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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published May 1948
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Fox
Notes Available as a scan at goldenagecomics.co.uk. Indicia: BLUE BEETLE, May, 1948, No. 56. Published monthly by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc., 221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., executive offices 60 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Entered as second class matter December 18, 1945 at the postoffice at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., under the act of March 3, 1879. Price 10ยข per copy. Yearly subscriptions (12 issues), in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.70. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. The names of all characters are fictitious. Use of the name which is the same as that of any living person is accidental. Printed in U. S. A.

Cover Details - "Blue Beetle Proves Crime Never Pays!"

Characters Blue Beetle (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kamen
Inks Jack Kamen

10 page Blue Beetle story "The Sinister Sphinx!"

Characters Blue Beetle; The Sphinx (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils ? [as Otis]
Inks ? [as Otis]
Notes Starts on inside front cover.

10 page Blue Beetle story "An Invitation to Danger!"

Characters Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Irma Hess; Goldie Gates
Pencils ? [as Otis]
Inks ? [as Otis]

1 page story "Killers at Large"

Synopsis Frankie makes lots of money in the junk business.
Genre crime

9 page A True Crime Story story Wilber Underhill "Tri-State Terror"!

Characters Wilbur Underhill; Blue Beetle (narrator)
Genre Crime
Pencils ? [as Otis]
Inks ? [as Otis]

Half page story "Gang Leaders"

Characters Monk Eastman
Genre crime
Notes Bottom half of page is ad for an air pistol.