Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) comic books 1950

The Power of the Press; Dan Garret and the Blue Beetle return after a nearly two year absence, during which Dan did overseas work for the government. Appointment With Death; Dan Garret overhears a plot to kill a professor working on atomic secrets in the subway, and must save both the Professor and Joan as the Blue Beetle. Sink That Ball; The Blue Beetle helps a high school basketball player who is being blackmailed into throwing the championship game. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle, which by this time was becoming one of the era's many crime comics. The Beetle investigates crime in the world of boxing; Reporter Joan Mason, the Beetle's girlfriend, and her photographer pal have a Hitchcockian showdown with a killer on the torch of the Statue of Liberty. Murder In the Ring; Explosive Action; Joan Mason: Reproduction of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Jack Kamen and others. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle, which by this time was becoming one of the era's many crime comics. The Beetle gets involved when hoods invade a charity circus to steal a priceless artifact from a struggling magician; Reporter Joan Mason, the Beetle's girlfriend, investigates a murder during a stage play; The Beetle stumbles on a forgery plot at a Van Gogh exhibit. Crime Circus; Joan Mason: Onstage Murder; Justice Wasn't Blind; The Bloody Artist. Final issue of the series; the character returned in the 1960s Charlton series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.