Resurrected Twice
Dan Garret just cannot die. When you look at the cover it is no surprise that Dan comes back in this issue, but what is not likely obvious is that both Blue Beetle tales involve Dan coming back. This shows the love for the original charter that has by now faded even more. That was nice to see.
What was kind of a bummer was the stories were kind of corny and did not have much depth. Ted Kord also doesn't seem as cool here as he should have. In one of the stories when he is faced with meeting his best friend whom he thought was dead he simply accepts it and says he doesn't even want to know how he escaped. He really doesn't even come off as surprised. The whole thing was set up this way for convenience of Dan keeping his secret.
There are not that many Ted Kord: Blue Beetle books and this was nice to have just for that but it wasn't the best. the third story featuring the Shade was the best and that seemed more than anything to bite off too much for such a short amount of pages. All that said I give the book three stars. Not great but not terrible either.