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Blue Beetle is the name of three fictional American comic book superheroes published by a variety of companies since 1939.
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The original Blue Beetle, Dan Garret, first appeared in Fox Comics' Mystery Men Comics #1 (cover-dated August 1939), with art by Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski (as Charles Nicholas) (though the Grand Comics Database tentatively credits Will Eisner as the scripter).[1] A rookie police officer, he used special equipment, a bulletproof costume and a superstrength-inducing "2-X vitamin", and the assistance of a neighborhood pharmacist to fight crime. He starred in a comic book series, comic strip and radio serial, but like most Golden Age superheroes, he fell into obscurity in the 1950s. The comic book series saw a number of anomalies in publication: 19 issues, #12 through #30, were published through Holyoke Publishing; no issue #43 was published; publication frequency varied through the run; and there were gaps where issues were not published, with large ones occurring in early 1947 and between mid-1948 and early 1950.
In the mid-1950s, Fox Comics went out of business and sold rights of the Blue Beetle to Charlton Comics.[2] That company published a few sporadic adventures of the Golden Age character before revamping the hero in 1964.[3] In Dan Garret's revised origin, he was an archeologist who found a magical Egyptian artifact, resembling a scarab, which he used to fight crime.[volume & issue needed] Charlton tried three times to use the character to carry a self-titled series. Two of the attempts retained the numbering of a previous title. These also were eventually replaced with new titles that carried on the numbering.
The new series was short-lived, and in the pages of Captain Atom #83 (cover-dated November, 1966),[4] Charlton introduced Ted Kord, a student of Dan Garrett's who took on the role when Garrett died. Kord was an inventor hero, using a variety of gadgets. This Beetle received his own series in 1967, but the entire Charlton "Action Heroes" line of comic books ceased publication in 1968.[5][6][7] With the rest of the Charlton line-up, he was sold to DC Comics in 1983 and appeared with several superhero groups, including the Justice League.
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Mystery Men Comics is a comic filled with many different types of adventure stories. The first is a Superhero story lasting nine pages. The Green Mask takes on the mob who are killing people to make money on insurance policies.
The second story is a seven page origin story of Rex Dexter Space Adventurer. Who goes to earth and saves it from complete destruction from Boris Thorax. It sets up a lot of mior characters who are bound to show up in the later issues.
The third story is only two pages. It is a comical detective story about a young boy named Billy Bounce who sets out to be a great detective but gets himself in trouble in the process. This is done very much like a Saturday Morning newspaper comic.
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CHARLTON'S BLUE BEETLE:
After the title's cancellation in 1950 from Fox Publications, Charlton Comics picked up the license to the Blue Beetle character and began releasing their own comics devoted to the character beginning in February 1955. This first Charlton Blue Beetle comic would last only three issues, before returning in 1964.
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Yep, Blue Beetle. And, as cool as Dan Garrett and Jaime Reyes are, I’m going to talk about Ted Kord, the greatest Blue Beetle of them all.
That’s right, Ted Kord, the awesome Steve Ditko creation first debuting in the back-up strips of Captain Atom #83. Ted Kord, the happy-go-lucky, wise-cracking superhero inventor with one of the coolest superhero vehicles around. Ted Kord, the cool inspiration for Nite-Owl in Alan Moore’s Watchmen. Ted Kord, the heart of the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League International.
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In 1983, Blue Beetle (along with the other Charlton characters) was sold to DC Comics, and the character soon became a member of the Justice League, often teamed with another hero, Booster Gold.
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In 2006, DC introduced a new Blue Beetle, teenager Jaime Reyes, whose powers are derived from the scarab, now revealed as a piece of advanced alien technology. The series was initially written by Keith Giffen and John Rogers,[8] with artist Cully Hamner.[9] Giffen left in issue #10 and Rogers took over full writing duties, joined by a new artist, Rafael Albuquerque.[10] Rogers left the title with issue #25 in order to concentrate on his television series Leverage[
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