Blue Beetle #5 Values

Publisher: Charlton, 1968

About Blue Beetle #5

Destroyer of Heroes appearance. Last issue of the title. Steve Ditko pays homage to Edvard Munch's The Scream on the cover. Ditko art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: BB Faces the "Destroyer of Heroes"

Characters: Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Destroyer of Heroes (villain)

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: Faces the Destroyer of Heroes

Characters: Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Destroyer of Heroes (villain); Question [Vic Sage]

Pages: 18.000

Script: Steve Ditko (plot); D. C. Glanzman (script; see notes)

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Typeset [as A. Machine]

Notes: D.C. Glanzman is credited with scripting, but editor-in-chief Dick Giordano has said they asked D.C. to use his name (as per Ditko's request to not be credited) and Dick said D.C. agreed (Comic Book Artist #9)

Title: The Critic

Characters: Question [Vic Sage]

Pages: 8.000

Script: Steve Ditko (plot); D. C. Glanzman (script; see notes)

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Typeset [as A. Machine]

Notes: Continued in part from Blue Beetle story. D.C. Glanzman is credited with scripting, but editor-in-chief Dick Giordano has said they asked D.C. to use his name (as per Ditko's request to not be credited) and Dick said D.C. agreed (Comic Book Artist #9)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	5	3	7	2	5	11	4	6	11	6	4	0	0	72
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	5	3	7	2	5	11	4	6	11	6	4	0	0	72

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