Sufferin’ Scarabs! Silver Age Blue Beetle is back and Warner Bros. Animation has revealed four new images from DC Showcase: Constantine – The House of Mystery, this time featuring one of DC’s aqusitions from Charlton Comics, The Blue Beetle.
Had he ever starred in a 1960s Saturday morning limited-animation cartoon with its own jazzy earworm of a theme song, it would have been just like this short! Welcome to the adventures of Ted Kord (Matthew Lanter), alias the Blue Beetle, as he teams up with fellow Charlton Super Heroes Captain Atom (Jeff Bennett), The Question (David Kaye), and Nightshade (Ashly Burch) to battle that nefarious finagler of feelings, Doctor Spectro (Tom Kenny). Blue Beetle is directed by Milo Neuman (Freedom Fighters: The Ray) from a screenplay by Jennifer Keene (Phineas and Ferb) based on a story by Jeremy Adams (Mortal Kombat Legends franchise). Dig these images.
As one of the more conflicted yet effective pairings of Super Heroes, Blue Beetle and The Question must combine their individual talents to solve the mystery at hand. Lanter stars as Blue Beetle alongside David Kaye as The Question.
Ted Kord’s Blue Beetle travels in style, skying high above traffic in The Bug. Lanter stars as the voice of Blue Beetle.
Dr. Spectro shows off his prize – an enormous diamond key to setting all of his nefarious plans in motion. Tom Kenny gives voice to Dr. Spectro.
Super Heroes Captain Atom and Nightshade make their first appearance in the DC Showcase – initially under the spell of Dr. Spectro – in the Blue Beetle animated short. Jeff Bennett voices Captain Atom and Ashly Burch gives voice to Nightshade.
DC Showcase: Constantine – The House of Mystery, R-rated (for "Some Bloody Violence"),makes its public debut as the anchor for this dynamic shorts compilation and is currently available everywhere on Blu-ray and in 4K.