Blue Beetle (1964 Charlton) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Jun 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.$235.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #21-4897055-004
$90.00
View scans- 1 3/4" tear from top. Water damage.
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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$270 Blue Beetle #1 ~ CGC Grade 5.5, Off-White to White Pages ~ 6/1964 ~ $550 Blue Beetle #1 CGC 8.0 Charlton 1964 1st Silver appearance Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #4
Published Jan 1965 by Charlton Comics Group.$7.10
Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Joe Sinnott, Pat Masulli, Joe Gill, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico. The second Charlton series to feature Dan Garrett, the Golden Age Blue Beetle. After every other insect in the animal kingdom (including beetles and ticks) has inspired a superhero or villain, it was only a matter of time before the arrival of...Praying Mantis-Man. The backup stories include a science-fiction yarn with early art by future Fantastic Four legend Joe Sinnott, and a Blue Beetle pin-up by Pat Masulli. The Praying Mantis-Man; The Silent World; The Outpost. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
