Blue Beetle #18 [Direct]
(November 1987)

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
1987-07-21
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

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

Beetle vs. Beetle! (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paris Cullins (signed)
Inks
Steven Bové (signed as Bové)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]
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"...And Death Shall Have No Dominion!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Paris Cullins
Inks
Paris Cullins
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
G-3205
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett] (Death); Melody Case; Randy Truman; Garrison Slate; Dr. Klaus Cornelius; Cinq; Jeremiah Duncan; Catalyst; Lt. Max Fisher; Flannigan (cop)
Synopsis
The final showdown between the original Blue Beetle and the new Blue Beetle. Dan Garrett finally overcomes the hold the mystic scarab has on him and, in battling the scarab, gives his life for a second time to stop the scarab.
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Indexer Notes

"With much thanks to R. J. M. Lofficier."

[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-2889

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Bill Climer, Carlton K. Brown, Charles D. Brown, Gene Lomoriello, Charlie Harris, and Lee Allred.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beetle vs. Beetle!
    Blue Beetle
  2. 1. "...And Death Shall Have No Dominion!"
    Blue Beetle
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Beetle's Nest
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Fawzy Partridge
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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