Smashing the Arson Ring, Parts 1 and 2
A one-armed man holds the key to an arson-for-profit scheme. Trapped at the bottom of a barge rapidly filling with sand, the Blue Beetle uses his portable wireless telephone and ray gun to call for rescue.
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Daniel "Dan" Garrett, originally spelled "Garret," is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Fox Comics, Holyoke Publishing, Charlton Comics, and DC Comics. Garrett was created by Charles Wojtkoski, and made his first appearance in Fox's Mystery Men Comics #1 during the Golden Age of Comic Books. Garrett is the first character to use the identity of Blue Beetle, predating Ted Kord and Jaime Reyes.
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“Smashing the Arson Ring, Parts 1 and 2.” The Blue Beetle. Radio broadcast, June 21, 1940.