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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published August 1942
Cover Price USD 0.10
Pages 68
Editing ?
Notes Synopses, house ads and additional character information added by Henry Andrews 3/29/08.

Cover Details

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Ulmer
Inks Al Ulmer

1 page advertisement "The One and Only Blue Beetle"

Synopsis House ad for Blue Beetle, proclaiming that it is now published "About the 15th of Every Month".
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

15 page Blue Beetle story "The mysterious murder of a world-famous scientist..."

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Mike Manigan; The "Mad Doctor" (villain, intro, death)
Synopsis The Blue Beetle goes up against a mad scientist with an "ice gun" who captures Joan and Mike.
Genre superhero
Script ? [as Charles Nicholas]
Pencils Pierce Rice
Notes The art in this sequence is much less detailed than in other stories marked as possibly by Patenaude in this issue, or than in Patenaude's work for Fox. At minimum a different inker or rushed inking job.

6 page Blue Beetle story "The Jap Beetle...The little pest from across the seas..."

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Manigan; Moodyee (villain, intro)
Synopsis Blue Beetle solves a case of Japanese infiltrators killing soldiers on leave by placing mechanical beetle weapons in their houses.
Genre superhero
Pencils Charles Nicholas
Inks Charles Nicholas ?

10 page Blue Beetle story "The Death Mask"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Mike Manigan; The Death Mask (villain)
Synopsis The Blue Beetle must fight a crime lord who wears a green skull mask and seems to be able to kill by pointing his finger.
Genre superhero
Pencils Charles Quinlan ?
Inks Al Carreno ?

12 page V-Man story "Patriots Fight For the Right"

Characters V-Man [Jerry Steele]; V-Group [Agent V-19 (dies); Agent V-66 [Johnny]; Ginger Dare]; Schutz (villain, intro)
Synopsis A mortally wounded Agent V-19 tells the rest of the V-Group he has found the location of the radio station that is broadcasting defense secrets. V-Man joins Agents V-66 and Ginger Dare in capturing Schutz, the German commander.
Genre superhero
Script ? [as Jay Foster]
Inks Ramona Patenaude ?
Notes last appeared in V...- COMICS #2

2 page Blue Beetle text story "Death on the Waterfront"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
Synopsis Blue Beetle fights a thief who killed an elderly man to steal some diamonds.
Genre superhero
Letters typeset

14 page Blue Beetle story "The Hooded Spectre of Death"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Mike Manigan; Franz; The Hooded Spectre [Silas Spencer] (villain, intro); Buddy Spencer
Synopsis A boy becomes the target of murder attempts after uncovering a hooded bank robber's secret.
Genre superhero
Notes While the story repeatedly refers to the Hooded Spectre's hood as black, it is colored light blue throughout.

5 page Spark Stevens story "A mule's kick felt like the tap of a featther..."

Characters Spark Stevens; Chuck; Spark's Parrot
Synopsis Spark and Chuck rescue a radio operator from fascist Italians who were forcing him to aid their cause.
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page advertisement "Cat Man Comics; Captain Aero Comics"

Synopsis Two paragraphs each about "Cat Man Comics" (but typed "Cat-Man Comics" later on) and "Captain Aero Comics".
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Ride the Sky Trails of Adventure!"

Characters Captain Aero; Flagman; Rusty; Miss Victory [Joan Wayne]; Sky Scouts; Commandos of the Devil Dogs; Alias X; P. T. Patrol
Notes back cover