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CATALOG RECORD

Blue Beetle #9

Fox · Series began 1940 · October 1941

Dates

Cover date
October 1941
On sale
July 23, 1941
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Harry Gravesinks: Harry Gravesscript: Nathaniel Nitkin

Stories

  • The Bank of Counterfeit Bills · 11 pages

    The Crofte Trust Bank is passing counterfeit $1 bills.

  • The Crimes of the Falcon · 10 pages

    A gang of zombies tries to rob a jewelry store.

  • The Carnival Doll Killing · 10 pages

    Carnival pickpockets steal rich people's address cards for future use.

  • The Deadly Sanitarium of Dr. Horthe · 10 pages

    Dr. Horth uses dead bodies to dictate new wills leaving their estates to him.

  • The Gorilla with a Human Brain · The Gorilla · 6 pages

    Mad scientist Brock transfers Castle's brain into a gorilla's body which then murders Brock and goes after Brock's niece, Elsa.

  • The Memoirs of the Colonel · 2 pages
  • The Origin of the Blackbird · Blackbird · 5 pages

    Jake Baxter builds a super plane but no one will believe him so he becomes the Blackbird.

  • Buttercup Alley · Davy the Wish Master · 5 pages

    Davy lives in a shack. The Grogans torment him day and night, until one day he learns he can make wishes come true.

Characters

The Blue BeetleDan Garret

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