DC Showcase: Blue Beetle
SUFFERIN' SCARABS! Silver Age Blue Beetle is back! Thrill to the adventures of Ted Kord, alias the Blue Beetle, as he teams up with fellow Charlton Comics heroes Captain Atom, The Questions and Nightshade to battle the nefarious finagler of feelings, Doctor Spectro!
2021 DC Showcase animated short directed by Milo Neuman, with screenplay by Jennifer Keene and story by Jeremy Adams. Matt Lanter voices Ted Kord / Blue Beetle; Jeff Bennett voices Captain Atom and Pops; Ashly Burch voices Nightshade; David Kaye voices The Question; Tom Kenny voices Dr. Spectro. Originally released with Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two and reissued in the Constantine: The House of Mystery compilation. These packages repeat the same separate short. Supporting official DC profile matches, complete silent/background coverage, exact duration and any later Crisis continuity relationship remain unresolved.
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A separate adaptation of Blue Beetle; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Showcase: Blue Beetle’s story continuity.
A separate adaptation of Blue Beetle; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Showcase: Blue Beetle’s story continuity.
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Where it fits in the DC universe
DC Showcase: Blue Beetle is title 32 of 95 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Start with this self-contained DC Showcase adventure starring Ted Kord, designed as a tribute to 1960s superhero cartoons. It is collected here in Animated Elseworlds, which gathers separate animated stories. The short was packaged with Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two and later reissued with Constantine: The House of Mystery; those packages do not establish required viewing.
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Matt LanterBlue Beetle (voice)
Jeff BennettCaptain Atom / Pops (voice)
Ashly BurchNightshade (voice)
David KayeThe Question (voice)
Tom KennyDr. Spectro (voice)Related titles
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