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: "In Combat with... Carapax"
Pages: 22

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

Writer: Len Wein
Penciller: Ross Andru
Inker: Dell Barras
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted From:
Blue Beetle #15 (1987)

Feature Character(s)

• Blue Beetle (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Captain Atom #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Melody Case (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Blue Beetle #17)
• Lt. Maxwell Fisher (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Blue Beetle #16)
• Murray Takamoto (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Blue Beetle #16)
• Angela Revere (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Blue Beetle #17)
• Jeremiah Duncan (last appearance in Blue Beetle #10; next appearance in Blue Beetle #17)
• Garrison Slate (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Blue Beetle #17)
• Randall Truman (an employee of Kord Inc.; next appearance in Blue Beetle #17)

Villain(s)

• Carapax (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Blue Beetle #23)
• Catalyst (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Blue Beetle #17)
• Doctor Klaus Cornelius (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Blue Beetle #17)
• Cinq (last appearance in Blue Beetle #14; next appearance in Blue Beetle #17)
• Overthrow (next appearance in Blue Beetle #17)

Other Character(s)

• Roy (a security guard; no further appearances)
• Ms. Lester (a secretary; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Blue Beetle #14.

Synopsis:
Blue Beetle and Max Fisher face-off against Carapax on Pago Island. They take refuge inside the lab of Jarvis Kord, but Carapax follows them. Fisher destroys the lab with explosives, then he and Beetle make it outside to the Bug.

Carapax punches his way out of the demolished lab and fires on the Bug with missiles. Blue Beetle decides to retreat, but first he destroys the ship that could take his robotic opponent off the island. Carapax latches onto the Bug with a cable and climbs aboard. A battle ensues. Eventually Beetle is able to manuever the Bug to throw Carapax over the side. The robot sinks to the bottom of the ocean from which he cannot return.