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CATALOG RECORD

Blue Beetle #5

Fox · Series began 1940 · November-December 1940

Dates

Cover date
November-December 1940
On sale
November 20, 1940
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Al Carreño, Bob Powell, Klaus Nordling, George Tuskainks: Al Carreño, Bob Powell, Klaus Nordling, George Tuskascript: Nathaniel Nitkin

Stories

  • Death From Scrag · 10 pages

    Scrag believes he's the Napolean of Crime and threatens to destroy the city unless he gets 10 million dollars.

  • Kober's Lightning Weapon · 10 pages
  • Case of the Missing Blueprint · 10 pages

    Blue Beetle chases after some stolen blueprints.

  • The Beetle's New Powers · 14 pages

    Blue Beetle gains super-powers from Dr. Frenz's vitamin 2X for the first time. Meanwhile Little Lulu declares war on Catelli.

  • The Blue Beetle and the Hi-Jack Combine · 2 pages
  • The Oasis of Li-Wang · 6 pages
  • Big-Shot Krard's Dope Ring · Lt. Drake of the Naval Intelligence · 5 pages
  • In the Underworld of Paris · Zanzibar the Magician · 3 pages

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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