Comic Title: Blue Beetle #1
Publisher: Fox (Fox Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Winter 1940
On Sale Date: January 2, 1940 Copyright Date January 2, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940

Frequency: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64

Title: (No Title)
Pages: 4

Feature(s):
Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett of Earth-4)

Writer: Will Eisner
Artist: Charles Nicholas

Reprinted From:
Mystery Men Comics #1 (1939)

Feature Character(s)

• Blue Beetle (Dan Garret; first appearance; next appearance in Mystery Men Comics #2)

Villain(s)

• White Face (John Brandes; no further appearances)
• The White Face Gang (no further appearances)
• Mike Ravani (a garage owner; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Vander (a banker; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Vander's daughter (no further appearances)
• Abe (a druggist; no further appearances)
• Donnell (a police officer; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

The Blue Beetle wears a blue business suit with a hat and a white mask in this story. He also uses a wireless phone of his own invention which long predates the cellular phone.

Synopsis:
Police officer Dan Garret witnesses banker, Mr. Vander, being thrown from a car. Vander dies, while his secretary and daughter remain in the hands of his kidnappers. Dan traces the car which held the banker to a garage. He dons a mask and enters as the Blue Beetle.

The crooks are torturing the girl, trying to learn the bank vault combination. The Blue Beetle claims to have the combination and offers it to the crooks for a percentage of the robbery. However, he double-crosses the gang and leads them into a trap. Once apprehended, the ring-leader is unmasked as Vander's secretary John Brandes.