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Any time guys. I just love having my collection all scanned in so I can share it quickly.
This story made me wonder just how many times in the past did DC 'kill' a good guy to introduce another hero? Mammoth Mutt here died so Krypto could take his place. Abin Sur for Hal Jordan. Any others?
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Blue Beetle was retconned that way by DC. The original commie hating super powered Beetle (Dan Garrte) died and the acrobatic gimmick using BB (Ted Kord) took his place.
Jason Todd, anybody?
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Ted Kord was the Charlton version, the Golden ager was a whole different company I believe. I think the GA version had a radio serial which some have speculated may be the "obscure rights" version blocking Ted from an appearance on JLU.
Jack Knight took up the Starman role after his brother David was killed.
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The original Blue Beetle was published by Fox in the 40s. Charlton bought the rights to the name, created the second (Dan Garret) Beetle in the early 60s, but then killed him off, replacing him with the Ted Kord Beetle, who, as I understand it, actually resembled the original Blue Beetle in concept far more than did the Dan Garrett version. DC, of course, acquired the rights in the early 80s.
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His adventures lasted about five issues in his first Silver Age series, then about five more in his second, which started with a new #1 and continued about a month after the first one ended.
Then, Steve Ditko totally revamped the character, and Ted Kord appeared as a back-up in Captain Atom in the same exact month that Dan Garret's last issue shipped. Charlton then re-launched Blue Beetle one more time, as Ted Kord, drawn by Steve Ditko. #1 has Ted Kord's origin, and Dan Garret passing the mantle on to him before he dies.
It's also Steve Ditko's finest artwork according to some, better than even Spider-Man #1-38 (he may have done poorly on Legion, but he certainly is one of the finest comic artists ever).
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