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Blue Beetle (1967 Charlton) 1

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    Blue Beetle (1967 Charlton) 1
    • Cover oxidation.
    • Centerfold plus 2 wraps detached at one staple. 1" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4393692012
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, David Charles Glanzman and Dick Giordano. The third (or fourth, depending on how you count it) Charlton series to feature the Blue Beetle introduces the Silver Age BB, Ted Kord (after his debut as a backup character in Captain Atom). In one of the first superhero "reboots," Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko gives the Golden Age hero a new look, new tech, and a new alter ego, then sets him against the Squid Gang. The backup story introduces another classic Ditko hero: Vic Sage, the faceless crimefighter known as The Question. Blue Beetle Bugs the Squids; Who is the Question? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.