I wanna read all i can about blue beetle Before Jaime

[GeminiTricks]

I've got really into Blue and Gold and Blue Beetle and really enjoyed omac with ted but i want to read more about ted kord blue beetle

what are his best stories

what should i buy

[ouvidizer]

There isn't much to go on.

You can read the JLI hardcovers that DC is putting out now and thats pretty much it.

Ted Kord as a character before IC is pretty much a mascote character (even if the Ted Kord symptom suffering Ted Kord fans tell otherwise), like Krypto but he has housebroken (mostly).

[Peter Svensson]

The Action Heroes archives collect Steve Ditko's run on the Ted Kord Blue Beetle back at Charlton comics. So those are an option as well.

You'd probably want to track down his solo series by Len Wein from the 80s, the Justice League titles from the late 80s to the mid 90s, and the Birds of Prey issues he gueststarred in during the late 90s/early 00s.

[I am MODOK]

JLI is the main spot for good Kord-BB stories. The Chuck Dixon issues of Birds of Prey are fun, but Ted was kind of in poor health for that time period and so doesn't get to super hero it up as much as usual.

The Formerly Known As and Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League minis are good, but are really just more JLI issues.

[GeminiTricks]

Thanks guy now i know where to go from here

also whats the difference between characterisation of bb during charlton days and dc or isn't there any

[vbartilucci]

also whats the difference between characterisation of bb during charlton days and dc or isn't there any
There is slightly more of it in the DC books. the Charlton BB title was a Silver Age book, in that the emphasis was on action in the costume, and not as much characterization out of costume. They beefed up the origin a bit in the DC book, but all told, not too many changes were made.

The DC title (31 issues) written by Len Wein and stunningly drawn by Paris Cullins (A man whose work I SORELY miss) is pretty much a good old school comic adventure title, with a number of the great Ditko villains making their re-appearance, like the Madmen and Punch and Jewelee. It had the first DCU appearance of The Question as well. It is also of note for featuring the last DCU appearance of The Calculator before his spectacular recreation as the anti-Oracle many years later. It's probably available for a song, and will provide a fair amount of entertainment for a cheap purchase.

Ted didn't really bloom at DC until JLI, and his partnering up with Booster. At that point he became more of a comedy character, but he had lots of moments in the sun as a hero as well.

The Birds of Prey adventures were heavy on the characterization, and helped give him some emotional heft. But I prefer a fun (not necessarily funny Beetle, and prefer seeing him in action.

At his best, Ted is similar to Spider-Man, in that he is agile in a fight and witty in his banter with the colorful villains he fought. If DC truly wanted to do a young readers line (like the far better then it got credit for !mpact line), he'd work there perfectly.

[TCJohnson]

There is slightly more of it in the DC books. the Charlton BB title was a Silver Age book, in that the emphasis was on action in the costume, and not as much characterization out of costume. They beefed up the origin a bit in the DC book, but all told, not too many changes were made.

In the Charlton books, Ted Kord was your typical super hero with super genius and athletic ability who won fights mostly because criminals are a cowardly lot with really bad aim.

In the DC, Ted Kord became more an everyman. He inherited a small fortune, and he was really, really good with elecontrics and mechanics but other than that there was nothing really special about him. Yet, despite this, he was still able to keep up with the big boys and hold his own.