| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Joe Simon; inks: Joe Simon | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett] |
| 1 | The Castle of Taro | comic story | 8 | pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles Nicholas | The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Taro (first appearance; villain; death) |
| 2 | The Prince Otembi Affair: Part 2 | comic story | 3 | | Prince Otembi; Von Shiller (first appearance; villain); Shizaka (first appearance; villain); Mahruf-Ali (villain) |
| 3 | The Robot's Revolt | comic story | 8 | script: Dick Briefer; pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer | Rex Dexter |
| 4 | Ho Sen, King of Dope | comic story | 8 | pencils: Walter Frehm; inks: Walter Frehm | The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Ho Sen (first appearance; villain; death); Blake (first appearance) |
| 5 | Gosh! A killer lunatic called the Cat... | comic story | 2 | script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred Schwab | Hemlock Shomes |
| 6 | Camera | comic story | 6 | pencils: Cecelia Munson; inks: Cecelia Munson | |
| 7 | The Beggar Poison Case | text story | 2 | script: Toni Blum [as Tony Adams]; letters: typeset | |
| 8 | The Light | comic story | 6 | pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling | Lt. Drake; The Light (first appearance; villain) |
| 9 | Russmania Strikes Spitzbergen | comic story | 8 | pencils: Pierce Rice | D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Russmanians (first appearance; villain); Princess Hochberg (first appearance; villain); Helen Cameron (first appearance) |
| 10 | The Poison Dart Murders | comic story | 5 | pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska | Bull Mako (first appearance; villain; death); Slug (first appearance; villain; death); Slick (first appearance; villain; death); Maj. Crane (first appearance; death) |
| 11 | The Torrence Mansion Case | comic story | 6 | script: Godfrey Clarke; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney | The Moth; Mrs. Torrence (introduction); Anthony (villain, introduction); Daisy (villain, introduction) |