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Issue: Blue Beetle #5

- Attribution History

Publication Date: November 1968

Issue #5
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- #3
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Issues: #5 of 5 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Charlton

Brand: Charlton Comics

Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group

On Sale Date: 1968

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.12 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Dick Giordano

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: Newsprint; Glossy cover

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing

Format Notes:

Reprinted In3

3 Content Items

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (5 total)

BB Faces the "Destroyer of Heroes"

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Steve Ditko

Inker(s): Steve Ditko

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Blue Beetle

Character(s): Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Destroyer of Heroes (villain)

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Action Heroes Archives #2 published July 2007
as Blue Beetle #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Faces the Destroyer of Heroes

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Ditko (plot); D. C. Glanzman ? (dialogue; see notes)

Penciller(s): Steve Ditko

Inker(s): Steve Ditko

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Typeset [as A. Machine]

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Blue Beetle

Character(s): Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Destroyer of Heroes (villain); Question [Vic Sage]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Action Heroes Archives #2 published July 2007
as Faces the Destroyer of Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 18

Job Number: B-1241

Notes: D.C. Glanzman is credited with scripting but editor-in-chief Dick Giordano has said they asked Glanzman to use his name (as per Ditko's request to not be credited) and Dick said Glanzman agreed (Comic Book Artist #9)

Prisoner 2222

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman; Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Inker(s): Sam Glanzman; Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Promo ad showing the covers of Hercules #7, November 1968 and Space Adventures #3, September 1968.

The Critic

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Ditko (plot); D. C. Glanzman ? (dialogue; see notes)

Penciller(s): Steve Ditko

Inker(s): Steve Ditko

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Typeset [as A. Machine]

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Question

Character(s): Question [Vic Sage]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Action Heroes Archives #2 published July 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Job Number: B-1254

Notes: Continued in part from Blue Beetle story.

D.C. Glanzman is credited with scripting but editor-in-chief Dick Giordano has said they asked Glanzman to use his name (as per Ditko's request to not be credited) and Dick said Glanzman agreed (Comic Book Artist #9)