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Issue: Blue Beetle #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #4 of 40 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: A Fox Feature Comic FPView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/20/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox
Disclose Notes: 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"? [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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe ?
Inker(s): Edd Ashe ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Per Don Mangus, Edd Ashe did a reproduction of this cover, leading to the possibility that he may have done the original cover (June 27, 2006).
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Blitz and the Dynamite Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pierce Rice ?
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Joan Mason (introduction, NY Chronicle reporter); Blitz (introduction, death, villain); Mike Mannigan; Dr. Franz
Synopsis: Blitz tries to steal the liquid dynamite formula to give to his fatherland.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: previous credits given to Charles Nicholas. Dan uses vitamin 2X to gain super-powers in this story.
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The Dope Smuggling Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pierce Rice ?
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Snow Brody; Helen Harmon; Police Commissioner Harmon; Dr. Franz; Philip Redon
Synopsis: Snow Brody sells marijuana cigarrettes to kids and earns the Beetle's wrath. Dan gets shot by a sub machine gun and needs a blood transfusion from Helen Harmon, but vitamin 2X speeds his recovery.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Blue Beetle daily strip (1940, Fox Features Syndicate)(April 18-May 11, 1940)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Garret uses vitamin 2X.
Adapted from Blue Beetle radio episode of 5/15/1940.
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The Man In the Black Robe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pierce Rice ?
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mary Parnell (villain); Egg-Head (villain); Mike Mannigan; Edna Parnell
Synopsis: The Beetle investigates a stolen corpse and a haunted house.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #7 published January 2009
as The Man in the Black Robe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Blue Beetle daily strip (1940, Fox Features Syndicate)(June 3- June 29, 1940)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Corpses

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel]
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #4 published March 2008
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Ghosts of Denton Hall

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pierce Rice ?
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blue Beetle
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Rajput (introduction, villain); John Kent (introduction, villain); Lorraine Denton; Doane; Mike Mannigan
Synopsis: Rajput brings Lorraine Denton messages from her grandfather from beyond the grave.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #5 published June 2008
as The Ghosts of Denton Hall [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Blue Beetle Daily strip (1940, Fox Features) (May 13-June 3,1940)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Three European Dictators

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): K-51
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWonderworld Comics #9 published January 1940
was The Three European Dictators [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Return of Lin Sun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): K-51
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWonderworld Comics #8 published December 1939
was The Return of Lin Sun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Captured by Sin Lee

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Peddy?
Inker(s): Art Peddy?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Savage
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery Men Comics #6 published January 1940
was Captured by Sin Lee [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3

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