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Issue: Blue Beetle #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1940
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Issues: #3 of 40 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: FPView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/01/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox
Disclose Notes: On sale date given in Blue Beetle #2. Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1940 Periodicals, page 270, lists a publication date of June 5, 1940.
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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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Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
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Pages: 1
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Case of the Kidnapped Girls

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; The Doc (introduction, death, villain); Mike Mannigan; Spike (villain); Mademoiselle Monet
First Line: Smashing down on Underworld rackets...
Synopsis: Dan uses his vitamin 2X induced powers to rescue several socially prominent girls who have mysteriously disappeared, but first he has to escape from a giant eagle. The mad scientist known only as Doc intends to combine parts of the girls into creating the "perfect woman".
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Pages: 31
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The Blue Beetle's Quiet Night

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Officer Dave Morlin; Charlie Storm (reporter); Police Lieutenant Powell; Dr. Franz; Bugs Carrott; Big Boy Riley (gangster); Judge Cornell (villain)
First Line: Dan Garret walked quietly...
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The Mastermind of Crime

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; The Mastermind of Crime [Brian Downhill] (introduction, villain); Police Commissioner Harmon; Doc Franz; Charley Storm; Helen Harmon
First Line: One night, a series of explosions...
Synopsis: Dan Garret is injured battling the Mastermind of Crime and has to be hospitalized. But he fakes being kidnapped so he has a free hand to end the crime wave. Meanwhile banker Brian Downhill demands the resignation of the Commissioner.
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Pages: 31
Disclose Notes: Blue Beetle uses his Beetle Mobile. And Vitamin 2X.

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