| Issue | #27 |
| Published | November 1943 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia: THE BLUE BEETLE, November, 1943, No. 27. Published monthly by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. Office of publication, 1 Appelton Street, Holyoke, Mass. Editorial and executive offices, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York City. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Holyoke, Mass., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.20. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1942 by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. The names of all characters that are used are ficticious. Use of a name which is the same as that of any living person is accidental. |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Notes | Indicia: THE BLUE BEETLE, November, 1943, No. 27. Published monthly by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. Office of publication, 1 Appelton Street, Holyoke, Mass. Editorial and executive offices, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York City. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Holyoke, Mass., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.20. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1942 by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. The names of all characters that are used are ficticious. Use of a name which is the same as that of any living person is accidental. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover ad for books on boxing, "police wrestling" and "police jiu-jitsu" from Pickwick Co. |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Sally Kirby; Dr. Marks; Mr. Kirby |
| Synopsis | A scientist sprays truth gas over the city, inciting a mob. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Synopsis | A Nazi sabotages a new plane, killing the test pilot. But when the F.B.I closes in on him, he tries to escape in a plane he'd sabotaged and dies himself. |
| Genre | war |
| Pencils | George Tukel ? |
| Inks | George Tukel ? |
| Notes | In the last panels the F.B.I. agent addresses the reader, saying that this story "proves that the axis can never win", followed by a panel urging readers to buy war stamps and bonds. |
| Characters | Little Willie; Mrs. Van Snoot; Polly (a parrot) |
| Synopsis | Willie looks after a parrot but his friends teach the parrot some new vocabulary. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Pencils | Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Inks | Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Notes | In the first panel, a box notes "'Little Willie' is an exclusive feature of Blue Beetle Comics. What do you think of him?" |
| Characters | Rod Ripley; Zarita; Sir Balcom; Ahmed (a guide); Rameses (mummy); Isis (goddess) |
| Synopsis | Rod Ripley and his companion Zarita must find the cure for a mysterious disease in the tomb of Rameses in the "Great Pyramid of Ghazi". They join British scientist Sir Malcom in Cairo. Ahmed, their guide, is kiled by a falling stone as they try to enter the pyramid. As they take the formula from Rameses's sarcophagus, Rameses awakens and curses them. Then Isis appears, and tells them they may take the formula but only if they leave and never return. The three are happy to comply, and Ripley seals the pyramid behind them. |
| Script | S. M. Iger? [as Jerry Maxwell] |
| Pencils | Sam Cooper ? |
| Inks | Sam Cooper ? |
| Notes | art credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Characters | Turkey Joe; U.S. Army |
| Synopsis | Joe is a well-dressed turkey with no where to go on the farm, until he gets an invitation to dinner from the Army. But Joe fails to realize that he's being invited not to *be* dinner on Thanksgiving. |
| Genre | humor; funny animal |
| Script | Sid Lazarus [as Lazarus] (signed) |
| Pencils | Sid Lazarus [as Lazarus] (signed) |
| Inks | Sid Lazarus [as Lazarus] (signed) |
| Notes | Only appearance. credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Characters | Rookie Rod |
| Synopsis | Rod tries to learn the "manly art of self-defense", but chooses a first opponent who is too skilled. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Pencils | Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Inks | Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Characters | Knut Fredriksen; Lieutenant Colonel Ole Reistad; First Lieutenant James Perry Muri |
| Synopsis | Article describing the roles of Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans in the war. |
| Genre | war; fact |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Igor Sikorsky |
| Synopsis | Biography of Sikorsky's attempts and eventual success at building a helicopter. |
| Genre | fact; war |
| Notes | It is predicted that the helicopter will "soon be everyman's airplane", and that it will replace the automobile. One early helicopter is described as looking more like a "Rube Goldberg invention" |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Mel Lazarus (signed) |
| Pencils | Mel Lazarus (signed) |
| Inks | Mel Lazarus (signed) |
| Characters | Durrand Draw (intro); Beth (intro) |
| Synopsis | Durrand Draw is called to solve a case where a girl has been abducted by a man with fish scales on his skin. But the fish scale man's role is not what it first appears. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Montgomery Mulford |
| Pencils | George Tukel ? |
| Inks | George Tukel ? |
| Genre | humor; war |
| Script | Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Pencils | Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Inks | Mel Lazarus [as Mel] (signed) |
| Notes | Five one-panel gags. |
| Characters | Tamaa; Augo (Tamaa's lion) |
| Synopsis | Tamaa must free Augo from a tribe after he is captured as part of a ritual to choose the next chief, and then help the better candidate win. |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Bob Kipler (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Kipler (signed) |
| Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Spunky; Dick Wilson (F.B.I. agent); Fritz Von Straff (the Nazi Blue Beetle); Himmler |
| Synopsis | The Blue Beetle and Spunky must deal with a complicated plan involving dressing a captured Gestapo agent as a second Blue Beetle. Much double-crossing and confusion ensues, but our heroes carry the day and rescue the captured Americans including Agent Wilson. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Notes | Blue Beetle's sidekick Spunky was called Sparky in earlier issues. Spunky does not wear a costume in this story. "Garrett" has two t's in this story. |
| Synopsis | "Uncensored! A Rare Selection of Fun and Revelry from the World's Most Titillating Tales of LOVE!" The book costs 98 cents, from Strayon Publishers. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | "For every girl who wants to be lovely", the book "Better than Beauty" sells for 98 cents, from Herald Publishing Co. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Synopsis | Ad for six glasses each showing a member of a branch of the military embracing and kissing a girl. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |