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Blue Beetle: three carriers, three characters
Dan Garrett, Ted Kord, Jaime Reyes: same name, two editors, nothing in common. Where to start, and why a list by title misses the point.
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Comics History
Ted Kord: the period that made him famous was not his series
Eight dollars, 141 ads: The cheapest entry into Blue Beetle is also the character-defining one. Why comedy worked better.
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Collector's Guide
The series that created the current Blue Beetle can be found for a dollar
Median $14.99, first issue $1.00. Why neither recent notoriety nor adaptation have moved these prices.
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The series that failed is the only one that can be put together in its entirety
Two years, one stop, and a set closed at $9.99 median. Why yesterday's failure is today's convenience.
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The Blue Beetle beetle: three natures in sixty years
Mystical relic, inert object, then talking alien weapon. Each revision changes genre, and the year of publication says more than the number.
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Collector's Guide
The same story at $2.49 instead of $40: reprints
Same boards, same format, ten years later and fifteen times cheaper. What the gap really measures. Statement of August 29, 2026.
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Number 5 is later than number 52
Same title, same publisher, three numberings that do not match. What the announcements of August 29, 2026 show.
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A death announced on the cover, sold for $1.34
The market does not pay for narrative events. What this death accomplished, what it cost, and why it lasted.
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Jaime Reyes: the series where the family knows everything from the start
The best entry point into Blue Beetle. What the suppression of identity secrecy costs the story, and what it allows it.
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Three carriers, no return: why this transmission held
Four conditions must be met for a succession to work. This case fills them all, and explains why the others fail.
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The first Blue Beetle: the least read and the most expensive of the three
Median $40.00 raw, $249.99 certified. Why does one carrier that no one reads cost more than the next two combined.
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Adding the designer's name does not change the median by one dollar
Attribution and Price: What a well-known author's name does, and doesn't do, to the market. Statement of August 29, 2026.
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