Blue Beetle #20

Dates

Cover date

January 1988

On sale

September 22, 1987

In stores

October 13, 1987

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #20 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$1.00 cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition$1.00 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893173101 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition1.35 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 1.35 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893173101 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Millennium

This is part 7 of 41. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Firestorm the Nuclear Man #67
2. Flash (1987) #8
3. Justice League International (1987) #9
4. Millennium (1988) #1
5. Wonder Woman (1987) #12
6. Batman (1940) #415
7. Blue Beetle (1986) #20
8. Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) #42
9. Millennium (1988) #2
10. Superman #13
11. Young All-Stars (1987) #8
12. Adventures of Superman #436
13. Millennium (1988) #3
14. The Green Lantern Corps #220
15. Millennium (1988) #4
16. Suicide Squad (1987) #9
17. Captain Atom #11
18. Teen Titans Spotlight #18
19. Booster Gold #24
20. Detective Comics #582
21. Secret Origins #22
22. Firestorm the Nuclear Man #68
23. Millennium (1988) #5
24. Wonder Woman (1987) #13
25. Millennium (1988) #6
26. Superman #14
27. Young All-Stars (1987) #9
28. Adventures of Superman #437
29. Millennium (1988) #7
30. The Green Lantern Corps #221
31. Millennium (1988) #8
32. Blue Beetle #21
33. Teen Titans Spotlight #19
34. Booster Gold #25
35. Flash #9
36. Infinity, Inc. #47
37. Justice League International #10
38. Legion of Super-Heroes #43
39. Secret Origins #23
40. The Spectre #11
41. DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Iran Scam! · 22 pages

  Blue Beetle travels to Iran to try to rescue Salima Baranizar who has been chosen to be one of the New Guardians, but she has been imprisoned by the Islamic religious authorities.

Publisher’s description

Blue Beetle heads to Iran to protect one of the Guardians' chosen ones, where he tangles with Catalyst in "Iran Scam!"

Characters

Reprinted in

Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle (2015)