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Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	November-December 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Blue Beetle
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Chuck Cuidera ?
Inks	Chuck Cuidera ?

10 page Blue Beetle story "Death From Scrag"

Characters	Blue Beetle; Scrag (Villain; Intro; Dies)
Genre	superhero
Script	? [as Charles Nicholas]
Pencils	Al Carreno
Inks	Al Carreno

10 page Blue Beetle story "Kober's Lightning Weapon"

Characters	Blue Beetle; Kober (Villain; Intro, Dies)
Genre	superhero
Script	? [as Charles Nicholas]
Pencils	Al Carreno
Inks	Al Carreno

10 page Blue Beetle story "Case of the Missing Blueprint"

Characters	Blue Beetle; Frenzo (villain; intro); Rack (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	? [as Charles Nicholas]
Pencils	Al Carreno
Inks	Al Carreno

14 page Blue Beetle story "The Beetle's New Powers"

Characters	Blue Beetle; Vito Catelli (villain); Big Bill O'Rory; Little Lulu (NOT the same as the Dell character!)
Synopsis	Blue Beetle gains super-powers from Dr. Frenz's vitamin 2X for the 1st? time
Genre	superhero
Script	? [as Charles Nicholas]

2 page Blue Beetle text story "The Blue Beetle and the Hi-Jack Combine"

Genre	superhero
Script	Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel]
Letters	Typeset

6 page Dr. Fung story "The Oasis of Li-Wang"

Script	Bob Powell ?
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean]
Inks	Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean]
Notes	Signed "Dean" in penultimate panel. Story title taken from Wonder Comics #1 GCD entry.
Reprinted	from Wonder Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1

5 page Lt. Drake story "Big-Shot Krard's Dope Ring"

Characters	Dan Krard (villain, intro); Miss Henner (Intro)
Pencils	Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus]
Inks	Klaus Nordling [as F. Klaus]
Reprinted	from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #5

3 page Zanzibar story "In the Underworld of Paris"

Characters	Simone (intro, villain)
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	George Tuska (signed)
Inks	George Tuska (signed)
Reprinted	from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #4