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4Fall 1940
$0.10

Blue Beetle #4

Fox · Fall 1940 · on sale 1940-08-20

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Identification plate

Series
Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
Fall 1940
Key date
1940-10-00
On-sale date
1940-08-20
Indicia publisher
Fox Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Edd Ashe; inks: Edd AsheBlue Beetle [Dan Garret]
1Blitz and the Dynamite Formulacomic story15pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Louis CazeneuveThe Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason (introduction, NY Chronicle reporter); Blitz (introduction, death, villain); Mike Mannigan; Dr. Franz
2The Dope Smuggling Ringcomic story11pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Louis CazeneuveBlue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Snow Brody; Helen Harmon; Police Commissioner Harmon; Dr. Franz; Philip Redon
3The Man In the Black Robecomic story11.5pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Louis CazeneuveBlue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mary Parnell (villain); Egg-Head (villain); Mike Mannigan; Edna Parnell
4The Mystery of the Vanishing Corpsestext story2script: N. N. NathanielBlue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Phyllis Boyce; Dr. Franz
5The Ghosts of Denton Hallcomic story10pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Louis CazeneuveBlue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Rajput (introduction, villain); John Kent (introduction, villain); Lorraine Denton; Doane; Mike Mannigan
6The Three European Dictatorscomic story5script: Willis B. Rensie; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellK-51; Anna Zev; Rudolph Morgo (villain); Diableff
7The Return of Lin Suncomic story5script: Willis B. Rensie; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellK-51; Claire Conos (Agent Z-19); Tsin-Yu (villain); Lim Sun; Remy Mussoni (villain)
8Captured by Sin Leecomic story3pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyCaptain Savage; Helen Drew; Captain Sin Lee (pirate); Captain Hoyt

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Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn]
ISBN 9781606994948
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