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. |
Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Ulmer |
Inks | Al Ulmer |
Synopsis | House ad for Blue Beetle, proclaiming that it is now published "About the 15th of Every Month". |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | inside front cover |
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. |
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 ? |
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 ? |
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 |
Characters | Blue Beetle [Dan Garret] |
Synopsis | Blue Beetle fights a thief who killed an elderly man to steal some diamonds. |
Genre | superhero |
Letters | typeset |
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. |
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) |
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 |
Characters | Captain Aero; Flagman; Rusty; Miss Victory [Joan Wayne]; Sky Scouts; Commandos of the Devil Dogs; Alias X; P. T. Patrol |
Notes | back cover |