Blue Beetle #2 (1967) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Blue Beetle (Charlton, 1967 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: August 1967
Key date: 1967-08-00
On-sale date: 1967
Indicia publisher: Charlton Comics Group
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Blue Beetle.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	Blue Beetle, Blue Beetle, Dan Garrett, Jarvis Kord, Ted Kord
1	The End Is a Beginning	comic story	18	script: Steve Ditko, D. C. Glanzman; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	Blue Beetle, Blue Beetle Origin, Ted Kord, Lt. Fisher, Dan Garrett, Jarvis Kord, Tracey
2	-	letters page	1	script: Dick Giordano; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko
3	The Question vs. The Banshee	comic story	7	script: Steve Ditko, D. C. Glanzman; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	The Question, The Banshee, Max Bine, Professor Rodor, Vic Sage

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Action Heroes Archives #2 ISBN 1-4012-1346-4; 978-1-4012-1346-6	2007	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Blue Beetle: Blue Beetle Challenges the Red Knight #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-248-7	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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