Blue Beetle #9 (Fox Features Syndicate, 1941) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages....

Auction amount: $2,280.00

Sold: Feb 15, 2021

Blue Beetle #9 Values

Publisher: Fox, 1941

About Blue Beetle #9

Bondage cover. Al Carreno, Arturo Cazeneuve, and Pierce Rice art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]

Pencils: Roland Patenaude ?

Inks: Roland Patenaude ?

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The Bank of Counterfeit Bills

Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Lora Crofte; Jorth (villain); Slink Bard (villain)

Synopsis: The Crofte Trust Bank is passing counterfeit $1 bills.

Pages: 11.000

Pencils: Al Carreno ?

Inks: Al Carreno ?

Title: The Crimes of the Falcon

Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Luella; Mr. Finger; The Falcon (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: A gang of zombies tries to rob a jewelry store.

Pages: 10.000

Pencils: Al Carreno ?

Inks: Al Carreno ?

Title: The Carnival Doll Killing

Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Carvo (villain, introduction); un-named carnival workers (villains, introduction for all)

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

Pages: 10.000

Pencils: Al Carreno ?

Inks: Al Carreno ?

Title: The Deadly Sanitarium of Dr. Horthe

Characters: The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Janet Charter; Dr. Horthe (villain, introduction)

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

Pages: 10.000

Pencils: Al Carreno ?

Inks: Al Carreno ?

Title: The Gorilla with a Human Brain

Characters: The Gorilla [Jack Castle, gorilla w/ a human brain] (introduction, origin, Dr. Brock's assistant); Ken Connors; Elsa Brock (Dr. Brock's niece); Dr. Mishkin (scientist, death); Dr. Flavius Brock (villain, brain surgeon, introduction)

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

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: ? [as Harry Graves] (signed)

Inks: ? [as Harry Graves] (signed)

Notes: Harry Graves is not listed by Jerry Bails in the Who's Who, nor is the feature. Bill Black states that Jerry Bails' "Collector's Guide: The First Heroic Age" from 1969 and Howard Keltner's "Index to Golden Age Comics Books" from 1976 both list the feature.

Title: Buttercup Alley

Characters: Davy (the Wish Master); Ma Grogan; Pa Grogan; Junior Grogan

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

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve ? [ as Arthur Pierce]

Inks: Pierce Rice ? [ as Arthur Pierce]

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	6	2	5	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	6	3	5	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	33

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