Beware the Creeper #6 (On Sale: January 21, 1969), the last issue of this title, has a wonderful, dramattic
Gil Kane cover.
"A Time to Die" is written by
Denny O'Neil, pencilled by
Steve Ditko and
Jack Sparling and inked by
Mike Peppe. Over at
The Comics Bulletin Thom Young did a very in-depth look at Ditko at DC entitled,
Ditko Shrugged. He has doubts that Ditko actually drew any of this issue or any of last issue for that matter, though he does think that
Steve Ditko may have provided rough layouts that
Mike Peppe or
Jack Sparling or someone turned into final pages. It's a good read, though I don't think
Neal Adams drew parts of
Beware the Creeper #5 as Young does.
Back to this issue, continuing from last issue, Proteus leaves the Creeper to die by drowning in a sewer tunnel. Before he departs, the villain reveals that he is Jack Ryder's roommate Rip Cord. The Creeper manages to avoid drowning and escapes the tunnel. He then tracks down Proteus who is impersonating the governor. The two men battle above the dam, which Proteus is trying to destroy. The Creeper prevails when Proteus falls over the edge with explosives and dies in the explosion.
Edited by
Dick Giordano.