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11February 1942
$0.10

Blue Beetle #11

Fox · February 1942 · on sale 1941-11-21

First appearance: Joan Mason
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Identification plate

Series
Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series)
Issue
#11
Publication date
February 1942
Key date
1942-02-00
On-sale date
1941-11-21
Indicia publisher
Fox Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Joan Mason - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Claws of the Catcover1pencils: Roland Patenaude; inks: Roland PatenaudeThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret
1Claws of the Catcomic story11pencils: Al Carreño; inks: Al Carreño; letters: Sam RosenThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret, Joan Mason First
2The Octopus of the Undergroundcomic story10pencils: Al Carreño; inks: Al CarreñoThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret
3The Dead Don't Killcomic story12pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret
4Cargo of Doomcomic story10pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveThe Blue Beetle, Dan Garret
5The Devil's Magic Wash Tubcomic story7pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Pierce RiceDavy; The Devil; the Grogans; Bumper
6Flaming Cargotext story2script: Gene Rider
7King of the Chess Killerscomic story10pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Arturo CazeneuveThe Gladiator [Dan Kenneth]; June Starr; Dr. Wrath (villain, introduction); Casova (introduction)

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The Golden Age Blue Beetle: Volume 42016On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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