Comic Title: Beware the Creeper #5
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1969
On Sale Date: November 19, 1968 Newsstand Date November 19, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #70

Copyright Date November 15, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dick Giordano

Title: "The Color of Rain Is Death"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Creeper (of Earth-1)

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Steve J. Ditko
Inker: Mike Peppe

Reprinted In:
Creeper by Steve Ditko HC (2010)

Feature Character(s)

• Creeper (last appearance in Beware the Creeper #4; next appearance in Beware the Creeper #6)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bill Brane (last appearance in Beware the Creeper #4; next appearance in Beware the Creeper #6)
• Vera Sweet (last appearance in Beware the Creeper #3; next appearance in Beware the Creeper #6)

Villain(s)

• Proteus (last appearance in Beware the Creeper #4; next appearance in Beware the Creeper #6)
• Bulldog Bird and Sumo (last appearance in Beware the Creeper #4; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Beware the Creeper #4 and continues in Beware the Creeper #6.

Synopsis:
After the Creeper's battle with Sumo, he tracks down Bulldog Bird. When he confronts Bird about being an agent of Proteus, he is struck from behind. When he recovers he discovers that Proteus has framed Jack Ryder. Using a clue he got from Sumo, the Creeper tracks down Proteus. However, police interrupt the battle and arrest him in his Jack Ryder identity.

Jack is able to convince his boss Bill Brane that he is not Proteus. After being released from jail, Creeper tracks down Proteus again. Their battle leads to the sewers where Creeper is momentarily blinded. Proteus gains the upper hand. Before leaving the Creeper to drown, Proteus shows his foe his true identity.