Blue Beetle #5 (1968) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	BB Faces the "Destroyer of Heroes"	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	Blue Beetle, Ted Kord
1	Faces the Destroyer of Heroes	comic story	18	script: Steve Ditko, D. C. Glanzman; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, The Question, Vic Sage
2	Prisoner 2222	text story	1	letters: typeset
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Sam Glanzman, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; inks: Sam Glanzman, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
4	The Critic	comic story	8	script: Steve Ditko, D. C. Glanzman; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	The Question, Vic Sage

Collection	Year
The Action Heroes Archives #2 ISBN 1-4012-1346-4; 978-1-4012-1346-6	2007	On eBay ›
The Hero Comics #29	2019	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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