Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) comic books 1962-1964
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Issue #1
Published Jun 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.$125.00
View scans- Cover oxidation.
$115.00
View scans- 1 3/4" tear from top. Water damage.
$249.99
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4357562001
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
$95.00
View scans- Water damage.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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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Issue #3
Published Nov 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.- Paper: Off white
- Label #4206542007
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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.
