Blue Beetle #1 (Fox)

Back in November I posted a bit of vintage Blue Beetle advertising. One visitor to the page inquired about the origin of the Golden Age Blue Beetle, Dan Garret. Well, here's the origin that we got from 1939's "Blue Beetle" #1.

You may notice the cover announcing "64 Pages In Full Color", but wonder why I only have 13 pages below. Well, the other pages were filled with Blue Beetle reprints from "Mystery Men" and the adventures of Yarko the Great, a magician character that appeared in several Fox titles.

Enjoy! (click the pages to enlarge)

Blue Beetle news?

Just read this Geoff Johns interview on Newsarama...CONFIRMING TED KORD'S RETURN! Not clear if it will or won't be as Blue Beetle though...

 http://www.newsarama.com/20078-geoff-johns-new-justice-league-roles-for-lex-luthor-a-r-g-u-s-and-ted-kord.html#sthash.4YgpM67i.uxfs

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!)