Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Blue Beetle TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2015
On Sale Date: January 28, 2015 Direct Market Date January 28, 2015
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Direct Market Date January 28, 2015
Source: Previews, #313

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 584

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Man in the Middle"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord Post-Crisis)

Writer: Len Wein
Scripter: Joey Cavalieri
Penciller: Paris Cullins
Inker: Dell Barras
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted From:
Blue Beetle #12 (1987)

Feature Character(s)

• Blue Beetle (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)

Guest Star(s)

• Teen Titans (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Nightwing (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Changeling (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Cyborg (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Jericho (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Starfire (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Wonder Girl (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lt. Maxwell Fisher (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Melody Case (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #14)
• Murray Takamoto (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #14)
• Garrison Slate (founder of S.T.A.R. Labs; next appearance in Blue Beetle #14)

Villain(s)

• Mento (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Hybrid (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Gorgon (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Harpi (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Behemoth (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Pterodon (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Scirocco (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Touch-n-Go (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Carapax (last appearance in Blue Beetle #9; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• Curt Calhoun (becomes Prometheus in this story; last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)

Other Character(s)

• Ralph (last appearance in Blue Beetle #11; next appearance in Blue Beetle #13)
• A police captain (Fisher's boss; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Blue Beetle #11 and continues in Blue Beetle #13.

Synopsis:
Blue Beetle tries to rescue his friend Curt Calhoun who has been kidnapped by Mento. The Hybrid try to stop him and are confronted by the Teen Titans. The Titans and Beetle prevail, but while the fight rages Mento transforms Calhoun into another super-powered agent named Prometheus.