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Issue: Real Hit Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1944
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHolyoke
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: none
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: No indicia or copyright date. All ads and two short features from Blue Beetle #25 replaced with new ads.

There are no indications on the item as to its publisher. We formerly listed this title under Fox, following Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index, but GCD scholars agree it was much more likely produced by Holyoke right at about the time Holyoke lost the rights to the Blue Beetle to Fox.

The notion that this was produced for use as a savings bond premium appears to originate with The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, and is also disputed by GCD experts.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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All Out for Offense!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Blue Beetle
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was All Out for Offense! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Deception

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Larry Connor
Synopsis: Dan Garret sneaks into Japan by convincing the enemy he's a Gestapo agent and helps a captured American pilot escape.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Deception [Story on Interior Page(s)]Blue Beetle logo and text removed from splash panel. Next issue blurb removed from final page.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Blue Beetle's name varies from Garrett to Garret from one story to the next. In this story it's one T.

Blue Beetle logo and text removed from splash panel. Next issue blurb removed from final page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Willie
First Line: Here y'are, folks!
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From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Devil's Highway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Francisco Salazar
Synopsis: Story of how American settlers crossed the Superstition Mountains in Arizona to reach California despite having to face hostile Indians.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was The Devil's Highway [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.67
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Victory Garden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ali Baba; The Nose
Synopsis: Ali Baba plants a victory garden, but the Nose steals all his produce so Ali buys a mechanical bloodhound to track him down.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Victory Garden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: 2/3 of final page taken up with an activity featuring Ali-Baba.
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Caught by Dusty Hands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: A police man captures a saboteur by noticing emery dust on his hands.
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From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Caught by Dusty Hands [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Air Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Brody; Harry White; Roberts
Synopsis: Brody and White rob banks and use an airplane for their getaways.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Air Pirates [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Next issue blurb removed from final panel.
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Putting Planes Through Their Paces

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Putting Planes Through Their Paces [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was They Fly from 11 to 83 Years of Age [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Animals at War

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
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From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Animals at War [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Left Handed Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Manigan; Billy the Con; Joan Mason; the Ferret
Synopsis: Military Intelligence loans Dan to his old town's police force for a few days to help solve a murder. A left handed killer has murdered a wealthy widow and her jewels have disappeared.
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From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was The Left-Handed Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]Feature logo and final next issue blurb removed from the original.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Garret misspelled Garrett in several panels.
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Escape of a French Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Escape of a French Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]Final panel containing next issue blurb removed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Case of the Empty Envelope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Peter Brave; Jimmy Buck
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From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Case of the Empty Envelope [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The D's to the Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
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From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was The D's to the Rescue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Netje, the Little Dutch Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
Character(s): Netje
Synopsis: A Dutch child works for the underground.
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From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was Netje the Little Dutch Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, jungle
Feature(s): Jungle Jake
Character(s): Jungle Jake
First Line: (Ulp) Should I run?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #25 published September 1943
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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