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Issue Details

Issue #36
Published November 1944
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Victor Fox
Notes Distributed by FDC (Fawcett)

Cover Details - "The Runaway House"

Characters Blue Beetle; Nell Barth; Bruce Barth
Genre superhero
Pencils E. C. Stoner ?
Inks E. C. Stoner ?

10 page Blue Beetle story "The Runaway House"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Nell Barth; Bruce Barth; Joan Mason; Prof. Haywire
Synopsis The Beetle and Joan go to the Barth house to pick up Nell and Bruce to take them on their adventure. Then he takes them to visit crackpot scientist Prof. Haywire who has built a house which is not subject to the laws of time and space.
Genre superhero
Pencils E. C. Stoner [as Otis]
Inks E. C. Stoner [as Otis]
Notes Comics Hall of Fame: Nell & Bruce Barth are winners of the contest to appear in a Blue Beetle story. Beetlemobile appears.

1 page Minit Mystery story "The Countess of Scarbo"

Genre detective
Script ?
Pencils Al Zere
Inks Al Zere
Notes credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

10 page Blue Beetle story "The Threat From Saturn Chapter. 3: The Blue Beetle At Bay!"

Characters Blue Beetle; Saturnia; Gloat; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason
Synopsis Gloat takes possession of the Blue Beetle.
Genre superhero
Pencils E. C. Stoner [as Otis]
Inks E. C. Stoner [as Otis]
Notes Beetle has super powers. Continued

2 page text story "The Education of Johnny Poppa"

Letters Typeset

6 page Joan Mason story "The Creamery Crime"

Characters Joan Mason
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Art Allen]
Pencils ? [as Art Allen]
Inks ? [as Art Allen]
Notes villain named Binder

6 page O'Brine Twins story "The Great Presto"

Characters Waterman; Wetmore
Genre fantasy; humor
Script Larry Page (signed)
Pencils Larry Page (signed)
Inks Larry Page

10 page Blue Beetle story "The Talking Jewel"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Bill Stevens; Vivian Dale; Tanome
Synopsis Bill Stevens is accused of killing his fiance's father and trying to steal the Mindali Diamond.
Genre superhero
Script ? [as Otis]
Pencils ? [as Otis]
Inks ? [as Otis]
Notes Beetle has super powers.

1 page public service announcement "Just Suppose"

Notes paper drive feature