Teaser Tuesday #23

Classic Blue Beetle Advertising #3

 

Here's another great Charlton ad that could absolutely double as an ad for a toy line! I wonder why they never went that route? Just imagine a Mego style Blue Beetle!

Hero Heritage #3

Here's the last Blue Beetle profile card from the1991 DC Comics Cosmic Cards set.

Good ol' Ted Kord the "Modern Age" card from the Blue Beetle "Hero Heritage" subset. I guess if this set was put out now he'd be "Bronze Age"? I mean the Charlton stuff definitely falls in the standard  Bronze range (1970-1985), though DC's use of the Ted BB extends beyond that..all the way to 2005 (with some appearance after thanks to time travel in the Booster Gold series. Heck...there have been 2 versions of Jaime Reyes. since then..the post Infinite Crisis legacy version, and the New 52 version with no ties to Garret, Garrett or Kord...

Sorry, back to the card...enjoy some art by the great Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding (not sure why Paris didnt supply the art for all 3, but yo ucan't go wrong with Jurgens!)

Happy "Blue" Year!

I just wanted to take a few minutes to thank all you Beetlemaniacs for making 2013 a great first year for Kord Industies! I've been pleasantly surprised by the response, and overwhelmed by the support of fans and friends of the Blue Beetle. 

A special round of thank yous...

To Steve Conley and Thom Zahler, for the great art, support and friendship!

To Art Baltazar, Franco, Cully Hamner, Roger Langridge and Kevin Maguire for the great con sketches this year!

To Paris Cullins, Donald McKinney III, and Rusty Winns for the interviews, and for keeping Ted "alive"!

To Rob at the Aquaman Shrine, and Shag at Firestorm Fan for the inspiration (and mentions on your podcasts)!

And last, but not least, to Matt Celis...the most frequent commentor of the year!

Here's hoping 2014 is bigger, brighter, and bluer at Kord Industries!

Happy "Blue" Year!

Super-Team Family Sunday #6

Welcome to another Super-Team Family Sunday! If you've been enjoying these make sure to head over to Ross Pearsall's blog Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues for more of the "greatest team-ups that never happened...but should have!"

 

On this Blue Beetle/Beast mash-up, Ross said..."A lot of team ups I present here will be with characters that seem to have a natural connection... but a lot will also feature teams that I just think would be cool to see. This is one of those. It isn't too far out of left field though, I can see Hank McCoy and Ted Kord commiserating on some scientific breakthrough together, when a villain attacks and action ensues. This cover also features these characters in my favorite incarnations. The new Blue Beetle is an entertaining character in his own right, I just wish we didn't have to get rid of his predecessor in order to make room. The Beast is back on an Avengers team, which I like - but he still has that weird Beauty and the Beast/Kittycat look that he developed during the Grant Morrison era ox the X-men titles. I really wish he would go back to his cooler Bronze Age look."