Auction in progress, bid now! Weekly Auction ends Monday April 1!

Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) comic books

  • Issue #9
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 9
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4087916005
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #4189418001

    The Bank of Counterfeit Bills; Crofte Trust Bank is passing counterfeit $1 bills. The Crimes of the Falcon; a gang of zombies tries to rob a jewelry store. The Carnival Doll Killing; carnival pickpockets steal rich people's address cards for future use. The Deadly Sanitarium of Dr. Horthe; Dr. Horth uses dead bodies to dictate new wills leaving their estates to him. The Gorilla With a Human Brain starring The Gorilla; mad scientist Brock transfers Castle's brain into a gorilla's body. Castle murders Brock and then goes after his niece. Buttercup Alley starring Davy the Wish Master. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 11
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #0348452008
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude [as Pat]. Claws of the Cat, art by Al Carreno; The Star Diamond is on exhibit at Bufany's, a temptation for many thieves, including the Cat, a man with a claw instead of a hand. The Octopus of the Underground, art by Al Carreno; An insane gangster called the Octopus has an undersea hideout where the Blue Beetle and Joan almost die, until Mike rescues them. The Dead Don't Kill, art by Louis Cazeneuve; a series of murders are planned to gain control of an inheritance. Cargo of Doom, art by Louis Cazeneuve; Judith Carthy's life is in danger because she has papers that proved Felland is head of an organization that stole army secrets. The Devil's Magic Wash Tub starring Davy the Wish Master. King of the Chess Killers starring the Gladiator, pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 13
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well; Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #1135383004
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3801703001

    Cover art by Allen Ulmer. House ad for Blue Beetle. Untitled story, script by Charles Nicholas, pencils by Pierce Rice; Blue Beetle goes up against a mad scientist with an "ice gun" who captures Joan and Mike. Untitled story; Blue Beetle solves a case of Japanese infiltrators killing soldiers on leave by placing mechanical beetle weapons in their houses. The Death Mask; Blue Beetle must fight a crime lord who wears a green skull mask and seems to be able to kill by pointing his finger. Patriots Fight For the Right starring V-Man. Death on the Waterfront text story starring Blue Beetle. Untitled Spark Stevens story, art by Joe Kubert. Two paragraphs each about Cat Man Comics and Captain Aero Comics. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #17
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 17
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Slab: Minor side edge crack
    • Label #3912219002
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by Alberta Tews, Bernie Krigstein, Oliver Ashford, Eddie Murphy, Charles Quinlan, and Sol Brodsky. The Blue Beetle in "The Case of the Twisted Minds" and "The Walking Tank." Tales of daring-do, with such colorful characters as Benny Bumps, V-Man, and Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. Blue Beetle battles Nazis. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 21
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4299880018
    • First wrap and centerfold detached, pencil on activity pages.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by humble cow

    The Black Genie, script by Dan Barry, art by Charles Quinlan; Willie the Weasel knocks over an antique store and accidentally drinks from a bottle that contains an ancient genie; the Genie now lives inside Willie, making him invulnerable and still being able to be called on to do genie stuff. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, pencils by Ray Wilner, inks by Al Ulmer; Ali Baba and his Mule leave his nagging wife to sleep in the forest where he meets Ali Satrap and his 40 thieves. Wanted for Murder...George Leslie starring Crime Reporter; Gangster George Leslie tries to knock off the Midtown Savings and Trust. The Flying Tigers Chapter 1 starring Wing Lee, art by Jack Alderman; Wing Lee's village is invaded by the Japanese and he is imprisoned. He organizes the prisoners into a guerilla unit and they escape to join up with Chiang Kai-Shek. 14 Days against Japs and Jungle, script and art by Charles Quinlan. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 22

    Cover pencils by Sid Lazarus. The Case of the Transformation, script by Sylvan Stein, art by Charles Quinlan; Dan quits the police force and joins up with the U.S. Intelligence Dept; Dan and his new friend Bill Dailey are assigned to sneak into Germany. Bagdad 900 Miles, script and art by Sid Lazarus; Having defeated the 40 theives and stolen the treasure, Ali discovers that life at home is not pleasant; he goes off to find more treasure to help pay the income tax; Ali is soon shipwrecked on an island inhabited by a very hungry giant. The Boy Patriots Chapter 2, art by Jack Alderman; Downed american pilot Bill Anderson needs Wing Lee's help to rescue his father from a Japanese POW camp. War stamps ad starring Dipsy Doodle. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 23

    The General Alters His Plans, script by Sylvan Stein, art by Allen Ulmer [as Alden Remlu]; Dan, now an American Secret Service agent, arrives in Holland to search for a Nazi glider base. The Smashing Case of Voodoo in New York--Crime Reporter, pencils by Allen Ulmer. Dogs of War text story with photos. Major General James Hawlel Doolittle bio, script and art by Charles Quinlan. Aladdin's Lamp starring Ali Baba, pencils by Ray Willner [as Wilmer Muddleshtunk], inks by Al Ulmer [as Wilmer Muddleshtunk]. Coast Guard Duty featuring Drop Towers, script and art by Robert Webster. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #31
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 31
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4369590002
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    The Adventure of the Crumbling Skyscraper, art by E. C. Stoner; German saboteurs blow up a building and leave evidence that the Beetle is responsible. Peril In the Pacific; Dan Garrett is given the assignment of protecting Col. Denton who is delivering information of the utmost importance. They Came to Destroy America text story. The Whistling Death; Joan Mason solves the mystery of a Broadway booking agent's murder. The Very Salty Tale of the O'Brine Twins, script and art by Jack Farr; after being declared 4-F by the draft board, the O'Brine twins join the Merchant Marine. Coxwell and Glaisher fact page. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #51
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 51
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4313783010

    Edited by Victor Fox. Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Robert Webb, Jack Kamen, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and Otis. Blue Beetle in "The Shady Lady," "The man Who Murdered Midas," and "The Cunning Corpse!" Tales of daring-do starring Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. The Shady Lady; A female gang leader uses electricity black outs and darkness to rob banks. The Man Who Murdered Midas; Professor Midas invents a drink that turns living tissue into pure gold. The Cunning Corpse; Joan Mason gets into trouble investigating criminals stealing corpses. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #56
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 56

    Cover by Jack Kamen. 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 tracks a killer of women, only to learn she's a woman herself: the masked Sphinx; Frankie becomes a heroin pusher in a typically lurid crime story of the era; The Beetle tells the true story of bank robber and Depression-era outlaw Wilber Underhill. Featuring violent imagery that got the issue mentioned in Seduction of the Innocent. The Sinister Sphinx!; An Invitation to Danger!; Killers at Large; True Crime Story: Wilber Underhill; Gang Leaders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #59
    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 59
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4308126017
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    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.