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Showcase presents Blue Beetle Volume 1 /

"Witness one man's efforts to continue a heroic legacy. Ted Kord, scientist and CEO of Kord Inc., is also known as the Blue Beetle. After making a promise to his dying mentor Dan Garret, the magically powered first Blue Beetle, he starts his own crimefighting adventures in Chicago. But wit...

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Main Author: Wein, Len (Author)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language: English
Published: New York : DC Comics, ©2015.
Series: Showcase presents library of classics
Subjects:
Blue Beetle > (Fictitious character) > Young adult fiction.
Superheroes > Young adult fiction.
Superhero comic books, strips, etc. > Young adult.
Science fiction comics > Young adult.
Graphic novels > Young adult.
Summary: "Witness one man's efforts to continue a heroic legacy. Ted Kord, scientist and CEO of Kord Inc., is also known as the Blue Beetle. After making a promise to his dying mentor Dan Garret, the magically powered first Blue Beetle, he starts his own crimefighting adventures in Chicago. But without the mystical scarab that powered Dan, Ted must now rely on his own brains and brawn to survive! As a founding member of the beloved Justice League International he'll need all his gadgets, like his blinding light gun and his beetle-shaped aircraft, the Bug, to fight criminals including the time thief Chronos, the mysterious corporate saboteur Overthrow and the robotic powerhouse Carapax the indestructible man! Along the way the Bouncing Blue Bomber will also team up with guest stars including fellow vigilante the Question and those terrific Teen Titans! But his greatest challenge may just be to survive a battle royal with Dan Garret for the mantle of Blue Beetle. Only one is destined to survive! This action-packed collection includes the entire 24-issue run of Blue Beetle and Secret Origins #2.
Item Description: Author's and artists' names from table of contents.
"Originally published in single magazine form in Blue Beetle 1-24, Secret Origins 2 © 1986, 1987, 1988, DC Comics."--Volume 1 title page.
Physical Description: 590 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm
ISBN: 9781401251475 (pbk.)
1401251471 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Leonard Norman Wein was born in New York on June 12, 1948. He received an art degree from Farmingdale State College. He would become a prolific comic book writer. He and Marv Wolfman sold their first work to DC Comics in 1968. Wein wrote for Batman, the Flash, Superman, the Justice League of America, and numerous other comics series. He and Bernie Wrightson created Swamp Thing, who first appeared in 1971. In 1975, Wein and David Cockrum created new characters for the relaunch of Marvel Comics' X-Men including Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Wolverine, who first appeared in an Incredible Hulk story Wein wrote.

Wein was an editor for Marvel, DC and Disney Comics. In 1986, he was editor on the Watchmen series by Alan Moore. He had writing credits on numerous television shows, many of them based on characters he had helped create. He died on September 10, 2017 at the age of 69.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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