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Issue: Mystery Men Comics #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
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Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/15/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Blue Beetle radio program mentioned in an ad in this issue.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7 1/2" x 10 1/4"
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
Six times the Blue Beetle's gun roared its message of death
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Because You Demanded It!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Advertisement for Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series) #1 ([Winter 1940]). Assures readers that Blue Beetle will continue to appear in Mystery Men Comics.
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Miscellaneous
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On inside front cover.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Mike Hannigan (policeman); unnamed pawn shop worker; Spike (villain, introduction); Spike's gang [Joe; Red (death); unnamed members] (villains, introduction)
A gang of thieves are about to rob a pawn shop...
A gang of thieves rob a pawn shop, nearly knocking out Policeman Hannigan, who whistles an SOS, which the Blue Beetle overhears and heads out to capture the crooks.
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First mention of Blue Beetle being given super-powers by Vitamin 2X.

Art credits from Shaun Clancy in the Comics History Exchange list on Facebook based on Larry Antonette's personal papers, which included pages of this story torn from the original comic book and kept as reference by Antonette (21 February 2015).
The Joe Pennelli Case, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Wing Turner; Joe Pennelli (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
3
The Destruction of Tarsis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
Rex Dexter; Cynde; unnamed ruler of Tarsis (introduction); Rof (villain, introduction); Zard (villain, introduction)
Rex and Cynde are on their way back to Mars, but before getting there they respond to an urgent call for help to save all living beings from the doomed planet Tarsis. They accept, but Cynde is put in charge of a separate ship from Rex and is captured by Rof and Zard.
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Miscellaneous
8
The Butcher's Maniacal Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Walter Frame (byline)] (credited)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Mary Morgan; unnamed mayor; unnamed police chief; The Butcher (villain, introduction); the Butcher's gang (villains, introduction)
The Green Mask must track down and stop a maniac murderer who is targeting debutantes, whose tenth and eleventh victims were Janet Royce and Elizabeth Blankett.
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Miscellaneous
8
Arat credits from AC Comics' Mark Heike.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Billy Bounce
Package for Master Billy Bounce!
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Miscellaneous
2
The Devil's Vendetta

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
mystery
Chen Chang (villain); Hip Sing (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash Blue Beetle on the air!
Advertisement for the Blue Beetle radio program listing stations airing the program.
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Miscellaneous
1
The drawing of Blue Beetle is an obvious tracing of Lou Fine's Samson from the cover of Fantastic Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1 (December 1939).
The Spies in the Lighthouse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
crime
Lt. Drake; Ivan (villain, introduction, death); other spies (villain, introduction, death); Miss Kayne (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
5
Death from the Boxing Ring

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
sports
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Miscellaneous
1.67
The Lady Saboteur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
mystery
D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Henrietta Gorin (introduction, villain)
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Miscellaneous
8
Ching the Pirate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Zanzibar; Ching (villain, introduction)
Pirates led by Ching attack the yacht Zanzibar is on. Zanzibar turns Ching into a rat.
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Miscellaneous
4
The Coming of the Lynx

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Lynx [Jim] (introduction); Blackie [Phil] (introduction, origin); Professor Bigsby; Red Crowley (introduction, villain); Dutch (villain)
The Lynx and Blackie, the Wonder Boy, must battle the Flood Makers Association in order to prevent them from flooding a town and looting the empty homes.
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FlagMen of Mystery Comics #29 published January 2001
as The Coming of the Lynx [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #3 published May 2008
as The Coming of the Lynx [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Lt. Wolff Attacks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Captain Savage; Lt. Wolff (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
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