Blue Beetle #3 [Direct]
(August 1986)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-04-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #27.
This issue has variants:

Blue Beetle Mixes It Up with the Malevolent Madmen! (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paris Cullins (signed)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-4807
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Madmen
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If This Be Madness...! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Paris Cullins
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
S-4793
Genre
superhero
Characters
Madmen; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Jeremiah Duncan; Fleeter; Angela Revere; Murray Takamoto; Curt Calhoun; Melody Case; Lt. Max Fisher; Doctor Alchemy [Alvin Desmond]; Chronos [David Clinton] (Angela Revere's uncle, unnamed in this issue)
Synopsis
The Madmen are hired to break into Kord Industries and steal a supply of Promethium.
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

What to Write About This Time (Table of Contents: 3)

Blue Beetle / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4812

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Daryl S. Herrick, David Chaluisan Jr., and Kevin Kjornes.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Blue Beetle Mixes It Up with the Malevolent Madmen!
    Blue Beetle
  2. 1. If This Be Madness...!
    Blue Beetle
  3. 2. ["Dear Dick, I have been entertaining..."]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. What to Write About This Time
    Blue Beetle
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  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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