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9October 1941
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Blue Beetle #9

Fox · October 1941 · on sale 1941-07-23

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Series
Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
October 1941
Key date
1941-10-00
On-sale date
1941-07-23
Indicia publisher
Fox Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Roland Patenaude; inks: Roland PatenaudeThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret
1The Bank of Counterfeit Billscomic story11pencils: Al Carreño; inks: Al CarreñoThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret
2The Crimes of the Falconcomic story10pencils: Al Carreño; inks: Al CarreñoThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret
3The Carnival Doll Killingcomic story10pencils: Al Carreño; inks: Al CarreñoThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret
4The Deadly Sanitarium of Dr. Horthecomic story10pencils: Al Carreño; inks: Al CarreñoThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret
6The Gorilla with a Human Braincomic story6pencils: Harry Graves; inks: Harry GravesThe Gorilla [Jack Castle, gorilla w/ a human brain] (introduction, origin, Dr. Brock's assistant); Ken Connors; Elsa Brock (Dr. Brock's niece); Dr. Mishkin (scientist, death); Dr. Flavius Brock (villain, brain surgeon, introduction)
7The Memoirs of the Coloneltext story2script: Nathaniel Nitkin
8The Origin of the Blackbirdcomic story5The Blackbird [Jake Baxter] (intro and origin); Raftery; Von Essen (villain); Nazis; Dutch Berry
9Buttercup Alleycomic story5pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Pierce RiceDavy (the Wish Master); Ma Grogan; Pa Grogan; Junior Grogan

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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