February 19, 2023 • 25 mins
The exploits of Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman who, by wearing bullet-proof blue chain mail, transformed himself into the mysterious Blue Beetle, a daring crusader for justice.
The Blue Beetle was created by Charles Nicholas. The character made his first appearance in August of 1939 in the comic book Mystery Men #1, published by Fox Features Syndicate.
The Blue Beetle radio serial aired from 05-15-40 to 09-13-40 as a CBS 30 minutes, syndicated series. Actor Frank Lovejoy provided the voice of the Blue Beetle for the first thirteen episodes. Later episodes were uncredited.
After his father was killed by a gangster's bullet, young Dan Garrett joined the New York Police Department, but soon tired of the slow pace and red tape of police work.
With the help of his friend and mentor, pharmacist and drug-store proprietor Dr. Franz, Dan acquired a costume of bullet-proof chain-mail-like cellulose material, and began a second life, fighting crime as The Blue Beetle.
His calling card was a small beetle-shaped marker that he left in conspicuous places to alert criminals to his presence, using their fear of his crime fighting reputation as a weapon against them. For this purpose he also used a "Beetle Signal" flashlight. The Blue Beetle's reputation was not his only weapon -- he carried a revolver in a blue holster on his belt, and was sometimes shown wearing a multi-pouched belt after the style set by Batman. Also in the Batman vein, the Blue Beetle had a "BeetleMobile" car and a "BeetleBird" airplane. In at least one radio adventure, he carries something called a "magic ray machine". The ray machine was a sort of super-scientific cutting device.
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The Blue Beetle was created by Charles Nicholas. The character made his first appearance in August of 1939 in the comic book Mystery Men #1, published by Fox Features Syndicate.
The Blue Beetle radio serial aired from 05-15-40 to 09-13-40 as a CBS 30 minutes, syndicated series. Actor Frank Lovejoy provided the voice of the Blue Beetle for the first thirteen episodes. Later episodes were uncredited.
After his father was killed by a gangster's bullet, young Dan Garrett joined the New York Police Department, but soon tired of the slow pace and red tape of police work.
With the help of his friend and mentor, pharmacist and drug-store proprietor Dr. Franz, Dan acquired a costume of bullet-proof chain-mail-like cellulose material, and began a second life, fighting crime as The Blue Beetle.
His calling card was a small beetle-shaped marker that he left in conspicuous places to alert criminals to his presence, using their fear of his crime fighting reputation as a weapon against them. For this purpose he also used a "Beetle Signal" flashlight. The Blue Beetle's reputation was not his only weapon -- he carried a revolver in a blue holster on his belt, and was sometimes shown wearing a multi-pouched belt after the style set by Batman. Also in the Batman vein, the Blue Beetle had a "BeetleMobile" car and a "BeetleBird" airplane. In at least one radio adventure, he carries something called a "magic ray machine". The ray machine was a sort of super-scientific cutting device.
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Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today’s politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Entertainment Radio
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The Blue Beetles leaping down upon theunderwear old mash Gamblin come the mysterious all
powerful character who is a problem tothe police. What a crusader for off
in reality, Damn Garrett are lookingfor cold Loved by everyone, but suspected
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by none of beings. The BlueBeetle as the Blue Pettles. He hides
behind the spring of math and asuit of impenetrable blue chain armor flectable ass
suit but stronger vantel Today's episode ofthe Fox feature the Blue Beetle is entire
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saved by a hair. In allart cities and even in smaller communities,
there are unfortunate for what tangle liveddown a single misstep. Having served time
in jail for some crime, generallya first offense, they have been paroles
released from jail as part of theirsentence unserved, given a chance to try
again to make useful citizens of themselvesParoli's. They are called one misstep while
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on paroles, and they may bereturned to jail to serve out the full
term of the sentence. Clever butheartless Underworld characters have found the Paroli a
source of illicit income, and asa result, a widespread system of blackmail
has sprung up. As our storyopens, the Chrome and Dan Garrett,
who in reality is the Blue Beagles, is discussing the matter with his friends
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and confidence. Doctor Franz, yousee duck that follows up against it when
these underworld bulches begin to hover overin way? How do you mean,
Danny, Well, I'll take thetaste of Jim Horton. He got mixed
up for the bunch of young hoodlumsin the neighborhood where he lived and got
caught one night running away from thescene of a store robbery. Was he
one of the robbers? He claimednot, but the courts found him guilty
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got five years. Oh yes,yes, I remember the case now.
Well, some friends and the parishpriest got up a petition and presented it
to the parole board. As aresult, he was parole with four years
yet to third. And what happened. His friend got him a pretty good
job, but as soon as hegot to work, the underworld got busy
and tried to persuade him to comein with them and makes them real money.
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Told him he'd never succeed honestly becauseof his prison record. Did even
win with them? No or.He refused that he preferred to go straight.
Ah wise decision. Ordinarily he is, but the gang wouldn't let him
go straight. They wanted him togive them inside information about the place where
he worked. They threatened to framehim and have his parole canceled so we'd
be sent back to jail. Butwhat can those gangsters hope to gain by
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such tactics or recruit for their campaignof crime inside information about the place where
the parole works, power over firstoffenders and so forth, and where it
is Horton now back in Ja ona charge of robbery with a gun brain
evidence. I'm certain you consider thecase big enough to enlist the services of
the Blue Beetle. Any case thataffects the welfare of the unfortunate is big
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enough to interest the Blue Beetle.And what are you going to do?
I promised Mike Managan I'd help himinvestigate this case. Jim Horton's father was
a pall of Mike's before he died, and Mike is interested in helping Jim.
I see, Well, if there'sanything I can do to help Danny,
you know I'll be glad to doit. Thanks, Doc, Well,
I'll see you later. I'm goingto meet Managan on a police headquarter.
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Will you'll be back later to changeinto you a blue beetle chain,
armor and mask. If anything developed, I've got it all here in this
briefcase so I can make a quickchange on the job. Who has be
careful, Danny, boy, Iwill so long. What are you heading
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for? Mike? The old Empirewarehouse is on Dock Street. What's done
there? And I got a mysteriousphone card from Joe Riley to meet him
down there. He's been working onthe Hell and Downy kidnapping kid. Oh.
Yes, she's the daughter of theparole commissioner, isn't she. That's
right? What's he found? Andhe didn't say, he just told me
to meet him in front of me. Hey, hey, look at that
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car coming. See here's where wemake a pitch for speeding Like god,
Mike, machine gun, Mannigan somebodyFeller was pushed out of that speeding car.
Go over to the Kurt my yearand then guys were shooting at us.
If they get you, Mike,No, how about you, Danny.
Not a scratch, but it wasclose. You hop out and take
a look at the body. Danny. Will I see if I can train
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that other car. Never mind thatcar now, Mike, I've got the
license number. Go phone for anambulance when I look at this poor fellow.
Okay, hey'd be back in aminute. There's a drug store on
the corner. Joe Joe Riley boundand Joe Joe Riley. Can you hear
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me? It's Dan Garrett. Ohdamn hello Joe, Dan Joe Manigan.
They made me phone him? Whomade your phone? The Mulberry Hill Gang.
They've got the girl, Joe.Where have they got the girl?
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M oh dead? Who is aDanny? The rmborous? A bird?
Hey, that's Joe Riley. WasJoe Riley dead? Yes? Who Donna?
Did he say? Yes? TheMulberry Hill Gang. That's the gang
that hangs out of him because handerspot him? Grin, what's the matter?
Officer? Oh? Drunk and acup at that? He ain't drunk?
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Hiven shot shot? Say? Ithought I heard some shots a while
back. You see there comes theambulance. Mike. Stand back there,
miss. They're give him all theHarry can get what then? He ain't?
Jenny's hurt badly? Somebody hurt?I get it? Looks like a
cop. Yes, st start themake over here without start easy with him.
Boys, he's forty week from lossof flood. But dad, I
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cut your head. Don't let onMike. You may be able to learn
more. It's the gang thinks.Riley's still alive. Man, But yours
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buddy ginger Ale and what and nothing? Just playing ginger Ale? Da garretts
a policeman, air policeman. Don'tdrink? Oh yeah, since when?
Hello, Drummond, I see you'rein sufvision clothes, Garrett? Is this
your night? All? No,it's my uniforms night off? Clever gay
Garrett. You should be on theradio. I think so. Yes,
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Oh I say, I hear JoeRiley and you're recing got bumped off tonight.
Your information must have come from thewrong sort. Riley's still alive and
he's talking really well. It's nice. I've seen you. I'll be getting
along and by the way, drumminghere? How do you keep your hair
so black and glossy? You know, spring chicken. It's a special diet.
I have hu spell d y e. I t oh, boy,
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you sure are quick on the pickup. You're in the wrong business. After
the kind of pickups I like tomake. Well, if you pick up
the culprits who shot Riley, recommendme as their lawyer. Anytime a crook
needs a lawyer, you usually getthe business drumming if the price is right.
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You know, yeah, there's hishandnache? What a rummond? What's
that right? He ain't? Didwhat? And get it the cop?
Oh? Sure, sure I will. I get some of the voice down
that right away, and we'll takethe girls to a new hideout. Sure
sure, right away. The BlueBeetle, Yes, the Blue people,
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somebody of art. I ain't hiringno entertainer. It's for my cafe.
Whom do you hire to do yourkidnapping? One? Oh so Joe Riley?
Plenty and so did you over thatphone just now? I don't know
nothing. You'd better learn something mightyquick. The Blue Beetle doesn't waste time.
Who got nothing on me? Iam a respectable cape on. Come
out from behind that desk, clinericks before I blessed you with my magic
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ray. I have to get easy, Blue Beetle. I don't know nothing
about your rile of you hidden commissionerdown these daughters. I don't know nothing
of come on, speak up beforeI tear you apart. Who shot Riley
and kidnapped Helen? Down there?I don't don't get up around? Give
you some more or the same.I can't do. The big boss would
kill me. Come on, getup on your feet. You're going to
tell me what I want to know. Say it's the blue beetle here?
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You give me that boss and whereyou are out at him? Cut the
blue beetles? That this tick ofit? It's a good boy, guss.
He's out cold. What are wedoing him? Tie him up?
They take him out to the oldHello. Oh yeah, oh. Riley
was already dead when the ambulance pickedhim up. Then he didn't talk on
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Manigan is on this day over here? What about? Oh? My license
played on the murther car? Ifixed that? Okay? Godbye? What's
the man of gussy MOUTHISDS bones?I look nosy, Mike Managan is on
his day over here. You getmy sedan, drive it out the lovers
leap and run adopt the clip intothe sea. You got it? Yeah,
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but what's your to take off alicense plates first and destroy them?
Also take one license late for myroadster? Oh what's the idea? I'll
say the murderers of Joe Riley musthave stolen one of my license lates and
used it on their car. Thecompa about the blue Beetle here taken of
him? Beat its nosey after mygrave? Here the minute, just a
minute? Thank coming because I've openeda safe and make this look like an
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operator. Oh oh, it's youroffice, a Manegan, come in.
I'm glad, okay, I wantto talk to you about Joe Ally's murder.
Here, h your license face aroundthe cars? Hey, who's that?
That's a little present for you,Manigan. With my compliment the blue
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beetles? Will I be? What'she doing here? I caught him rubbing
my safe and I overpowered him.He's all yours, Mannegan. A suitable
reward for a brave and capable guardianof the law. What will happen to
the Blue Beetle now? Will itbe taking the police headquarters an unmask or
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will he escape and pick up thetrail of the murderous kidnappers? Is there
some connection between the kidnapping of theParole Mission's daughter and the Pearl racket?
These questions will be answered in thenext episode of The Blue Beehole. The
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Blue Beetle is a copyrighted box featureappearing in Mystery Men Comics Magazine and The
Blue Beetle Magazine. The Blue Beetleis on the air twice a week on
this same station, and stut thebroadcast schedule in your local newspapers, and
don't forget to listen in to theBlue Beetle. The Blue Beetles weeping down
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upon the underworld. A flashed,gambling un the mysterious all powerful character who
is a problem to the police,but a consider fall off in reality.
Damned Garrett, a looking for coldloved by everyone's, suspected by none of
being the Blue Beetle. As theBlue Petle, he hides behind the sprain
of mask and a suit of impenetrableblue chain armor, flexible as silk but
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fall off and feel. Today's episodeof the Fox Features of Blue Beetles is
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the second part of a story entitledSaved fire Hair. In the first part
of the story, Patrolman Dan Garretthas taken on the investigation of the parole
racket in an effort to save JimHorton, the son of a friend of
Mike Manigan, from a long termin jail. The body of Officer Joe
Riley, investigating the kidnapping a parolecommissioner down his daughter Helen has been tossed
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out of a fleeing sedan. Thelicensed number of the murder car leads to
Gus Heinrich's cafe owner. While questioningHeinrich's Dan Garrett, in his Blue Beetle
disguise, is temporarily stunned by ablow on the head. Nosy one of
heinrich henchman has been sent to coverup the murder trail by running heinrich sedan
off a cliff into the sea atLover's Leap. As the episode ended,
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Heinrich was turning over to Officer Maniganthe unconscious body of the Blue Beetle.
As our story opens the day,Manigan Dylan Heinrich's office is questioning him about
the murder to that, No,what about this license number I have here?
I'm sure I don't know anything aboutit. It's your number, ain't
it's my normals? The license fatemust have been stolen from my car.
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Where is your car now, nigoasback up my office here, where's suppose
we have a look, Well,what about the blue people? On the
floor. There. Now he's stillunconscious. Here, stay there, we
get back. I've handcuffed him tothe radiator piple that I've been to Faith.
I have a passect day connecting withmy private car. Go ahead,
I'll follow you, but normal business. So I'm unconscious then I I've just
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been playing possum. Now to burnthese handcuffs off with my magic ray.
Yeah. Now, to catch Noziwith Hendrik's other car, the murder car
before he runs it off Lover's leapsinto the sea. I'll need that car
for Maybe I can pick up thekidnap trail from Nosey. That looks like
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the murder car ahead. Only oneman and it must be Nosy. Yes,
he's turned off on the road.The Lover's Leap. I'll have to
step on it. Here we go. This motorcycle can certainly travel all right,
Nosey, pull up, turn me. No motorcycle. Cops going to
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start me if there's no motorcycle.Copy it's the Blue Beagle and he's going
to nip. Hey. Hey,you on this running brder on those brakes,
put on those break quick. We'llgo for over. Lovers leap together.
Maybe you're going but me. Don'tyours staying with me. Put on
those brakes. It's too late.We hit it right for the cliffs.
Let me out of him. Letme are going where I go? No,
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I hope you can swim, becausehere we go, he love Dominican.
I hope yours that his wide notcompletely. And continue my investigations elsewhere.
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And don't forget to pick up theblue beetle in my office. Oh,
I'll take him up all right.It shall be a feather in my
cap. And here we are atmy office. You turn the da I
am at his service to tectify againstthe blue beetle. Anytime where is no
blue beetles. Flans right there,everybody eight now, and here's me handcuffs
going right through. This is serious. We've got to catch that deep presper
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cow. He's a slippery one,that blue beetle. That's your job,
Manigan that they get busy, orI'll report you to the commission up for
negligence. No wonderous city has overrunwith crooks. What we need is better
for leaf or tex On. Hello, Commissioner Downy speaking. This is the
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blue beetle, Commissioner. The bluebeetle. Yes, I think I have
located your brother. You have whereis she's being called prisoner at the old
saw mill? How do you knowI'll rescue from other kidnapped gang from drowning
on my car he was driving onover the cliff of Lover's Leaps. He
can talk to me kind work.I'll have the police on the trail right
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away. Help the minute commissional.Don't do that, please? Oh what
is this a joke? If itis, I'll have every police officer in
the city on your trail. I'veHawaii open to me well as a chunk
of rescuing your daughter and apprehending alot of cooks. If this mother is
hungled right, what do you meanhandled right? How first tongue? Have
you received any ransom demands from thekidnappers? No, not a word of
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any kind. Have you anything thatmight be of value to a gang of
cooks? No? Not that Ican think of any papers of any thought
that might be of value to thewrong people. Only the parole records and
recommendations, a list of prospective parolees, or rather in my safe here is
all. What's the answer this wholething called up with the parole roping?
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What do you mean the kidnappers areoffs of those papers. Who knows the
combination of your state beside your cloweonly my daughter up father holding home to
make holds of votes, the combinationof your states, I trand to steal
those papers and blackmail every man thatbought on parole or who may be later
relief on parole. Why I neverheard of such a fantastic plan. I'll
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call the police commissioner and having CommissionerDonny, if you do that, you'll
scare these rocks underground? Or whatdo you advise? Blue beetles stop,
no guard around your health at all. Move for her cloth right away,
but to leave of everything to mecommission oath. The blue Beeto will have
these cooks rounded up before gone.I love miss Donny. We want the
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combination of your father's safe. Iwon't tell you. I'm sure you've build
Miss Downny wind Yeah, what startsthe saw going right? Run a lost
through here, that's Miss Downy,Yes, I heard? What about Just
imagine yourself bound to a long beingrun through like a flash block. Why
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you think you wouldn't do? Yeah, Prince shut off the mother, give
me a hand here, But MissDowney, you take our feet. I
think I've had you. Dare touchme and I'll spring the whole world down
around your ear. You will goahead and scream. No one will hear
you out here. You're miles awayfrom civilization and the woods here right yere,
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me knows you will stay a womanyelling that log and the saw.
But I stick this scagging up off, Miss down one last time. Then
you'll hev me the combination of yourfather's safe take your head yes or all?
All right, that's your last dance. Nobody knows you're here. Nobody
knows there here. Start the saucepansor the spense. Oh you're already the
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potmers downy another pot, and itwould have been too late removed, the
guy explained, right, Bosh,Yeah, now, miss Donny, the
combination do left seven, right,just twelve, then left twice. Hey,
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she spaining, Boss, What allI do with her? Because what
they wanted people let her go.She will sweeled. Now start us all
and let's be the right boss.Hey, how what's that noise? The
blue people our past motor or blestOh my dear Bosh, get away from
that motor that puts you out ofthe running squint. Now for you,
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Heinrich's where are you? Oh?There you go. Well, I'll get
you later. The Blue Beetle's goingto nip the whole gang of murderers,
kidnappers and racketeers left seven, right, twelve, and left twice to ache
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there and now the last scene ofthe play. Heinrich the blue pete yes
and he's going to nip shot itcommon the mouthpiece Ganglin's famous old man counselor
at law who dyes his hair tokeep him young looking. I may be
old, but I know my business. The laws never caught up with me
yet, and they never will.I'm too careful. You're not dealing with
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a law. Now you're facing theBlue Beetle, but the Blue people will
never dip again. Put down thatgun, Drummond, not till I wipe
out you and find rusty Drummonds.I didn't feel, but you are trying
to double cost me. So here'sone for you, Whim, and one
for you Blue Beetle. Grummond.Your hair, it's turning white white,
My beautiful black hair turning white.Latten for you, Drummond. Never turn
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your eyes from your opponent. Ifyou want to win your point, you
vain old man. Your hair wasyour undoing and my salvation. Here comes
a law for you, you crooks. I'll put you where you can't prey
on poor unfortunate Like Jim Horton.Your pearle racket is smashed. The Blue
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Beetle's job is done. And sothe Blue Beetles smashed another racket and one
another battle in his crusade against crime. The marl of this story is that
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neither experience nor intelligence is proof againstright and good. His beat proves that
in the long run, right alwaystriumph. Further adventures of the Blue Beetle
will be dramatized in the next episodeof The Blue Beetles. The Blue Beetle
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is a copyrighted box feature appearing inMystery Men, Comics magazines and The Blue
Beetle Magazine. The Blue Beetle ison the air twice a week on this
same station. Consus the broadcast schedulein your local newspapers, and don't forget
to listen in to the Blue Beetle
The Blue Beetles leaping down upon theunderwear old mash Gamblin come the mysterious all
powerful character who is a problem tothe police. What a crusader for off
in reality, Damn Garrett are lookingfor cold Loved by everyone, but suspected
(00:34):
by none of beings. The BlueBeetle as the Blue Pettles. He hides
behind the spring of math and asuit of impenetrable blue chain armor flectable ass
suit but stronger vantel Today's episode ofthe Fox feature the Blue Beetle is entire
(01:00):
saved by a hair. In allart cities and even in smaller communities,
there are unfortunate for what tangle liveddown a single misstep. Having served time
in jail for some crime, generallya first offense, they have been paroles
released from jail as part of theirsentence unserved, given a chance to try
again to make useful citizens of themselvesParoli's. They are called one misstep while
(01:25):
on paroles, and they may bereturned to jail to serve out the full
term of the sentence. Clever butheartless Underworld characters have found the Paroli a
source of illicit income, and asa result, a widespread system of blackmail
has sprung up. As our storyopens, the Chrome and Dan Garrett,
who in reality is the Blue Beagles, is discussing the matter with his friends
(01:47):
and confidence. Doctor Franz, yousee duck that follows up against it when
these underworld bulches begin to hover overin way? How do you mean,
Danny, Well, I'll take thetaste of Jim Horton. He got mixed
up for the bunch of young hoodlumsin the neighborhood where he lived and got
caught one night running away from thescene of a store robbery. Was he
one of the robbers? He claimednot, but the courts found him guilty
(02:08):
got five years. Oh yes,yes, I remember the case now.
Well, some friends and the parishpriest got up a petition and presented it
to the parole board. As aresult, he was parole with four years
yet to third. And what happened. His friend got him a pretty good
job, but as soon as hegot to work, the underworld got busy
and tried to persuade him to comein with them and makes them real money.
(02:30):
Told him he'd never succeed honestly becauseof his prison record. Did even
win with them? No or.He refused that he preferred to go straight.
Ah wise decision. Ordinarily he is, but the gang wouldn't let him
go straight. They wanted him togive them inside information about the place where
he worked. They threatened to framehim and have his parole canceled so we'd
be sent back to jail. Butwhat can those gangsters hope to gain by
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such tactics or recruit for their campaignof crime inside information about the place where
the parole works, power over firstoffenders and so forth, and where it
is Horton now back in Ja ona charge of robbery with a gun brain
evidence. I'm certain you consider thecase big enough to enlist the services of
the Blue Beetle. Any case thataffects the welfare of the unfortunate is big
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enough to interest the Blue Beetle.And what are you going to do?
I promised Mike Managan I'd help himinvestigate this case. Jim Horton's father was
a pall of Mike's before he died, and Mike is interested in helping Jim.
I see, Well, if there'sanything I can do to help Danny,
you know I'll be glad to doit. Thanks, Doc, Well,
I'll see you later. I'm goingto meet Managan on a police headquarter.
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Will you'll be back later to changeinto you a blue beetle chain,
armor and mask. If anything developed, I've got it all here in this
briefcase so I can make a quickchange on the job. Who has be
careful, Danny, boy, Iwill so long. What are you heading
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for? Mike? The old Empirewarehouse is on Dock Street. What's done
there? And I got a mysteriousphone card from Joe Riley to meet him
down there. He's been working onthe Hell and Downy kidnapping kid. Oh.
Yes, she's the daughter of theparole commissioner, isn't she. That's
right? What's he found? Andhe didn't say, he just told me
to meet him in front of me. Hey, hey, look at that
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car coming. See here's where wemake a pitch for speeding Like god,
Mike, machine gun, Mannigan somebodyFeller was pushed out of that speeding car.
Go over to the Kurt my yearand then guys were shooting at us.
If they get you, Mike,No, how about you, Danny.
Not a scratch, but it wasclose. You hop out and take
a look at the body. Danny. Will I see if I can train
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that other car. Never mind thatcar now, Mike, I've got the
license number. Go phone for anambulance when I look at this poor fellow.
Okay, hey'd be back in aminute. There's a drug store on
the corner. Joe Joe Riley boundand Joe Joe Riley. Can you hear
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me? It's Dan Garrett. Ohdamn hello Joe, Dan Joe Manigan.
They made me phone him? Whomade your phone? The Mulberry Hill Gang.
They've got the girl, Joe.Where have they got the girl?
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M oh dead? Who is aDanny? The rmborous? A bird?
Hey, that's Joe Riley. WasJoe Riley dead? Yes? Who Donna?
Did he say? Yes? TheMulberry Hill Gang. That's the gang
that hangs out of him because handerspot him? Grin, what's the matter?
Officer? Oh? Drunk and acup at that? He ain't drunk?
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Hiven shot shot? Say? Ithought I heard some shots a while
back. You see there comes theambulance. Mike. Stand back there,
miss. They're give him all theHarry can get what then? He ain't?
Jenny's hurt badly? Somebody hurt?I get it? Looks like a
cop. Yes, st start themake over here without start easy with him.
Boys, he's forty week from lossof flood. But dad, I
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cut your head. Don't let onMike. You may be able to learn
more. It's the gang thinks.Riley's still alive. Man, But yours
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buddy ginger Ale and what and nothing? Just playing ginger Ale? Da garretts
a policeman, air policeman. Don'tdrink? Oh yeah, since when?
Hello, Drummond, I see you'rein sufvision clothes, Garrett? Is this
your night? All? No,it's my uniforms night off? Clever gay
Garrett. You should be on theradio. I think so. Yes,
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Oh I say, I hear JoeRiley and you're recing got bumped off tonight.
Your information must have come from thewrong sort. Riley's still alive and
he's talking really well. It's nice. I've seen you. I'll be getting
along and by the way, drumminghere? How do you keep your hair
so black and glossy? You know, spring chicken. It's a special diet.
I have hu spell d y e. I t oh, boy,
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you sure are quick on the pickup. You're in the wrong business. After
the kind of pickups I like tomake. Well, if you pick up
the culprits who shot Riley, recommendme as their lawyer. Anytime a crook
needs a lawyer, you usually getthe business drumming if the price is right.
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You know, yeah, there's hishandnache? What a rummond? What's
that right? He ain't? Didwhat? And get it the cop?
Oh? Sure, sure I will. I get some of the voice down
that right away, and we'll takethe girls to a new hideout. Sure
sure, right away. The BlueBeetle, Yes, the Blue people,
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somebody of art. I ain't hiringno entertainer. It's for my cafe.
Whom do you hire to do yourkidnapping? One? Oh so Joe Riley?
Plenty and so did you over thatphone just now? I don't know
nothing. You'd better learn something mightyquick. The Blue Beetle doesn't waste time.
Who got nothing on me? Iam a respectable cape on. Come
out from behind that desk, clinericks before I blessed you with my magic
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ray. I have to get easy, Blue Beetle. I don't know nothing
about your rile of you hidden commissionerdown these daughters. I don't know nothing
of come on, speak up beforeI tear you apart. Who shot Riley
and kidnapped Helen? Down there?I don't don't get up around? Give
you some more or the same.I can't do. The big boss would
kill me. Come on, getup on your feet. You're going to
tell me what I want to know. Say it's the blue beetle here?
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You give me that boss and whereyou are out at him? Cut the
blue beetles? That this tick ofit? It's a good boy, guss.
He's out cold. What are wedoing him? Tie him up?
They take him out to the oldHello. Oh yeah, oh. Riley
was already dead when the ambulance pickedhim up. Then he didn't talk on
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Manigan is on this day over here? What about? Oh? My license
played on the murther car? Ifixed that? Okay? Godbye? What's
the man of gussy MOUTHISDS bones?I look nosy, Mike Managan is on
his day over here. You getmy sedan, drive it out the lovers
leap and run adopt the clip intothe sea. You got it? Yeah,
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but what's your to take off alicense plates first and destroy them?
Also take one license late for myroadster? Oh what's the idea? I'll
say the murderers of Joe Riley musthave stolen one of my license lates and
used it on their car. Thecompa about the blue Beetle here taken of
him? Beat its nosey after mygrave? Here the minute, just a
minute? Thank coming because I've openeda safe and make this look like an
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operator. Oh oh, it's youroffice, a Manegan, come in.
I'm glad, okay, I wantto talk to you about Joe Ally's murder.
Here, h your license face aroundthe cars? Hey, who's that?
That's a little present for you,Manigan. With my compliment the blue
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beetles? Will I be? What'she doing here? I caught him rubbing
my safe and I overpowered him.He's all yours, Mannegan. A suitable
reward for a brave and capable guardianof the law. What will happen to
the Blue Beetle now? Will itbe taking the police headquarters an unmask or
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will he escape and pick up thetrail of the murderous kidnappers? Is there
some connection between the kidnapping of theParole Mission's daughter and the Pearl racket?
These questions will be answered in thenext episode of The Blue Beehole. The
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Blue Beetle is a copyrighted box featureappearing in Mystery Men Comics Magazine and The
Blue Beetle Magazine. The Blue Beetleis on the air twice a week on
this same station, and stut thebroadcast schedule in your local newspapers, and
don't forget to listen in to theBlue Beetle. The Blue Beetles weeping down
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upon the underworld. A flashed,gambling un the mysterious all powerful character who
is a problem to the police,but a consider fall off in reality.
Damned Garrett, a looking for coldloved by everyone's, suspected by none of
being the Blue Beetle. As theBlue Petle, he hides behind the sprain
of mask and a suit of impenetrableblue chain armor, flexible as silk but
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fall off and feel. Today's episodeof the Fox Features of Blue Beetles is
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the second part of a story entitledSaved fire Hair. In the first part
of the story, Patrolman Dan Garretthas taken on the investigation of the parole
racket in an effort to save JimHorton, the son of a friend of
Mike Manigan, from a long termin jail. The body of Officer Joe
Riley, investigating the kidnapping a parolecommissioner down his daughter Helen has been tossed
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out of a fleeing sedan. Thelicensed number of the murder car leads to
Gus Heinrich's cafe owner. While questioningHeinrich's Dan Garrett, in his Blue Beetle
disguise, is temporarily stunned by ablow on the head. Nosy one of
heinrich henchman has been sent to coverup the murder trail by running heinrich sedan
off a cliff into the sea atLover's Leap. As the episode ended,
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Heinrich was turning over to Officer Maniganthe unconscious body of the Blue Beetle.
As our story opens the day,Manigan Dylan Heinrich's office is questioning him about
the murder to that, No,what about this license number I have here?
I'm sure I don't know anything aboutit. It's your number, ain't
it's my normals? The license fatemust have been stolen from my car.
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Where is your car now, nigoasback up my office here, where's suppose
we have a look, Well,what about the blue people? On the
floor. There. Now he's stillunconscious. Here, stay there, we
get back. I've handcuffed him tothe radiator piple that I've been to Faith.
I have a passect day connecting withmy private car. Go ahead,
I'll follow you, but normal business. So I'm unconscious then I I've just
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been playing possum. Now to burnthese handcuffs off with my magic ray.
Yeah. Now, to catch Noziwith Hendrik's other car, the murder car
before he runs it off Lover's leapsinto the sea. I'll need that car
for Maybe I can pick up thekidnap trail from Nosey. That looks like
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the murder car ahead. Only oneman and it must be Nosy. Yes,
he's turned off on the road.The Lover's Leap. I'll have to
step on it. Here we go. This motorcycle can certainly travel all right,
Nosey, pull up, turn me. No motorcycle. Cops going to
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start me if there's no motorcycle.Copy it's the Blue Beagle and he's going
to nip. Hey. Hey,you on this running brder on those brakes,
put on those break quick. We'llgo for over. Lovers leap together.
Maybe you're going but me. Don'tyours staying with me. Put on
those brakes. It's too late.We hit it right for the cliffs.
Let me out of him. Letme are going where I go? No,
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I hope you can swim, becausehere we go, he love Dominican.
I hope yours that his wide notcompletely. And continue my investigations elsewhere.
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And don't forget to pick up theblue beetle in my office. Oh,
I'll take him up all right.It shall be a feather in my
cap. And here we are atmy office. You turn the da I
am at his service to tectify againstthe blue beetle. Anytime where is no
blue beetles. Flans right there,everybody eight now, and here's me handcuffs
going right through. This is serious. We've got to catch that deep presper
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cow. He's a slippery one,that blue beetle. That's your job,
Manigan that they get busy, orI'll report you to the commission up for
negligence. No wonderous city has overrunwith crooks. What we need is better
for leaf or tex On. Hello, Commissioner Downy speaking. This is the
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blue beetle, Commissioner. The bluebeetle. Yes, I think I have
located your brother. You have whereis she's being called prisoner at the old
saw mill? How do you knowI'll rescue from other kidnapped gang from drowning
on my car he was driving onover the cliff of Lover's Leaps. He
can talk to me kind work.I'll have the police on the trail right
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away. Help the minute commissional.Don't do that, please? Oh what
is this a joke? If itis, I'll have every police officer in
the city on your trail. I'veHawaii open to me well as a chunk
of rescuing your daughter and apprehending alot of cooks. If this mother is
hungled right, what do you meanhandled right? How first tongue? Have
you received any ransom demands from thekidnappers? No, not a word of
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any kind. Have you anything thatmight be of value to a gang of
cooks? No? Not that Ican think of any papers of any thought
that might be of value to thewrong people. Only the parole records and
recommendations, a list of prospective parolees, or rather in my safe here is
all. What's the answer this wholething called up with the parole roping?
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What do you mean the kidnappers areoffs of those papers. Who knows the
combination of your state beside your cloweonly my daughter up father holding home to
make holds of votes, the combinationof your states, I trand to steal
those papers and blackmail every man thatbought on parole or who may be later
relief on parole. Why I neverheard of such a fantastic plan. I'll
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call the police commissioner and having CommissionerDonny, if you do that, you'll
scare these rocks underground? Or whatdo you advise? Blue beetles stop,
no guard around your health at all. Move for her cloth right away,
but to leave of everything to mecommission oath. The blue Beeto will have
these cooks rounded up before gone.I love miss Donny. We want the
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combination of your father's safe. Iwon't tell you. I'm sure you've build
Miss Downny wind Yeah, what startsthe saw going right? Run a lost
through here, that's Miss Downy,Yes, I heard? What about Just
imagine yourself bound to a long beingrun through like a flash block. Why
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you think you wouldn't do? Yeah, Prince shut off the mother, give
me a hand here, But MissDowney, you take our feet. I
think I've had you. Dare touchme and I'll spring the whole world down
around your ear. You will goahead and scream. No one will hear
you out here. You're miles awayfrom civilization and the woods here right yere,
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me knows you will stay a womanyelling that log and the saw.
But I stick this scagging up off, Miss down one last time. Then
you'll hev me the combination of yourfather's safe take your head yes or all?
All right, that's your last dance. Nobody knows you're here. Nobody
knows there here. Start the saucepansor the spense. Oh you're already the
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potmers downy another pot, and itwould have been too late removed, the
guy explained, right, Bosh,Yeah, now, miss Donny, the
combination do left seven, right,just twelve, then left twice. Hey,
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she spaining, Boss, What allI do with her? Because what
they wanted people let her go.She will sweeled. Now start us all
and let's be the right boss.Hey, how what's that noise? The
blue people our past motor or blestOh my dear Bosh, get away from
that motor that puts you out ofthe running squint. Now for you,
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Heinrich's where are you? Oh?There you go. Well, I'll get
you later. The Blue Beetle's goingto nip the whole gang of murderers,
kidnappers and racketeers left seven, right, twelve, and left twice to ache
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there and now the last scene ofthe play. Heinrich the blue pete yes
and he's going to nip shot itcommon the mouthpiece Ganglin's famous old man counselor
at law who dyes his hair tokeep him young looking. I may be
old, but I know my business. The laws never caught up with me
yet, and they never will.I'm too careful. You're not dealing with
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a law. Now you're facing theBlue Beetle, but the Blue people will
never dip again. Put down thatgun, Drummond, not till I wipe
out you and find rusty Drummonds.I didn't feel, but you are trying
to double cost me. So here'sone for you, Whim, and one
for you Blue Beetle. Grummond.Your hair, it's turning white white,
My beautiful black hair turning white.Latten for you, Drummond. Never turn
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your eyes from your opponent. Ifyou want to win your point, you
vain old man. Your hair wasyour undoing and my salvation. Here comes
a law for you, you crooks. I'll put you where you can't prey
on poor unfortunate Like Jim Horton.Your pearle racket is smashed. The Blue
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Beetle's job is done. And sothe Blue Beetles smashed another racket and one
another battle in his crusade against crime. The marl of this story is that
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neither experience nor intelligence is proof againstright and good. His beat proves that
in the long run, right alwaystriumph. Further adventures of the Blue Beetle
will be dramatized in the next episodeof The Blue Beetles. The Blue Beetle
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is a copyrighted box feature appearing inMystery Men, Comics magazines and The Blue
Beetle Magazine. The Blue Beetle ison the air twice a week on this
same station. Consus the broadcast schedulein your local newspapers, and don't forget
to listen in to the Blue Beetle
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