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Appearing in "The Origin of Blue Beetle"
Featured Characters:
- Blue Beetle (First appearance chronologically)
Supporting Characters:
- Doctor Franz (First appearance chronologically)
- Mike Mannigan (First appearance chronologically)
- Karen Dobbs
Adversaries:
- Chick Alonzo (First appearance)
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- Vitamin 2-X
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Synopsis for "The Origin of Blue Beetle"
A pharmacist named Doctor Franz provides rookie police officer Dan Garret with a special vitamin and bulletproof costume so that he can fight crime as the Blue Beetle.
Appearing in "The Coming of the Blue Beetle"
Featured Characters:
- Blue Beetle (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Mike Mannigan (First appearance)
- Abe (Friend of Dan Garret) (Single appearance)[1]
Adversaries:
- The White Face Gang
- John Brandes
Other Characters:
- Mr. Vander (Banker)
- Ms. Vander (Banker's daughter)
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Items:
- Wireless Telephone
Vehicles:
- Beetle's High-Powered Car
- White Face Gang's car
Synopsis for "The Coming of the Blue Beetle"
Story originally printed in Mystery Men Comics #1.
Appearing in "The Armored Truck Robbery"
Featured Characters: Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Mike Mannigan (misspelled "Mannigin")
Adversaries:
- Bank Thievs
Other Characters:
- Newspaper boy (Single appearance)[1]
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Synopsis for "The Armored Truck Robbery"
Story originally printed in Mystery Men Comics #2.
Appearing in "The Loan Shark Racket"
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- Various Thugs and Loan Sharks.
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Synopsis for "The Loan Shark Racket"
Story originally printed in Mystery Men Comics #3.
Appearing in "Protection Insurance for Newsboys"
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- Bull Blackart (Single appearance)[1]
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Synopsis for "Protection Insurance for Newsboys"
Story originally printed in Mystery Men Comics #4.
Appearing in "A Trap for the Blue Beetle"
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- Dr. Franz (First appearance)
- Mike Mannigan
Adversaries:
- Desperados (Single appearance)[1]
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Synopsis for "A Trap for the Blue Beetle"
Story originally printed in Mystery Men Comics #5.
Appearing in "Death Rides on Horseback"
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Synopsis for "Death Rides on Horseback"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "The Old Hex House"
Featured Characters:
- Yarko the Great, Master Magician
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Synopsis for "The Old Hex House"
Story originally printed in Wonderworld Comics #2.
Appearing in "Death and the Devil"
Featured Characters:
- Yarko the Great, Master Magician
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Synopsis for "Death and the Devil"
Story originally printed in Wonderworld Comics #3.
Appearing in "The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers"
Featured Characters:
- Yarko the Great, Master Magician
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Synopsis for "The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers"
Story originally printed in Wonderworld Comics #4.
Appearing in "Vladim the Voodoo Master"
Featured Characters:
- Yarko the Great, Master Magician
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Synopsis for "Vladim the Voodoo Master"
Story originally printed in Wonderworld Comics #5.
Notes
- This comic issue was published by Fox Features Syndicate, a defunct comic book publishing firm founded by Victor Fox. Fox published stories centering on two characters who later became the properties of DC Comics, the original Golden Age Blue Beetle and the original Phantom Lady (formerly owned by Quality Comics).
- Yarko the Great, Master Magician was the creation of Will Eisner and was not absorbed into the greater DC stable of characters.
- Will Eisner's influence in the early Blue Beetle stories is undetermined. Most sources credit artist Charles Nicholas Wojtkowski with creating the character.
Trivia
- The Blue Beetle's name and concept was largely inspired by the Green Hornet, a popular "Mystery Man" created by George W. Trendle in the 1930s.
- In these early issues, Dan Garrett's name is spelled "Garret" while later issues add the second T. Daniel Garrett is also provided with a rebooted origin, changing him from being a rookie police officer to an archaeologist.
See Also
- Write your own review of this comic!
- Discuss Blue Beetle (Fox) Vol 1 1 on the forums
- Images from Blue Beetle (Fox) Vol 1 1
Recommended Reading
- Read the complete issue at the Digital Comic Museum
- Blue Beetle at Wikipedia
- Blue Beetle at Toonopedia
- Blue Beetle at Comic Vine
- Blue Beetle at Comicbookdb.com
- Blue Beetle at International Hero
- Blue Beetle series index at Comic Vine
- Blue Beetle series index at Comicbookdb.com
- Blue Beetle series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
Footnotes
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