Blue Beetle #20 [Direct]
(January 1988)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.35 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-09-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor)

Issue Notes

Millennium Week 2.

On-sale date from DC Releases #44, confirmed from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

No Help, No Escape-- --And Against Catalyst-- No Chance! (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chris Wozniak (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Catalyst
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Iran Scam! (Table of Contents: 1)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Danny Bulanadi
Colors
Elizabeth Safian
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
G-3358
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Overthrow [Arnold Daniel Beck]; Lt. Max Fisher (Flashback; Cameo); Salima Baranizar; Guardians of the Universe [Herupa Hando Hu (Cameo)]; Zamorans [Nadia Safir (Cameo)]; Bifrost (Swedish Secret Services) [Henning Anderssen; Heimdall]; Justice League International [Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Booster Gold]; Catalyst; Alain Carraze (newscaster); Dr. Klaus Cornelius; Fleur-De-Lis [Noelle Avril]; Legionary (Cameo; Flashback); Belphegor; Jeremiah Duncan (Cameo); Doctor Mist [Nommo]
Synopsis
Blue Beetle travels to Iran to try to rescue Salima Baranizar who has been chosen to be one of the New Guardians.
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Indexer Notes

Millennium cross-over week 2.

"With special thanks to RJM Lofficier" listed in the credit box.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Beetle's Nest / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein; Denny O'Neil (From the Den column)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2952

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers J.W.B., James Fitzgerald, The Komik Book Kollektor, Charlie Harris, and K.H.S.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. No Help, No Escape-- --And Against Catalyst-- No Chance!
    Blue Beetle
  2. 1. Iran Scam!
    Blue Beetle
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Beetle's Nest
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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