The Comic Grab Bag Part 4: Blue Beetle Issue #8
Blue Beetle Issue #8 (2006) Background: The Blue Beetle has an interesting history. Not only has the Blue Beetle mantle been passed around many times over the characters inception, it's also been licensed by different publishers. Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski was the original artist for the Blue Beetle in a comic series that was published by Fox Comics in 1939. After Fox Comics went out of business, Charlton Comics picked him up and release a few issues up until 1968 until they ceased to publish the series. Finally, The Blue Beetle found his home with DC Comics after their acquisition (or CC sold their characters to DC. I'm not sure) of Charlton Comics around 1983. The original Blue Beetle was Dan Garret. Dan Garrets father was a police officer who was killed by a criminal. Though being a patrol officer, Dan moonlighted as a vigilante before getting his super powers. Blue Beetle's powers (just super strength and stamina) came from an ingestion of the chemi...