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Issue: Blue Beetle #57 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1948
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Issues: #57 of 40 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Feature Syndicate Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Indicia:
BLUE BEETLE, July, 1948, No. 57. Published bi-monthly by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc., 221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., executive offices 60 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Entered as 2nd class matter December 18, 1945 at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., under the act of March 3, 1879. Price 10¢ per copy. Yearly subscriptins, in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, 75¢ including postage. $1.50 elsewhere. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. Any similarity between any of the names of persons or places appearing in this magazine (except those based on history or fact) with actual persons or places is not intended and is purely coincidental.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7 1/2"? x 10 1/4"? [pre-War]; 7 1/4" x 10 1/8" [<= 1948]; 6 7/8" x 10 1/8" [>= 1950]
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Fleagle Bros. A True Crime Story

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Genres: crime
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Pages: 1
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The Black Widow

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Mike Manigan; Joan Mason; Black Widow [Dolly Baker] (villain; introduction); The Spider [Dr. Chet Baker] (villain; introduction)
Synopsis: Navy sailors are being murdered, suffocated by a plastic film that Navy was developed in secret, and each marked with a dead black black widow spider. Mike is given the case, but Dan and Joan stumble across the next victim. When Mike and Joan are captured it's up to the Blue Beetle to find the crooks with help from the local entomologist's club.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: First page is printed on the inside front cover in blue duo-tone.
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The Lady Firebug

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Penciller(s): ? [as Otis]
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garett]; Mike Manigan; Joan Mason; Lady Medusa (villain); Blue Beetle imposter (villain)
Synopsis: Dan, Mike and Joan know something is up when homeowners start burning their own homes and turning themselves in for arson. But Blue Beetle gets into trouble when Lady Medusa hypnotizes him to be her spy on the police force.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Tentative art spotting on the basis of the splash page *only*. This shows signs of both Ken Battefield and John Forte, but it's not clearly one or other, and as was common for shop work at the time, many artists may have been involved.
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The Murder Knot

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Genres: crime
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Partners in Loot

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Fleagle Brothers
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garett] (narrator); Ralph Fleagle; Jake Fleagle
Synopsis: Blue Beetle narrates the crime career and superstitions of the Fleagle Brothers.
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3 in 1 Air Pistol

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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Famous Banner Fireworks!

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Feature(s): Banner Fireworks Mfg. Co., Inc.
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Feature(s): The Fun Company
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Feature(s): M.P.K. Company 3 Piece Pocket Set of Pens
First Line: The Most Amazing Factory-To-You...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): American Merchandising Co.
First Line: Constelation Ball Point Pen and Cigarette Lighter
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Disclose Notes: Three ads from the same company- Ball Point Pen / Cigarette Lighter; Personalized Initial Ring; Fibre Auto Seat Covers. Back cover.

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