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Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) comic books 1938-1955

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    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) #8 CGC 1.8
    Published Aug 1941 by Fox.

    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 8 CGC 1.8

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4417376004

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover art by Ed Ashe. Radium Threat, art by Al Carreno; Porky Hog steals radium from the hospital to build a great destructive weapon. Dr. Krug's Explosive Gorillas, art by Al Carreno; Dr. Krug uses gorillas coated in dynamite to take over the city. Well that was the plan anyway. The Crime Dealer, art by Louis Cazeneuve; the Crime Dealer threatens to blow up the Brandt hotel unless blackmail is paid; takes place between Weird Comics #17 and 18. Gagon's Explosive Device, art by Al Carreno; Gagon has stolen a machine that can cause explosions from a distance and demands the keys to the state bank or he'll blow up the city. The Remote-Controlled Death-Device starring Dynamite Thor, pencils by Dan Gormley [as Wright Lincoln]. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) #59 CGC 4.5
    Published Jun 1950 by Fox.

    Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 59 CGC 4.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4308126017

    Starts Jul 6

    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.