Dan Garret (and the Blue Beetle) return after a nearly two year absence, during which Dan did overseas work for the government. His friends Mike, Joan and Dr. Kranz are all happy to have him back. But Joan's boss is soon in danger from his estranged son, who needs money to pay his shady connections.; Dan Garret overhears a plot to kill a professor working on atomic secrets in the subway, and must save both the Professor and Joan as the Blue Beetle.; The Blue Beetle helps a high school basketball player who is being blackmailed into throwing the championship game.