24-issue comic series published by DC Comics from 1986 to 1988 starring Ted Kord. All twenty-four issues were written by Len Wein with issues #1-9, #11-14, #17 & #18 being penciled by Paris Cullins, #10 by Chuck Patton, #15, #16, and #19-22 by Ross Andru, and #23 and #24 by Don Heck. Blue Beetle fought Firefist (who was targeting firefighters out of revenge), Farley Fleeter and the Madmen, Doctor Alchemy (who stole promethium from Kord Industries), the Muse (who united Chicago street gangs, including the Wild Ones against Don Vincent Perignon), the Calculator, Chronos (who was stealing from the company), Mento and the Hybrid, Carapax the Indestructible Man (who found a robot on Pago Island), the Skid Row Slasher, Overthrow, Dan Garrett, Doctor Animus, and Catalyst.
