Blue Beetle
Charlton // Winter 1939-1940 - February 1942; June 1944 - August 1950
Issue count: 40
One of the first superheroes from the comics, even older than Captain America! See what copies are selling for by using our online price guide!
Blue Beetle is one of the most classic hero comics in history, and it is regarded as one of the comics that set the way for what we have today, along with Superman and The Human Torch stories from Marvel Comics. The issues followed the adventures of Blue Beetle, a costumed hero who decided to make good use of his powers and fight criminals. The stories were written by Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit and one of the fathers of comics. The series had a very good run for over nine years (it took a hiatus between February 1942 and June 1944) before being cancelled in 1950, after releasing 60 issues. Blue Beetle would return later in the 60s in guest appearances in other stories.
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Issue #1
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What's Blue Beetle #1 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #1 is $9600, paid in June 2021 for a 6.5 graded copy. Other prices include $3240, paid in January 2022 for a 4.0 graded copy and $2200, paid in January 2023 for a 1.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #1 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in Winter 1939. Art by Lou Fine, Will Eisner, Charles Nicholas, and Bob Powell. Written by Will Eisner and Toni Blum.
Key Facts About the Comic
This is the firest solo title for Blue Beetle.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 13 page Blue Beetle story "The Origin of Blue Beetle"
- 4 page Blue Beetle story "The Coming of the Blue Beetle"
- 4 page Blue Beetle story "The Armored Truck Robbery"
- 4 page Blue Beetle story "The Loan Shark Racket"
- 4 page Blue Beetle story "Protection Insurance For Newsboys"
- 4 page Blue Beetle story "A Trap For the Blue Beetle"
- 2 page Blue Beetle text story "Death Rides On Horseback"
- 8 page Yarko story "The Old Hex House"
- 7 page Yarko story "Death and the Devil"
- 8 page Yarko story "The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers"
- 6 page Yarko story "Vladim the Voodoo Master"
- 1 page advertisement "Absolutely Free! Comic-Scope"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $3,500 | $4,500 | $5,500 | $7,500 | $14,000 | $9,600 |
Issue #2
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What's Blue Beetle #2 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #2 is $14400, paid September 2021 for a 9.0 graded copy. Other prices include $1206, paid in December 2021 for a 5.0 graded copy and $807, paid in July 2022 for a 3.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #2 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in June 1940. Art by Lou Fine and Charles Nicholas. Written by Charles Nicholas.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features a giant Blue Beetle imposed over a table of crooks.
Story Synopsis
This issue featues stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "The Ridley Murder Case"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "Dr. Hanrahan's Murder Syndicate"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "The Marty Kidnapping"
- 6 page Blue Beetle story "Fiends At the Fair"
- 2 page Blue Beetle text story "Mass Murder By Radioactive Salt"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "The Plot of Captain X-13"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "The Arson Ring"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "Explosion Rocks City"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "The Charity Race Kidnapping"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $625 | $1,425 | $1,825 | $0 | $9,550 |
Issue #3
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What's Blue Beetle #3 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #3 is $5676, paid in August 2014 for a 9.2 graded copy. Other prices include $2040, paid in January 2022 for a 6.0 graded copy and $660, paid in July 2021 for a 3.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #3 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in August 1940. Art by Joe Simon and Charles Nicholas.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features the Blue Beetle on top of a car filled with gangsters.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 31 page Blue Beetle story "Case of the Kidnapped Girls"
- 2 page Blue Beetle text story "The Blue Beetle's Quiet Night"
- 31 page Blue Beetle story "The Mastermind of Crime"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $380 | $650 | $2,050 | $725 | $5,675 | $9,100 |
Issue #4
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What's Blue Beetle #4 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #4 is $4667, paid in June 2017 for a 9.4 graded copy. Other prices include $1110, paid in February 2019 7.5 graded copy and $599, paid in December 2022 for a 5.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #4 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in October 1940. Art by Chuck Cuidera, Charles Nicholas, Bob Powell, and Art Peddy. Written by Will Eisner and Nathaniel Nitkin.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features Blue Beetle swinging on a rope rescuing a woman.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "Blitz and the Dynamite Formula"
- 11 page Blue Beetle story "The Dope Smuggling Ring"
- 12 page Blue Beetle story "The Man In the Black Robe"
- 2 page Blue Beetle story "The Mystery of the Vanishing Corpses"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Ghosts of Denton Hall"
- 5 page K-51 story "The Three European Dictators"
- 5 page K-51 story "The Return of Lin Sun"
- 3 page Captain Savage story "Captured by Sin Lee"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $60 | $525 | $775 | $1,100 | $4,675 | $4,675 |
Issue #5
What's Blue Beetle #5 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #5 is $1578, paid in December 2021 for a 7.0 graded copy. Other prices include $492, paid in December 2022 3.5 graded copy and $300, paid in December 2020 for a 2.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #5 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in December 1940. Art by Chuck Cuidera, Al Carreno, Bob Powell, Klaus Nordling, and George Tuska. Written by Will Eisner, Nathaniel Nitkin, Bob Powell, and Charles Nicholas.
Key Facts About the Comic
This issues features the first time the Blue Beetle gets super powers.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Death From Scrag"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Kober's Lightning Weapon"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Case of the Missing Blueprint"
- 14 page Blue Beetle story "The Beetle's New Powers"
- 2 page Blue Beetle text story "The Blue Beetle and the Hi-Jack Combine"
- 6 page Dr. Fung story "The Oasis of Li-Wang"
- 5 page Lt. Drake story "Big-Shot Krard's Dope Ring"
- 3 page Zanzibar story "In the Underworld of Paris"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $300 | $350 | $525 | $0 | $0 | $1,575 |
Issue #6
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What's Blue Beetle #6 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #6 is $1434, paid in March 2018 for a 6.0 graded copy. Other prices include $384, paid in December 2022 for a 3.0 graded copy and $300, paid in July 2021 for a 1.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #6 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in April 1941. Art by Chuck Cuidera, Charles Nicholas, Dennis Neville, and Henry Kiefer. Written by Nathaniel Nitkin.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features Blue Beetle jumping over a fence on to a thug.
Story Synopsis
This issues features action packed stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "The Crime Coils of the Eel"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Book Murders"
- 6 page Wing Turner story "The Doctored Dive Bomber"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Vengeance of Vango"
- 2 page story "Strange Companions"
- 10 page Dynamite Thor story "The Atom Ray Saboteurs"
- 8 page Sub Saunders story "The Harpie of Horror"
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Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $190 | $1,425 | $0 | $0 | $1,425 |
Issue #7
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What's Blue Beetle #7 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #7 is $1170, paid April 2021 for a 7.0 graded copy. Other prices include $720, paid in December 2022 for a 5.0 graded copy and $384, paid in July 2021 for a 4.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #7 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in June 1941. Art by Chuck Cuidera, Charles Nicholas, Robert Webb, and Wright Lincoln. Written by Nathaniel Nitkin .
Key Facts About the Comic
DC Comics owns the Blue Beetle character and the only stories in this issue that they own are the Blue Beetle stories.
Story Synopsis
This issues features action packed adventures of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "The Death Flowers"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Construction Catastrophes"
- 6 page Dynamo story "The Tool Dies Robbery"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Armo's Secret Weapon"
- 2 page story "The Green Circle"
- 12 page Blue Beetle story "The Disappearance of Zeke Manners"
- 6 page Dynamite Thor story "The Mystery Ship Plans"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $380 | $1,175 | $0 | $0 | $1,175 |
Issue #8
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What's Blue Beetle #8 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #8 is $2358, paid in July 2002 for a 9.0 graded copy. Other prices include $850, paid in January 2019 for a 8.0 graded copy and $492, paid in December 2022 for a 4.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
#8 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in August 1941. Art by Charles Nicholas, Robeter Webb, and Wright Lincoln. Written by Nathaniel Nitkin.
Key Facts About the Comic
The issues features the last appearance of the first Dynamite Thor.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of heroes of the Golden Age!
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "Radium Theft"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Dr. Krug's Explosive Gorillas"
- 6 page Dynamo story "The Crime Dealer"
- 2 page story "Red Cross Dog"
- 12 page Blue Beetle story "The Murder Miniatures"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Gagon's Explosive Device"
- 5 page Dynamite Thor story "The Remote-Controlled Death-Device"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $150 | $490 | $600 | $900 | $3,500 | $2,350 |
Issue #9
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What's Blue Beetle #9 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #9 is $4770, paid in June 2017 for a 9.0 graded copy. Other prices include $1831, paid in February 2021 for a 6.0 graded copy and $1140, paid in December 2022 for a 4.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #9 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in October 1941. Art by Ramona Patenaude, Harry Graves, and Arthur Pierce. Written by Nathaniel Nitkin.
Key Facts About the Comic
In this issue a gang of zombie rob a jewelry store.
Story Synopsis
This issues features stories of Golden Age super hero action!
- 11 page Blue Beetle story "The Bank of Counterfeit Bills"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Crimes of the Falcon"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Carnival Doll Killing"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Deadly Sanitarium of Dr. Horthe"
- 6 page Gorilla story "The Gorilla With a Human Brain"
- 2 page story "The Memoirs of the Colonel"
- 5 page Blackbird story "The Origin of the Blackbird"
- 5 page Davy the Wish Master story
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $100 | $2,275 | $260 | $0 | $4,775 |
Issue #10
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What's Blue Beetle #10 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #10 is $2230, paid June 2017 for a 8.0 graded copy. Other prices include $1925, paid in January 2023 for a 6.5 graded copy and $1500, paid in July 2022 for a 3.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #10 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in December 1941. Art by Ramona Patenaude and Arthur Pierce. Written by Gene Rider.
Key Facts About the Comic
This issues features the last appearance of the Gorilla
Story Synopsis
This issues features stories of action with the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Case of the Burning Death"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Corpse Who Walked"
- 11 page Blue Beetle story "Curtain Call For Death"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Monster of the Swamp"
- 6 page Gorilla story "The Gorilla and the Gangsters"
- 2 page story "Coastguard In Action"
- 6 page Davy the Wish Master story "The Wonderful Wish"
- 5 page Blackbird story "Arsonists At Sea"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $0 | $675 | $2,225 | $0 | $3,625 |
Issue #11
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What's Blue Beetle #11 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #11 is $701, paid in December 2013 for a 8.0 graded copy. Another price is $657, paid in February 2010 for a 8.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #11 of Blue Beetle (1939) was in published in February 1942. Arty by Ramona Patenaude, Arthur Pierce, and Pierce Rice. Written by Gene Rider.
Key Facts About the Comic
The issue features Davy the Wish Master.
Story Synopsis
The issue features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 11 page Blue Beetle story "Claws of the Cat"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Octopus of the Underground"
- 12 page Blue Beetle story "The Dead Don't Kill"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Cargo of Doom"
- 7 page Davy the Wish Master story "The Devil's Magic Wash Tub"
- 2 page story "Flaming Cargo"
- 10 page Gladiator story "King of the Chess Killers"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $700 | $0 | $900 |
Issue #12
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What's Blue Beetle #12 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939) is $10000, paid in December 2022 for a 8.0 graded copy. Other prices include $2160, paid in December 2022 for a 2.5 graded copy and $225, paid in August 2020 for a 0.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #13 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in June 1942. Art by Ramona Patenaude and Klaus Nordling. Written by Gene Rider and Klaus Nordling.
Key Facts About the Comic
This is the first Holyoke issue, switching from Fox.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 11 page Blue Beetle story "Torture's Serpent of Terror"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Caravan of Frozen Corpses"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Murder For Profit"
- 14 page Blue Beetle story "The Cards Were Shuffled in Blood"
- 2 page text story "Gold--Where You Find It"
- 8 page Black Fury story "Death of a Fence"
- 8 page Spark Stevens story "The Torpedo Tube Theft"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,150 | $110 | $1,600 | $10,000 | $0 | $10,000 |
Issue #13
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What's Blue Beetle #13 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #13 is $1800, paid in January 2022 for a 6.0 graded copy. Other prices include $336, paid in December 2022 for a 3.5 graded copy and $336, paid in July 2021 for a 2.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #13 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in August 1942. Art by Al Ulmer, Pierce Rice, Charles Nicholas, Al Carreno, Ramona Patenaude, and Joe Kubert. Written by Charles Nicholas and Jay Foster.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover freatures Blue Beetle ripping through it.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 1 page advertisement "The One and Only Blue Beetle"
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "The mysterious murder of a world-famous scientist..."
- 6 page Blue Beetle story "The Jap Beetle...The little pest from across the seas..."
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Death Mask"
- 12 page V-Man story "Patriots Fight For the Right"
- 2 page Blue Beetle text story "Death on the Waterfront"
- 14 page Blue Beetle story "The Hooded Spectre of Death"
- 5 page Spark Stevens story "A mule's kick felt like the tap of a featther..."
- 1 page advertisement "Cat Man Comics; Captain Aero Comics"
- 1 page advertisement "Ride the Sky Trails of Adventure!"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $340 | $340 | $1,800 | $600 | $0 | $1,800 |
Issue #14
What's Blue Beetle #14 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #14 is $555, paid in January 2022 for a 3.5 copy. Other prices include $393, paid in September 2022 for a 8.5 graded copy and $461, paid in May 2019 for a 4.5 copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #14 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in September 1942. Art by Al Ulmer, Ed Murphy, and Joe Kubert. Written by Ed Murphy.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features Blue Beetle side kick Sparky.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories with the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "Red Robe of Death"
- 1 page Looney Ranger filler "A glass of milk, please."
- 1 page Blue Beetle story "Introducing Sparky"
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "The Terror of Yellow Fang!"
- 2 page Blue Beetle text story "The Blue Beetle's Side Kick"
- 10 page V-Man story The Plot to Kidnap Hitler ; "Within the confines of Nazi dominated Europe, "
- 6 page Spark Stevens story "The Mystery of the Blue Ribbon"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "The Blue Beetle Matches Wits With the Eye"
- 6 page A True Adventure story "Official Story of Midway Battle"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $550 | $0 | $390 | $0 | $550 |
Issue #15
What's Blue Beetle #15 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #15 is $552, paid in December 2022 for a 4.5 graded copy. Other prices include $480, paid in January 2023 for a 4.0 graded copy and $180, paid in July 2021.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #15 of Blue Beetle (1939) published in October 1942. Art by Al Ulmer, Charles Quinlan, Joe Kubert, and Phil Sturm. Written by Oliver Ashford.
Key Facts About the Comic
The issue features the first story appearence in panels of Blue Beetle's sidekick Sparky!
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "It's the chief of police over at Fairlawn, wonder what he wants?"
- 2 page Nosey Nolan story "Nosey Nolan was teased so much about his big nose..."
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "The mid-afternoon silence is broken by the eerie whail [sic] of a screaming siren...!"
- 2 page Blue Beetle text story "Four Spies"
- 10 page V-Man story "Paris--the heavy tread of Nazi boots echoes through a street of the occupied capital!"
- 6 page Spark Stevens story "The Mixed-Up Parrots"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "The Bloodless Bodies"
- 6 page story "Lt. Edward Henry O'Hare"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $480 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $550 |
Issue #16
What's Blue Beetle #16 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #16 is $247, paid in October 2002.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #16 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in November 1942. Art by Al Ulmer, Phil Bard, Charles Quinlan, and Sol Brodsky. Written by Horace Wallace.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features Blue Beetle and Sparky.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 14 page Blue Beetle story "The Monster Mechanic"
- 2 page Likkity Split story "Come on, ya monkey!"
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "Mystery of the Walking Torches"
- 2 page text story "Trail of the Warrior"
- 10 page V-Man story "The cunning web of Hitler's mock justice snares an innocent victim..."
- 6 page story "Pvt. Narcisco Ortilano"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "The Amateur Magician"
- 6 page Spark Stevens story "Now follow me!"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Issue #17
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What's Blue Beetle #17 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #17 is $2500, paid in April 2020 for a 6.5 graded copy. Other prices include $1320, paid December 2020 for a 5.0 graded copy and $455, paid in December 2022 for a 3.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #17 Blue Beetle (1939) was published in December 1942. Art by Sol Brodsky, Charles Quinlan, and Phil Bard. Written by Eddie Murphy.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art has an ad to buy war bonds for WW II.
Story Synopsis
The issue features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 18 page Blue Beetle story "The Case of the Twisted Minds"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Walking Tank"
- 13 page Blue Beetle story
- 6 page Spark Stevens story
- 10 page V-Man story
- 2 page Likkity Split story
- 2 page Benny Bumps story
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Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | $460 | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 |
Issue #18
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What's Blue Beetle #18 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #18 is $574, paid in May 2018 for a 8.0 graded copy. Other prices include $528, paid in July 2021 for a 3.0 graded copy and $310, paid in June 2013 for a 8.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #18 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in January 1943. Art by Sol Brodsky and Phil Bard.
Key Facts About the Comic
In this is issue Blue Beetle's sidekick Sparky changes his name to Spunky.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "The Case of the Red Knight"
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "The Case of the Magic Lamp"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Sight-Seeing Bus Mystery"
- 6 page Spark Stevens story
- 10 page V-Man story "A Mission of Death"
- 3 page Likkity Split story
- 2 page Papoose story
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $0 | $0 | $310 | $0 | $575 |
Issue #19
What's Blue Beetle #19 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #19 is $900, paid in November 2019 for a 9.0 graded copy. Other prices include $152, paid in May 2015 for a 5.0 graded copy and $264, paid in July 2021 for a 3.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #19 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in March 1943. Art by Lewis Golden, Oliver Ashford, and Joe Kubert. Written by Oliver Ashford.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art for this issue is a spalsh page in the book.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 15 page Blue Beetle story "The Land of Tomorrow"
- 5 page Aesop's Fables story "The Lion and the Mouse"
- 1 page story "Major Sedley Peck Red Cross Hero"
- 9 page V-Man story "The French Revolt"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Dascomb Dinsmore Amateur Magician Is Back"
- 1 page story "Cobber Kain"
- 2 page text story "It's a Nice Night for a..."
- 9 page story "Pancho Villa's Yankee Captain"
- 5 page story "Injustice of the Peace"
- 6 page Spark Stevens story "The Land from Down Under"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | $260 | $140 | $0 | $0 | $900 |
Issue #20
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What's Blue Beetle #20 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #20 is $604, paid in August 2002 for a 8.0 graded copy. Other prices include $528, paid in September 2021 for a 6.0 graded copy and $141, paid in November 2022 for a 2.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #20 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in April 1943. Art by Dan Barry, Charles Sultan, Jack Farr, Alan Mandel, Lewis Golden, Ray Wilner, and Al Ulmer. Written by Jack Farr and Dan Barry.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art says, "New Blue Beetle"
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- Cover Details - "See the Flying Tiger Squadron!"
- 1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Follow The Adventures of the Blue Beetle"
- 1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "Aero Plant Sabotage"
- 7 page Crime Reporter story "The Story of Vern (Machine Gun) Miller"
- 6 page Scoop McLuke story "Scoop Resigns"
- 9 page Tales from the Arabian Nights story "Sinbad the Sailor"
- 12 page Tiger Squadron story "Introducing the Tiger Squadron"
- 2 page text story "Hero"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Submarine Sabotage"
- 8 page story "The Monkey Fencer"
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $170 | $0 | $525 | $600 | $0 | $600 |
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Issue #24
What's Blue Beetle #24 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #24 is $207, paid in January 2006 for a 8.5 graded copy. Another price was $128, paid in March 2022 for a 2.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #24 Blue Beetle (1939) was published in August 1943. Art by Ray Wilne, Al Ulmer, George Tukel, Mell Lazarus, and Charles Quinlan. Written by George Tukel, Mel Lazarus, and Charles Quinlan.
Key Facts About the Comic
In this issue Blue Beetle fights a giant orangatan.
Story Synopsis
This is issue features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 8 page Ali Baba story "Time Machine"
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "Babbo, the Babbling Beast"
- 1 page Sillystrations story
- 4 page G-Men of the Radio story "G-Men of the Radio War"
- 2 page text story "Live Lions"
- 5 page Crime Reporter story "Tony Zacco"
- 3 page A True Story story "Jane G. Plant"
- 1 page Just Kiddin' story
- 8 page Blue Beetle story "The Leering Lantern"
- 4 page Tales of A Warplant Guard story "Case of the Fainting Saboteur"
- 3 page G-Men of the Radio story "G-Men of the Radio"
- 1 page Ship Bob story
- 4 page G-Men of the Radio story G-Men and "Hams"
- 9 page Bishop story "The Bishop and the Halo"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $130 | $0 | $0 | $210 | $0 | $210 |
Issue #31
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What's Blue Beetle #31 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #31 is $310, paid in December 2020 for a 5.0 graded copy. Other prices include $288, paid in April 2021 for a 5.5 graded copy and $65, paid June 2019 for a 3.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #31 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in June 1944. Art and writing by Jack Farr.
Key Facts About the Comic
The issue has the first 1st Joan Mason strip. Also this issue is when Fox once again published Blue Beetle.
Story Synopsis
This features stories of Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story
- 6 page Joan Mason story
- 10 page Blue Beetle story
- 6 page O'Brine Twins story
- 10 page Blue Beetle story
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $0 | $290 | $250 | $0 | $310 |
Issue #32
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What's Blue Beetle #32 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #32 is $9000, paid in September 2020 for a 9.8 graded copy. Other prices include $1440, paid in February 2023 and $300, paid in May 2022 for 0.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #32 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in July 1944. Art and writing by Jack Far.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features Blue Beetle punches Hitler.
Story Synopsis
The issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Bridge to Heaven"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Secret Weapon"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story
- 6 page Joan Mason story "Murder on the Diamond"
- 6 page O'Brine Twins story
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $200 | $410 | $950 | $420 | $5,525 | $9,000 |
Issue #35
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What's Blue Beetle #35 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #35 is $301, paid in June 2015 for a an 8.5 graded copy. Other prices include $191, paid in November 2006 for an 8.5 graded copy and $89, paid in October 2021 for a 5.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #35 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in October 1944. Art by E. C. Stoner, W. Jourdain, and Herman Browner.
Key Facts About the Comic
This issue features the Beetlemobile.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Artist who Painted Death!"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Threat From Saturn - Chapter 2: The Blinding Ray"
- 2 page text story "Postage Due"
- 6 page Joan Mason story "The Beauty Parlor Murders"
- 6 page O'Brine Twins story The Land of "Yups" "Nopes" and "Maybes"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "?"
- 1 page Minit Mystery filler "Luke Chandler, ex-convict on parole, is arrested."
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | $0 | $90 | $190 | $0 | $300 |
Issue #47
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What's Blue Beetle #47 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #47 is $6150, paid in November 2013 for a 9.6 graded copy. Other prices include $1020, paid in October 2018 for a 6.0 graded copy and $660, paid December 2022 for a 4.5 copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #47 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in August 1947. Art by Jack Kamen. Written by an uncredited Matt Baker.
Key Facts About the Comic
Even though the cover art advertises a story called "The Mummy Who Never Died" it does not appear in the issue, or in Blue Beetle comic at all. The story is in fact contained in Phantom Lady Series 1 (1947) #13
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "A Junior Crime Club"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Mummy Who Never Died"
- 10 page Joan Mason story "Horror Island"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $600 | $1,025 | $700 | $6,150 | $6,150 |
Issue #48
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What's Blue Beetle #48 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #48 is $9300, paid in September 2020 for a 9.6 graded copy. Other prices include $1406, paid in August 2021 in 7.5 graded copy and $1140, paid in February 2023 for a 4.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #48 Blue Beetle (1939) was published in September 1947. Art by Jack Kamen.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features the Blue Beetle female villain Black Lace.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 12 page Blue Beetle story "The Adventuress Called Black Lace"
- 7 page Blue Beetle story "Murder and the Blitzkrieg Blonde"
- 10 page Joan Mason story "The Walking Atomic Bomb"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $340 | $180 | $310 | $1,400 | $5,300 | $9,300 |
Issue #49
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What's Blue Beetle #49 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #49 is $3450, paid in October 2005 for a 9.4 graded copy. Other prices include $3053, paid in December 2022 for a 8.5 graded copy and $555, paid in May 2020 for a 5.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #49 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in October 1947. Art by Jack Kamen.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover features lurid art in the style of EC comics.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Mocking Maniac Who Struck at Midnight"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Satan's Circus"
- 9 page Blue Beetle story "Material For the Morgue"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $150 | $460 | $240 | $800 | $3,450 | $3,850 |
Issue #50
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What's Blue Beetle #50 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #50 is $14400, paid in November 2021 for a 9.8 graded copy. Other prices include $1100, paid in December 2021 for a 6.5 graded copy and $660, paid in December 2022 for a 4.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #50 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in November 1947. Art by Jack Kamen.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features a woman threatening Blue Beetle with a knife.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Hairy Informer"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Ambitious Bride"
- 9 page Blue Beetle story
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $650 | $1,100 | $1,025 | $3,675 | $14,400 |
Issue #51
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What's Blue Beetle #51 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #51 is $7800, paid in November 2021 for a 9.6 graded copy. Other prices include $2040, paid in February 2023 for a 7.5 graded copy and $308, paid in May 2020 for a 4.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
#51 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in December 1947. Art by A. C. Holly and Otis. Written by J. L. Keene.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover features lurid art of The Shady Lady.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Shady Lady"
- 1 page Inspector Roc's Felony Files story "Death and the Dagger"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Man Who Murdered Midas"
- 2 page text story "No Motive"
- 9 page Blue Beetle story "The Cunning Corpse"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $140 | $310 | $575 | $600 | $7,800 | $7,800 |
Issue #52
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What's Blue Beetle #52 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #52 is $20400, paid in November 2021 for a 9.6 graded copy. Other prices include $1920, paid in May 2020 for a 7.5 graded copy and $995, paid in August 2020 for a 3.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #52 Blue Beetle (1939) was published in January 1948. Art by Otis. Written by Ed Lane.
Key Facts About the Comic
This issue features a true crime story about the real life gangsters Murder Inc narrated by Blue Beetle.
Story Synopsis
This issues features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 9 page Blue Beetle story "The Fiddling Crooks!"
- 11 page Blue Beetle story "Twas the Night before Christmas"
- 2 page text story "Murder O'Clock"
- 1 page story "Sadie Krum, Girl Bandit"
- 9 page story "Murder Incorporated"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $470 | $2,150 | $450 | $725 | $7,200 | $20,400 |
Issue #53
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What's Blue Beetle #53 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #53 is $10800, paid November 2021 for a 9.6 graded copy. Other prices include $1455, paid in May 2020 for a 8.0 graded copy and $780, paid in December 2022 for a 5.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #53 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in February 1948. Art by Jack Kamen. Written by Joe Adder.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover features lurid art a man about to strangle a woman with a tie.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Murder on Strange Street"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "Suicide for Sale"
- 2 page text story "Rat Poison"
- 1 page Homicide Diary story "The Case of the Lethal Christmas Package"
- 9 page True Crime Case story Jack "Legs" Diamond Scorpion of Crime
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $320 | $420 | $900 | $600 | $10,800 | $10,800 |
Issue #54
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What's Blue Beetle #54 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #54 is $15600, paid in April 2022 for an 8.0 graded copy. Other prices included $6600, paid in December 2022 for a 5.5 graded copy and $2700, paid for a November 2021 for a 3.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #54 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in 1948. Art By Jack Kamen.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features the classic "Good Girl" cover.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Vanishing Nude"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "House of a Thousand Corpses"
- 2 page text story "The Deadly Three"
- Half page story "Tropical Topics"
- 9 page True Crime Story story "Victor Gelson the Murdering Showoff"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $1,625 | $4,000 | $4,550 | $15,600 | $8,975 | $92,800 |
Issue #55
What's Blue Beetle #55 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #55 is $4320, paid November 2021 for a 9.2 graded copy. Other prices include $670, paid in December 2022 for a 5.5 graded copy and $408, paid in February 2023 for a 4.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #55 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in April 1948. Art by Jack Kamen.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art freatures a man trying to push a woman off a building.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 9 page Blue Beetle story "The Counterfeit Co-Ed"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Anonymous Atom"
- 2 page text story "The Killer Was Proud"
- 1 page story "Buccaneers"
- 1 page Homicide Diary story "Homicidal Hit-Runner of Donelson, Tennessee"
- 8 page True Crime Story story "Carlo Barone the Human Vulture"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $190 | $410 | $350 | $0 | $4,325 | $4,325 |
Issue #56
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What's Blue Beetle #56 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #56 is $2645, paid in March 2003 for a 9.2 graded copy. Orther prices include $1350, paid in May 2020 for a an 8.5 graded copy and $616, paid February 2023 for a 6.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #56 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in May 1948. Art by Jack Kamen.
Key Facts About the Comic
This issue features a story based on the real life bank robber Wilbur Underhill.
Story Synopsis
This issue feature stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Sinister Sphinx!"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "An Invitation to Danger!"
- 1 page story "Killers at Large"
- 9 page A True Crime Story story Wilber Underhill "Tri-State Terror"!
- Half page story "Gang Leaders"
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Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $160 | $372 | $675 | $1,250 | $2,650 | $2,650 |
Issue #57
What's Blue Beetle #57 worth in 2024?
The top price for Blue Beetle (1939): #57 is $3240, paid September 2021 for a 9.0 graded copy. Other prices include $750, paid in November 2021 for a 6.5 graded copy and $528, paid in February 2023 for a 4.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #57 of Blue Beetle (1939) was published in July 1948. Art by Jack Kamen.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art is silmilar to the pre comic code film noir/EC comics lurid themed images.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of the Golden Age Blue Beetle!
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Black Widow"
- 10 page Blue Beetle story "The Lady Firebug"
- 2 page text story "The Murder Knot"
- 9 page Fleagle Brothers story "Partners in Loot"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $525 | $750 | $725 | $2,650 | $3,250 |