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Cover: Dick Giordano & Vince Alascia
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The Blue Beetle #21

Aug 1955 · Charlton · 0.10 USD
📊 ~15,639 copies sold its debut month
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The Blue Beetle uses his invincible powers to assist law and order. In the first story, Dan Garrett must testify at a hearing about a cop accused of framing him, but he discovers papers proving the cop was actually trying to frame Garrett all along, and the Blue Beetle ensures the truth comes to light. A separate prose story titled "Mystery of the Missing Expert" by J.L. Keene follows reporter Fanny Hartlip as she investigates the death of a man who fell from a building near the Gallery of French Moderns—initially ruled a suicide, but Fanny discovers the victim is the famous art critic Paul Lefevre, and uncovers a criminal scheme involving the gallery.

Contains 3 stories
The Unmasking
8 pp · Superhero
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]Mike ManniganJoan MasonMr. Thurston

When a mysterious figure claiming to have witnessed a robbery fingers Dan Garret as one of the culprits, the young police officer finds himself arrested and locked away—unable to reveal that he was actually off saving lives as the Blue Beetle at the exact moment of the crime. Now Garret must break out of his cell and take action as his masked alter ego to expose the real conspiracy behind the frame-up, all while protecting those closest to him from the truth. It's a race against time as the Blue Beetle works to clear his name before the secrets he's been keeping destroy everything he's built.

Captured
7 pp · Superhero
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]Mike ManniganJoan MasonIgor Malinsk

When Blue Beetle spots a getaway car fleeing a jewel heist, he pursues the thieves across the city—but a chance accident leaves him weakened and vulnerable. As a series of robberies continues, the gang's mysterious boss orchestrates Blue Beetle's capture, unaware that the hero's apparent helplessness is part of a calculated trap to uncover Joan Mason, the reporter who's uncovered the mastermind's identity. With the stakes raised and innocents in danger, Blue Beetle must outwit a cunning criminal and his crew to save the day.

Mystery in C Major
10 pp · Superhero
Joan Mason"Soupy" MacDougal"Rat-Face" ReganMcPhersonPuggyMaggie McCracken (death)

Reporter Joan Mason catches a mysterious hit-and-run accident that leads her into a dangerous case involving a dead woman's cryptic final words and a hidden fortune. When a dying man's clue about "C Major" unlocks a secret wall filled with stolen bank loot, Joan finds herself caught between criminals seeking revenge and a young woman trying to solve her uncle's murder. With "Soupy" MacDougal and "Rat-Face" Regan freshly out of prison and determined to reclaim their missing robbery haul, the stakes keep climbing on this exciting adventure.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $52
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $2,417*
CGC 9.4 none in existence
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $481*
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $377*
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CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $303*
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $252*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $96*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $85*
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $59*
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Full credits

inker Ray Osrin
cover pencils Dick Giordano
cover inks Vince Alascia

Reprints

↩ Reprints Blue Beetle #45 (1947), Hunted #2 (1950)

Reprinted in Blue Beetle #3 (1955)

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