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Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) 1 VG+ 4.5

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    Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) #1 VG+ 4.5
    Published Jun 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.

    Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) 1 VG+ 4.5

    1st Silver Age app. and origin Blue Beetle

    Cover oxidation. Staple rust.

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    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. Grade: VG+ 4.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)