Comic Title: Blue Beetle #12
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1987
On Sale Date: February 12, 1987 Newsstand Date February 12, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Newsstand Date February 12, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #109

Newsstand Date February 12, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690

Shipping Date January 20, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Shipping Date January 20, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #109

Shipping Date January 20, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690

Shipping Date January 20, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #113

Copyright Date January 20, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

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 In:
Showcase Presents:Blue Beetle TPB (2015)

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.