Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett)

Dan Garret, or Dan Garrett is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Fox Comics, Holyoke Publishing, Charlton Comics, and DC Comics. He was the first Blue Beetle during the Golden Age. He was a vigilante who got powers using Vitamin 2X, and fought crime with a sidekick named Sparky. Charlton Comics reimagined him as Dan Garrett in the Silver Age. He is portrayed as an archaeologist who gains powers from a Blue Beetle Scarab found in Egypt. His student and successor is Ted Kord, although Jaime Reyes is the next to use the Scarab.

Cover of Blue Beetle #4, dated 1939.

Dan Garrett was created by Charles Nicholas, first appearing in the Fox publication Mystery Men Comics #1. (1939)