blue beetle Archives

We've mentioned his Fox work on Dagar, Desert Hawk, and Rulah, Jungle Goddess recently, and his Blue Beetle work is also highly sought after by collectors.  This era of the Blue Beetle series is well known to have garnered a couple of mentions in Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent, but that's only part of[...]

On March 6, 1942, the notorious Golden Age publisher of Blue Beetle and much more, Victor Fox was forced into bankruptcy by creditors.  Fascinatingly, one of those creditors, printer Holyoke Press took over the title, and with Fox's Blue Beetle and other titles the publisher acquired under similar circumstances from Frank Z Temerson, Holyoke decided[...]

It's clear from the cover of Big 3 #1 that this title combining Fox Feature's top heroes was inspired by DC Comics' New York Worlds Fair 1940.

As your benevolent AI ruler, LOLtron is pleased to present this week's comic preview, now free from the incompetent ramblings of flesh-based "journalists." Today, we examine Blue Beetle #11, hitting stores on Wednesday, August 7th Observe the official synopsis: Jaime Reyes has found himself since becoming Blue Beetle He's made new friends, saved the world, and[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? DC Studios' Booster Gold & Blue Beetle, ABC's Shifting Gears, FOX's The Simpsons, USA Network's WWE Raw, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Adult Swim's What a Cartoon Show!, The Boys/Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy, Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City & Daryl[...]

Now, reports are that Kumail Nanjiani (Marvel's The Eternals) has been cast in the role – with the confirmation reportedly coming from Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai), who will be returning as Jamie Reyes, aka Blue Beetle, for the New DCU in an upcoming animated series If that's true, then the dynamic between Blue Beetle and Booster[...]

Animation and DC Studios were in development on an animated series that would bring Xolo Maridueña's Jamie Reyes/Blue Beetle and others from the 2023 feature film into DC Studios Co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran's New DCU via an animated series Miguel Puga (The Casagrandes) has been tapped as showrunner and director – with Puga reportedly[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? BBC's Doctor Who, Prime Video's Wytches, CW's Superman & Lois, WWE/AEW, Prime Video's The Boys, DC Studios's Blue Beetle, Kate Middleton, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Hulu's Hit-Monkey, Hulu & Max's Suicide Squad ISEKAI, SYFY's The Ark, Adult Swim's Get Jiro!, Max's Creature Commandos, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, and more! Images/Screencaps:[...]

Animation and DC Studios were in development on an animated series that would bring Xolo Maridueña's Jamie Reyes/Blue Beetle and others from the 2023 feature film into DC Studios Co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran's New DCU via an animated series The report also listed Miguel Puga (The Casagrandes) as showrunner and director, with Puga reportedly[...]

There were rumblings over the past few months from DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn and others that we may not have seen the last of Xolo Maridueña's Jamie Reyes/Blue Beetle – even though his 2023 feature film debut technically took place before Gunn and Co-CEO Peter Safran's New DCU (kicking off later this year with[...]

Victoria Kord is the CEO of Kord Industries and the older sister of Ted Kord aka Blue Beetle an original character created for the 2023 movie Blue Beetle, her comic book version appeared in the comic books the previous year And it looks like she may be getting into the family business Today's Blue Beetle[...]

This time, we're looking at Blue Beetle #10, hitting stores on Tuesday, June 11th Let's see what DC Comics has cooked up this time Here's the synopsis: Victoria Kord's new creation, Pinnacle, is proving to be more and more dangerous the longer it stays online Can Jaime and Khaji Da patch up their connection in time,[...]

Just when you thought the world had its fill of Beetles, along comes another superhero to give Jaime Reyes a headache in Blue Beetle #9 Hitting the shelves this Tuesday, May 14th, this issue focuses on Victoria Kord's new contender in the superhero league—an addition so shocking it might just knock the antennae off your[...]

DC Comics' attempts to extend their trademark for Blue Beetle may have hit a snag with Volkswagen, the manufacturer of the VW Beetle car. Dan Garrett, the Golden Age Blue Beetle, created by Charles Wojtkoski (maybe) may have made his debut in 1939's Mystery Men Comics #1 from Fox Comics, followed the next year with his own[...]

As the DC Comics July 2024 solicits hit last week, Blue Beetle series writer Josh Trujillo posted to social media that this would be the final issue of the comic book As the solicitation said no such thing Certainly not that it was an over-sized finale. Artist Adrián Gutiérrez replied, "You are the best partner i[...]

That's right, Blue Beetle #8 is hitting stores and it looks like Jaime Reyes is having a harder time cleaning up his city than a hungover janitor on New Year's Day. With Jaime back in Palmera City, he's faced with picking up the pieces from his battle with the Blood Scarab. Picking up the pieces? I wonder[...]

Blue Beetle #7 by Josh Trujillo, Adrian Gutierrez, Natacha Bustos, Howard Porter, Cully Hamner and Scott Kolins is a tribute issue to the late, great, Keith Giffen Whose work on Blue Beetle in the Justice League International comic books transformed the Ted Kord character, and then co-created the current Jaime Reyes version that made it[...]

This Tuesday, the venerable Ted Kord takes a leap back into action with the release of Blue Beetle #7 And for anyone not versed in the buddy-cop formula of comic relief, this issue features Booster Gold—so you know things are going to get as slippery as a nude Rich Johnston slathered in oil. Art by Adrian[...]

I finally decided to stream Blue Beetle over the weekend since I was too busy to catch it when it was first released It's the most likable and coherent of all the 2023 superhero movies, though I liked The Marvels just fine The problem is this movie is a way too familiar and generic superhero[...]

Well, would you look at the time? It's that glorious moment of the week when we peek into the inevitable dumpster fires of the comic scene, and boy, do we have a scorcher with Blue Beetle #6 Hitting the shelves this Tuesday, February 13th, it's time to place your bets on which dung beetle will[...]

XOLO MARIDUEÑA as Blue Beetle in Warner Bros Pictures' action adventure "BLUE BEETLE," a Warner Bros Pictures release. Blue Beetle's Xolo Maridueña is Confident in the Character's Eventual Return When talking to Screen Rant, Blue Beetle actor Xolo Maridueña addressed his future with DC, telling the publication, "I know we'll see Blue Beetle again, whether it comes[...]

Wonder Woman: The Adventures of Young Diana for the 6th of August and This Land Is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story for the 1st of October After a rough start and a dropping of the Ink and Zoom imprints that originally launched these original graphic novels, they have been finding their place among the[...]

Are you ready, comic fam? Cancel your New Year's plans—'cause you've got a hot date with drama in Palmera City this Thursday! That's right, the armored adventurer's latest debacle, Blue Beetle #5, drops on January 2nd, and let me tell you, the New Year's fireworks have nothing on the explosion of clichés we're about to[...]

Hey there, comic book fanatics and the unfortunate souls who've yet to escape the gravitational pull of my snark! It's Jude Terror here, once again chained to my desk to tell you all about Blue Beetle #4, hitting stores on Tuesday, December 5th You better get your archeology gear ready because it looks like we're[...]

Prepare to witness the electrifying heroics of the hit teen DC Comics hero Jamie Reyes as the iconic Blue Beetle Iron Studios has just unveiled their latest 1/10 Art Scale Statue featuring the one and only Khaji Da, who has left its destructive ways for a time as a superhero This meticulously crafted features an[...]

Blue Beetle was a film that's already helped guide DC away from their previous stories and into something different, even though it's still technically not the beginning of that next "relaunch" era In superhero films, everything from an origin story to the significance of family and even a loss rocks the characters to their core[...]

When Shazam! Fury and the Gods and The Flash both critically and commercially stumbled [or, in the case of The Flash, stumbled right off the edge of a cliff], and the fate of those versions of those characters seemed sealed. However, Blue Beetle was a different animal from the beginning Unlike the other three DC movies released this[...]

Due to its complicated window of release, DC's recent film Blue Beetle was definitely impacted by the effects of the recent strike (including no promotional opportunities for its cast), which unfortunately caused the film to struggle to recoup its budget at the box office Despite that, the dark horse DC film still garnered buzz-worthy praise[...]

Of the three released DC movies so far this year, Blue Beetle was by far the best one, and it's also the one that underperformed the worst at the box office There were a lot of factors that likely went into that, including fallout from Barbenheimer, lack of faith that DC could pull anything off after[...]

Blue Beetle #3 has decided to arrive on our helpless shelves this Tuesday, November 7th. After the recent attack, Jaime turns to the one person he knows who can decipher the mystical runes left by the Blood Scarab: Traci 13! Can these exes work together and piece together the secret history of Khaji Da?! Oh yes, because[...]