Blue Beetle

Volume 1, Issue 22
Cover Date: March 1988
Release Date: November 17, 1987

Cover Price: $1.00
Guide Price: $2.25 (as of 2003)

"A Question of Time!"

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Blue Beetle, Vol. 1, #22. Image © DC Comics
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SPOILER WARNING: The following page may contain story spoilers. Read at your own risk.

ARTISTS

Writer: Len Wein
Pencillers: Ross Andru, Gil Kane
Inker: Dan Bulanadi
Colorist: Gene D'Angelo
Letterer: John Costanza
Editor: Denny O'Neil

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CHARACTERS & SETTINGS

heroes: Batman, Black Canary II, Blue Beetle II, Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Green Lantern IV, Martian Manhunter, Mister Miracle

Setting: 20th-century New York, NY, USA

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ISSUE SUMMARY

Cover Description: Smiling, Chronos sits before a computer monitor displaying the Blue Beetle's flying Bug combating pterodactyls in the year 1,000,000 BC. (No Booster Gold.)

Brief Synopsis: Blue Beetle stumbles across Chronos' plan to steal a mineral from millions of years in the past.

Costume Worn: MARK I power-suit

Issue Notes: The events of this issue take place immediately after the conclusion of the Millennium event. This is the first appearance of Booster Gold since Millennium #8. Though Booster has no lines in his brief appearance in this issue, he is seen accompanying the Justice League.

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ISSUE ANNOTATIONS

Image Copyright DC Comics

Page 2, panel 3
Booster Gold appears with the Justice League as they discuss the conclusion of the Millennium event. Other Leaguers present include Batman, Black Canary II, Blue Beetle II, Captain Atom, Guy Gardner, Martian Manhunter, and Mister Miracle.

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ISSUE REVIEW

Boosterrific Review: Blue Beetle battles Chronos in this cliche of a super hero comic book featuring dinosaurs and deathtraps which are sadly not quite as exciting as this sentence would suggest. A passable, but not historically memorable, issue.

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Gold Standard.

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  • Currently 2.0/5 Stars.
KMD (Feb. 8, 2010, 19:32:21)
Even with what should have been a fun story, the Blue Beetle comic really did not take off. This comic was dull and did nothing in the long run for the character or the series. Any surprise the plug was pulled not long after?

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The Chronological Adventures of Booster Gold

<< PREVIOUS CHRONOLOGICAL APPEARANCE
Millennium #8, 1988
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Justice League International #11, 1988
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Blue Beetle #20, 1988
 

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