Blue Beetle (Volume 5) #5 is an issue of the series Blue Beetle (Volume 5) with a cover date of November, 1968.
Synopsis for "Blue Beetle Faces the 'Destroyer of Heroes'"
Blue Beetle must put an end to the crusade of Our Man, a delusional defeatist who believes that heroes are evil and all heroic artwork must be destroyed.
Appearing in "Blue Beetle Faces the 'Destroyer of Heroes'"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Tracey
- Vic Sage
Antagonists:
- Boris Ebar (First appearance)
- Hugo/Our Man (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Huck (Single appearance)
- Kate (Single appearance)
- Lou (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for The Question: "The Critic"
Boris Ebar seeks to destroy a piece of artwork that haunts his existence; only the Question stands in his way
Appearing in The Question: "The Critic"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Boris Ebar (Final appearance)
- Bo (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Captain Lash
- Nora Lace
- Syd Starr
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Vehicles:
Notes
- This comic issue was published by Charlton Comics, a defunct comic book publishing firm owned by Charlton Publications. DC Comics acquired the rights to most of Charlton's super-hero characters in 1983.
- This issue is reprinted in Action Heroes Archives, Volume 2.
- Final issue of the series. This issue was published nearly a year after Blue Beetle #4.
- The Question appears next in Mysterious Suspense #1.
- Aristotle Rodor appears next in Charlton Portfolio #1.
- Blue Beetle appears next in Charlton Portfolio #1.
- This is the first time the Question and Blue Beetle crossover in the same story.
- Captain Lash appears next in Mysterious Suspense #1.
- Nora Lace appears next in Mysterious Suspense #1.
- Syd Starr appears next in Mysterious Suspense #1.
- Tracey appears next in Charlton Portfolio #1.
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