Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle #1

In "Out from the Ashes!" from Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle #1, retired hero Blue Beetle answers a call to action when a new arsonist known as Firefist strikes, setting a firehouse ablaze after their first clash. As the flames close in, Beetle finds himself trapped in the inferno, forced to confront both the danger and the weight of his return.

In "The Answer Is Alchemy!" from Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle #1, Dr. Alchemy gambles everything on the stolen Promethium, chasing the ultimate power of the Philosopher's Stone—only to find that some forces are too great to control. The story unfolds as ambition collides with the limits of science, leaving one man caught between genius and ruin.

In "Ask the Right Question!", Blue Beetle and the Question find themselves on the trail of the violent street gang known as The Wild Ones, each driven by their own mission. When their paths cross, they must set aside their differences and combine their unique approaches to uncover the gang’s true motives.

In "Face-Off!" from Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle #1, Blue Beetle and the Question race to uncover the secret gathering of every street gang in the city—only to be ambushed and taken prisoner by the enigmatic Muse. The tension builds as two of the most cerebral heroes in the DC Universe collide in a high-stakes showdown of wits and wills, each trying to outmaneuver the other while trapped in a game they don’t fully understand.

In "Gang War!" from Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle #1, Blue Beetle and the Question break free from The Muse only to find Chicago’s street gangs gathering at Wrigley Field—just as the Mafia arrives with deadly intent. With tensions exploding and violence imminent, the two heroes step in to prevent a massacre, but the real danger is only just beginning.

Ed Buckley, fresh out of prison and desperate to provide for his family, finds his options slim—until he’s forced back into the life he thought he’d left behind. When Kord Industries turns him down, he returns to the only work he’s ever known: serving as a henchman for a super-villain.

In "Timepiece!", Blue Beetle faces a moral crossroads as government crackdowns and public fear escalate, forcing him to choose between obeying a new law banning superheroes or risking everything to stop Chronos, the time-twisting villain whose uncle, Angela Revere, is now caught in the storm. With G. Gordon Godfrey's influence spreading and the nation turning against heroes, Blue Beetle must decide where his loyalty truly lies.

In "Time on His Hands!", Blue Beetle takes on the time-warping villain Chronos, racing against both the clock and public distrust following the fallout of the Legends crossover. With the city on edge and authorities turned against him, he must use every trick in his arsenal to stop Chronos before time itself unravels.

In "Havoc Is...The Hybrid!", Curt Calhoun’s life takes a sudden turn when an industrial accident leaves him drenched in molten Promethium. As an ambulance races to save him, it’s hijacked by the enigmatic Hybrid on Mento’s orders—setting off a chain of events that blurs the line between man and machine.

In "Man in the Middle," Blue Beetle teams up with the Teen Titans to stop the Hybrid, but not before Mento seizes the damaged body of Curt Calhoun and reshapes him into the new Hybrid, Prometheus. The story unfolds with urgent stakes and shifting loyalties, as the line between hero and threat blurs in the aftermath of battle.

In "Prometheus Unbound!" from Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle #1, Prometheus rescues the mysterious Hybrid from the Teen Titans and flees with him to Steve Dayton’s headquarters, only to be pursued again by the team. Meanwhile, Lt. Max Fisher hires Captain Sledge for a trip to Pago Island, where Conrad activates ancient machinery meant to control a giant robot—only to find his mind trapped within it instead.

In "The Phantom of Pago Island!" from Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle #1, Beetle ventures to the remote Pago Island—where his predecessor Dan Garrett once fell—drawn by lingering echoes of the past and a mystery that refuses to stay buried. The island’s secrets stir something in him, testing his resolve as he steps into the shadows of a legacy he’s both proud of and struggling to live up to.

When Dan Garrett is resurrected by the mystic scarab, he’s given a mission: track down the new Blue Beetle, who’s stolen his legacy. As Overthrow launches an assault on Kord Industries, the past and present collide in a clash of wills and power.

In the climactic battle of "...And Death Shall Have No Dominion!", the original Blue Beetle, Dan Garrett, faces off against the new Blue Beetle in a confrontation that tests the limits of will and legacy. As the mystic scarab's grip on its host tightens, Dan must confront the scarab's power one final time—pushing himself beyond death to end the cycle.

In "Iran Scam!", Blue Beetle ventures into Iran on a high-stakes mission to free Salima Baranizar, a young woman selected to join the New Guardians, after she's imprisoned by Islamic religious authorities. With tension simmering and danger around every corner, the hero must navigate a complex web of politics and faith to save her before it's too late.

In "If This Works, It'll Be a Miracle!," Blue Beetle and Mister Miracle race against time to harness the Sunspore at Kord Technologies, aiming to tunnel to the heart of the Earth in a desperate bid to reach the Manhunters' hidden mothership. Just as they prepare to begin, their plan is thrown into chaos when Overthrow and a swarm of Manhunters launch a sudden, violent assault.

In "A Question of Time!", Blue Beetle finds himself caught in a temporal trap when Chronos snatches him from a Justice League International meeting and hurls both him and the city of Chicago into the prehistoric past. With time itself unraveling around them, Beetle must navigate the dangers of ancient Earth to find a way back—before the past becomes permanent.

In "Echoes of Future Past!" from *Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle #1*, archaeologist Dan Garrett uncovers an ancient Egyptian tomb and awakens the spirit of Pharaoh Kha-Ef-Re, who grants him the power of the Blue Beetle with a single incantation. Years later, Garrett’s former student, Ted Kord, seeks his mentor’s help when his uncle Jarvis threatens to unleash a mechanized army—only for Garrett to seemingly perish in the battle, leaving Ted to inherit the legacy.