Blue Beetle was Victor Fox's attempt to recreate Superman's success. Beside the comic book and radio show there was a Blue Beetle newspaper strip. On July 3, 1940 there was a Superman Day at the New York World's Fair which is one of the first time a live actor would portray Superman, a month later on Auust7 there a World's Fair Blue Beetle Day.
I was around in the 1960's and '70's, what I remember about Charlton Comics as well as Gold Key and Dell Comics was that you could never find them on newsstands, comic book stores were not around in the 1960's and only in larger cities in the 1970's, at least where I lived in New Jersey. The only time I ever saw them was when I was visiting relatives in Rhode Island.
Interesting. I grew up in Central Illinois during the 1960s and 1970s. I COULD find Dell and Gold Key. But Charlton was very difficult to find. It could be found but not consistently. So collecting them was very difficult! I had to develop on my own a very complex system to find and buy "E-man". I can relate to what you refer to about the lack of distribution.
The Question in the Pax Americana story towards the start of the video also seems to be based on Mr. A, a Question like vigilante created by Steve Ditko (he also created the Question) who had extreme Objectivist beliefs. He would often let criminals die in the course of his stories.
Actually, DC only bought some of the characters. Only the "action heroes" Giordiano worked on at Charlton. Most of the rest are either in public domain, returned to their creators, or owned by other companies.
Excellent video, two characters you did not mention, Punch and Jewlie, villains who the inspiration for The Mime and Marionette in the Watchmen series.
I really wish DC would do more with these characters: the only one they are currently using is Peacemaker and they've made him into an irritating moron to match the movies, so I don't care about him anymore. I remember seeing Sun of Vulcan in DC's Who's Who back in the 1980s: I'd love to see him come back (the original, not that lame miniseries version).
While Mister Mind (Earth S) is my favored villian I just adore the Charlton astetics i had the mandela effect i believing Sob of vulcan was Flawcet comics btw. Thank for teaching a few things on the more opbscure heroes and villians. So Ditko rebooted the blue beetle in kord and sage. the question has a lot simuliar with the fox beetle version. i like Peacemaker al pre 52 Beetles and the Captain Atom and man did his new 52 version suuuck
I'd seen Charlton comics never got into them like DC and Marvel but after Watchmen found a couple but they were by different companies than Charlton or DC one was a Blue Beetle collection and the other an AC comic . Lost them in a yard sale years ago .
@@gmac2595 Yes. My version of the DC universe takes place in A world,where, the central powers have won the first world war in 1914. And my creative DC character has A harem.
It's interesting to think that Peter Cannon thunderbolt was re invented as ozymandias . Maybe more thought that the superior man has that much of a ego
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In New Earth, Nightshade was helped by the Suicide Squad to rescue her brother. They found that her brother was already possessed by the Incubus, and her brother died in the process. Really sad story considering her many attempts on that realm and that she stayed with the Suicide Squad even if she didn't want to because Waller promised she would help her.
