Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
| Blue Beetle | |
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Jaime Reyes as the third Blue Beetle.
Cover of Blue Beetle #2 (2006). Art by Cully Hamner. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
As Jaime: Infinite Crisis #3 (Feb. 2006) As Blue Beetle: Infinite Crisis #5 (March 2006) |
| Created by |
Keith Giffen John Rogers Cully Hamner |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Jaime Reyes |
| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Team affiliations |
Teen Titans Justice League Young Justice |
| Partnerships | Traci Thirteen |
| Abilities |
Alien suit of powered armor, granting
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Alien suit of powered armor, granting
Jaime Reyes is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner, the character made his first appearance in Infinite Crisis #3 (Feb. 2006).
Jaime Reyes is the third character to assume the mantle of Blue Beetle, but he is substantially different from his predecessors. Introduced in 1939, the original Blue Beetle, Dan Garret, was a Fox Comics police officer who fought crime with superpowers gained by ingesting Vitamin 2X. A revamped version of this character, archaeologist Dan Garrett, introduced in 1964 by Charlton Comics drew mystical abilities from an ancient Egyptian scarab. Published by Charlton Comics and later DC, 1966 creation Ted Kord was Garrett's student who continued his legacy of costumed crime-fighting, although he had no superpowers. DC's introduction of Jaime Reyes in 2006 retconned and expanded upon the Blue Beetle mythos. Revealed to be alien in origin, the scarab bonds with Reyes and provides him with a suit of extraterrestrial armor shortly after Kord's death. Though only a teenager, Reyes quickly forms a working relationship with Kord's former teammate and best friend Booster Gold and is inducted into the Teen Titans.
Blue Beetle's most recent incarnation, Reyes is also the most well-represented Blue Beetle in adaptations, appearing in both animated and live action forms in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Young Justice and Smallville.
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