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Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) comic books

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    Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) #1 CGC 6.5
    Published Jun 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.

    Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) 1 CGC 6.5

    1st Silver Age app. and origin Blue Beetle

    Paper: White

    Label #4649155006

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover by Bill Fraccio and Frank McLaughlin. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico. The second Charlton series to feature Dan Garrett, the Golden Age Blue Beetle, is also the first to contain original material. This issue is also notable as Charlton's first entry into the superhero genre in the Silver Age. Dan Garrett, the Golden Age Blue Beetle, battles an ancient mummy. An injured police officer needs an artificial heart to survive, in a story that predates the actual artificial heart by a decade or two. Plus fun facts about the duckbill platypus, a "fun" animal if there ever was one. The Giant Mummy Who Was Not Dead; Jungle Waters; Freaks of Nature; Have a Heart; Record of the Rocks. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) #3 CGC 8.5
    Published Nov 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.

    Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) 3 CGC 8.5

    Paper: White

    Label #4649155007

    Starts Jan 19

    Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico. The second Charlton series to feature Dan Garrett, the Golden Age Blue Beetle. Blue Beetle faces the evil Mr. Thunderbolt (no relation to Peter Cannon), a sinister mastermind with a plot to destroy the Earth. A hunter in Africa realizes that he loves wild animals, and what he really likes hunting is poachers. Letters page includes a letter from future Game of Thrones and Wild Cards fantasy author George RR Martin. Mr. Thunderbolt and the Superstar; What Killed Them?; The Smartest Apes; No Killer Instinct. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.