- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Paris Cullins
- Inks
- Danny Bulanadi
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- G-3176
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Overthrow [Arnold Daniel Beck]; Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett] (origin recap); Melody Case; Randall Truman; Angela Revere; Lt. Max Fisher; Jeremiah Duncan; Cinq; Dr. Klaus Cornelius; Catalyst; Murray Takamoto; Garrison Slate; Theodora Twidgett (unnamed until issue #19)
- Synopsis
- Dan Garrett is resurrected by the mystic scarab and told to track down the new Blue Beetle who has stolen his name. Overthrow attacks Kord Industries.
- Reprints
"Special Thanks to RJM Lofficier" in the credits for this issue.
- Script
- Len Wein; Denny O'Neil (From the Den column)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-2795
Letters of comment from readers Brian Eilert; S. Holmes, Vinnie Bartilucci, Chuck Miller, Susan Parker, Charlie Harris, Phil Pennington, Chris Boucher, and David Young.