime Reporter
Synopsis: A Nazi sabotages a new plane, killing the test pilot. But when the F.B.I closes in on him, he tries to escape in a plane he'd sabotaged and dies himself.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In the last panels the F.B.I. agent addresses the reader, saying that this story "proves that the axis can never win", followed by a panel urging readers to buy war stamps and bonds.

Page count corrected by Warren Mueller via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
Inker(s): Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Willie
Character(s): Little Willie; Mrs. Van Snoot; Polly (a parrot)
First Line: Did you call me, Mrs. Van Snoot?
Synopsis: Willie looks after a parrot but his friends teach the parrot some new vocabulary.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In the first panel, a box notes "'Little Willie' is an exclusive feature of Blue Beetle Comics. What do you think of him?"
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rod Ripley, Wizard of Science
Character(s): Rod Ripley; Zarita; Sir Balcom; Ahmed (a guide); Rameses (mummy); Isis (goddess)
First Line: Commissioned by a world-famous laboratory...
Synopsis: Rod Ripley and his companion Zarita must find the cure for a mysterious disease in the tomb of Rameses in the "Great Pyramid of Ghazi". They join British scientist Sir Malcom in Cairo. Ahmed, their guide, is killed by a falling stone as they try to enter the pyramid. As they take the formula from Rameses's sarcophagus, Rameses awakens and curses them. Then Isis appears, and tells them they may take the formula but only if they leave and never return. The three are happy to comply, and Ripley seals the pyramid behind them.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Turkey Joe
Character(s): Turkey Joe; U.S. Army
First Line: Boy oh boy! Is he a cockadoodle dandy!
Synopsis: Joe is a well-dressed turkey with no where to go on the farm, until he gets an invitation to dinner from the Army. But Joe fails to realize that he's being invited not to *be* dinner on Thanksgiving.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Only appearance. credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
Inker(s): Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Rookie Rod
Character(s): Rookie Rod
First Line: Now le's see
Synopsis: Rod tries to learn the "manly art of self-defense", but chooses a first opponent who is too skilled.
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Pages: 1
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Young Norwegian Hero Fools Gestapo

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Knut Fredriksen; Lieutenant Colonel Ole Reistad; First Lieutenant James Perry Muri
Synopsis: Article describing the roles of Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans in the war.
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Igor Sikorsky and His Amazing Helicopter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Igor Sikorsky
Synopsis: Biography of Sikorsky's attempts and eventual success at building a helicopter.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: It is predicted that the helicopter will "soon be everyman's airplane", and that it will replace the automobile. One early helicopter is described as looking more like a "Rube Goldberg invention"
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mel Lazarus (signed)
Penciller(s): Mel Lazarus (signed)
Inker(s): Mel Lazarus (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Come to the Fun Circus
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Fish Scale Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Durrand Draw
Character(s): Durrand Draw (intro); Beth (intro)
Synopsis: Durrand Draw is called to solve a case where a girl has been abducted by a man with fish scales on his skin. But the fish scale man's role is not what it first appears.
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Pages: 5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
Inker(s): Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Service Gags
First Line: Oh- er- hello- er- ah- silly programs thos kids listen to, eh?
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Disclose Notes: Five one-panel gags.
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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Tamaa, Jungle Prince
Character(s): Tamaa; Augo (Tamaa's lion)
First Line: Ho, little one!
Synopsis: Tamaa must free Augo from a tribe after he is captured as part of a ritual to choose the next chief, and then help the better candidate win.
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Pages: 5
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Double Trouble [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Spunky; Dick Wilson (F.B.I. agent); Fritz Von Straff (the Nazi Blue Beetle); Himmler; Gretchen
Synopsis: The military sends a captured Gestapo agent back into Germany to impersonate the Blue Beetle and help free some captured soldiers. Unfortunately the Nazi goes back on his word, so the real Blue Beetle has to follow him and free his friends. Continued....
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Blue Beetle's sidekick Spunky was called Sparky in earlier issues. Spunky does not wear a costume in this story. "Garrett" has two t's in this story.
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Omnibus of Pleasure

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: "Uncensored! A Rare Selection of Fun and Revelry from the World's Most Titillating Tales of LOVE!" The book costs 98 cents, from Strayon Publishers.
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Pages: 1
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First Line: You, too can be more beautiful- charming and popular!
Synopsis: "For every girl who wants to be lovely", the book "Better than Beauty" sells for 98 cents, from Herald Publishing Co.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Drink a Toast to Our Armed Forces!
Synopsis: Ad for six glasses each showing a member of a branch of the military embracing and kissing a girl.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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