 Far away in another part of the city, Dr. Franz is working in his laboratory. Strange, I haven't heard from Danny. I hope he hasn't. That must be Danny now. Hello? Hello. Hello, has that you, Doc? Did you hear me all right to this carnival waterway telephone? Yes, yes, Danny, yes. Where are you? I'm in prison in an iron cell below ground somewhere in City Park. I'll tell you more about it later. What can I do to help? Well, I need some more electric juice in my magic ray machine. Yes, yes. If I can get some more juice, I may be able to burn through these iron plates before the water rise is too high. What? The rise is too high? Are you in danger? Look, Doc, please don't ask questions. Just do as I say. You're the only chance to help. All right, Danny, I'll do what I can. Now hook up that energizer here to the radio locator. In the middle of the tunnel, my group will go hungry. Shoot the manager through the needle. You're my local good boss. Certainly, boy, certainly. Just a minute now. There. There's the locator working. Two points west. And a half more. That's it. Hello, Danny? Danny, my dial indicates contact. Okay, Doc. Okay, shoot the juice through. Here it comes. Hello, Danny. Are you getting anything? Yeah, sure thing, Doc. Coming through fine. The power of my magic ray is building up. Now look, I'm going to try to burn my way out of here. I have to work above my shoulders, the water. Look to my chest already. Well, hurry, Danny. Hurry. Listen, Doc. Listen here, it's burned. I'm cutting right through this peel with my magic ray. Hurry, Danny. Hurry, boy. Hurry. Doc, Doc, can you give me a little more juice? I can't give you any more. You're getting the limit. Okay, Doc. Okay. The water's up to my neck, but there's only one more side that's cut away. Then I'll be able to... Danny. Danny. Hello. Hello. Can you hear me? Where should we, Danny? What's happened? What's happened, Danny? Oh, Chief. I turned on the valve and let him drown. I am sorry. He was a clever boy, but too honest. What do you want done with that girl reporter? She must disappear five minutes late. I'll take care of it. Good. Listen. I am a respectable businessman. Everybody know I'm a respectable. I am a friend to everybody. You are my agent. You take care of a thing. Someday you'll be police commission. Thanks, Chief. And now you go. I'll take a rocker on a boat with you. No, this way. Nobody must see you leave my house. And remember, if my name is connected with this, you will also disappear permanently. A ghostly figure is kneeling up a winding stairway. Ahead of him, a spotlight plays on the wall at the mountain. In the middle of that circle of lights is a large blue beetle. What's that noise? Just a minute. I'll see what I can do for you. Who are you? Yes, the blue beetle. Who are you? How did you get in there? Some man put me in here. Hey, don't ask questions. Get me out of here. I'm cold and I'm hot. No, no, take it easy. I'll see if any of the master keys I have will fit. There you are. Thanks. Thanks. You're a good-looking girl. Never mind the compliments. Let's get out of this place. First, tell me how you got in. Well, I told the editor of my paper I wanted to work on this case. Dangerous work for a girl. Oh, I love danger. You must. Go on. Well, today I saw a horseman disappear in the bushes at the foot of the cliff. When he didn't reappear, I grew suspicious. So tonight I decided to investigate. Just as I pushed my way through the bushes, I heard a horseman coming. I ran along the foot of the cliff. I must have slipped and fallen because the next thing I remember, I was lying at the bottom of the old abandoned bear pit. Yes, and then what happened? I noticed a large iron-packed door in the floor of the pit. I raged it and found a flight of fear. It was pitch dark, but I decided I was going to silly for I thought it. So I descended. In pitch darkness? Yes, I've got to show that editor that a woman can make as good a reporter as any man living. I see. That account for it. Go on. Pretty soon I turned a corner. I saw a light. By lantern night, a man was reading some documents. He must have heard me because he flashed a spotlight in my eyes. I turned to run, but it was too late. He grabbed me and put me in that room there where you just found me. How would you like to help me catch the killer and also get a front-page scoop for your paper? I love it. Very well. I think we're going to see some action very soon. You stay hidden until I can get a gun for you. All right. Can you shoot? Sure. I'm a Texas Ranger's daughter. Oh, I'm going to lock the girl's cell and bring it down to my office. Oh, boy, will I. She's a beautiful woman. She's so beautiful. Why, it can't be. Why, it's... Very much alive and ready to nip. Rock on. Rock on. Cover the edges. You mustn't get out of here alive. You'll see who gets out of here alive. You foul murderer. Your time's up. I am. Well, I can still shoot straight. You're chilling days are over. You can't into the Blue Beetle. A little kick from my foot in your disarm. And this and this. And you're out like a light. Come on, you son, Roscoe or Paco or whatever your name is. You're a person. But, but, you get in from that side. And I get in from this side. And the Blue Beetle will get you both like this, right up close. I ask to strangle you both, but I'll let the law do that. You and your chief here in the old, so reputable Scarletty. There, just knock your heads together. Let go of you and let you fall. Miss Mason, you can come out now. Oh, I'm already out. I have these men covered with a gun you picked out of the killer's hand. That's fine. Now, here's your chance to get a scoop for your paper. Where? You know Scarletty? Sure. He's the big-wined citizen. Yes, and he's also the top man of the underworld. He's bigger than the Duke, the octopus, and a lot of others. Really? That respectable businessman? The same. If his scheme for political control had clicked, the killer there would have been made commissioner of police. That murderer? Yes. What a diabolical scheme. Yes, the city would have been systematically robbed and the police made help with it. Oh, what a story for the chronicle. Well, this story will make me. I hope so. What are you going to do? Blue Beetle has one more call to make tonight. I'm a teller. You, I'm a respectable businessman. I know... No. How much money? Mmm. Mmm-hmm. So much time I wish I was to know so honestly. No, I don't want to some part of it. Why are you not talking to someone like the adder? He's a crook. But to me, I'm a respectable businessman. Goodbye. The Blue Beetle. Yes, the Blue Beetle, you hypocrite. Why, you'll come here. I'm a respectable businessman. Yes, I know you're a respectable businessman to most of the world, but not to the Blue Beetle. What do you mean? You're not kind of picked. That's the noise. That's the law. Coming for you, quality. Put off. Put off. Yes, your sins have found you out. Your candidate for police commissioner is already a prisoner. Incriminating documents connecting you with many murder projects and underworld rackets are in the hands of the York City Chronicle and will be published. Put down that gun, quality. It's too late for... Oh, you choose suicide rather than face the music. Well, your death will help to clean up a lot of rackets. Break it in for Roman Mandigan. The Blue Beetle has a present for you. Oh, that's your color. Why? It's gone. Hey, Mandigan, look on the floor there. It's wounded. There's a note thing to his body. Yes, this is the stylish king of the underworld. A present from the Blue Beetle to Detective Mandigan. Again, the Blue Beetle has crossed swords with ganglin and come off the winner. And the great city now rests in peace. Will the criminal element lie low now that their hypocritical chief has been unmasked? Let's look in on Dr. Flan's little apothecary. You certainly had me worried when your voice was suddenly cut off and had fled itself. I'm sorry. Danny, you certainly had me worried when your voice was suddenly cut off and had fled itself. Well, that was a close call. The water rose to the level of my mouth just as I finished cutting away out of it. I had to swim underwater to the stairway, but when I reached that, I was thinking, well, now, Danny, you better get some rest. It's almost daylight. You can turn in on the couch there. Thanks, Doc. I think I will. Excuse me. Hello? Who? Dan Garrett? Yes. Yes, he's here. Oh, uh, Danny, it is for you. Okay. Hello? Dan Garrett speaking. Oh, hello, Mannegan. You did? Gee, that was great. You ought to get a promotion. Huh? Insurance record. Well, that sounds like an interesting assignment. The commissioner wants to see me at 8 o'clock in his office? Okay, I'll be there. Good night. Well, Doc, I can't stay with you. I've got to get home and lay out my dress uniform. I'm due at the commissioner's office in a few hours, and I've got to look my smartest. So long, Doc. There's no rest for the law. So, Dan Garrett gets ready for a new assignment. What will develop in the insurance racket? What new dangers will he face? Can it be that there are still some criminal masterminds at work in the great city? These questions will be answered in the next episode of The Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetle is a copyrighted box feature appearing in Mystery Men Comics magazine on sale at your newsstand. The Blue Beetle is on the air twice a week on this same station. Consult the broadcast schedule in your local newspapers, and don't forget to listen in.