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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[...]

Even though DC's Blue Beetle wasn't a huge box office hit with audiences, the film became a critical moment in the superhero genre after creating a big-budget flick that offered audiences overdue on-screen Latino representation – with a titular hero and authentic stories that aren't always the focus of comic book movies. And even though a[...]

One of which is the current cinematic iteration of Blue Beetle! © 2023 Warner Bros Ent All Rights Reserved TM & © DC. During a new interview, the film's director, Ángel Manuel Soto, was asked about the character getting the chance to seemingly return for future DC projects via Gunn's recent statements (along with actor Xolo Maridueña)[...]

decided to try and make up for refusing to pay actors livable wages by releasing an extended behind-the-scenes featurette. Blue Beetle: Summary, Cast List, Release Date Only in Theaters August 18 From Warner Bros Pictures comes the feature film Blue Beetle, marking the DC Super Hero's first time on the big screen The film, directed by Angel[...]

Alright folks, it seems DC is chomping at the bit to toss our little Blue Beetle back into the fray with Blue Beetle #2, set to hit your local comic book dumpster or fine comic shop (whatever floats your boat), this Tuesday, October 3rd Let's take a glance at this firecracker of a synopsis they[...]

Hamilburg Agency to help get Fox properties into film, radio, merchandise, and syndicated newspaper strips. Fox's push to get his comic book material into other media worked far better than history generally remembers.  In addition to the Blue Beetle newspaper strip, several others were announced, and a handful of newspapers had a full-fledged Fox Feature Syndicate[...]

Kamen did extensive work for Fox on titles like Dagar, Desert Hawk, and Rulah, Jungle Goddess, 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[...]

1940 marked a significant level-up for the character Blue Beetle, especially with the launch of Blue Beetle #1, an important series debut that hit the newsstands alongside the character's own newspaper strip starting in January of the same year.  The character had initially made his debut in June 1939 through Mystery Men Comics #1 as[...]

Blue Beetle #18 published by Fox Comics in 1943 featured the Golden Age version of the Blue Beetle character who has gained a little more attention due to the movie which has nothing to do with this version of the character whatsoever He is accompanied by his Golden Age sidekick Sparky – later known as[...]

Blue Beetle, no not the one in theaters right now, but the original one, from the 1940's, is one of the most fun super heroes you can read It is also getting extremely hard to find his golden age books, as the numbers climb in the aftermarket for some heroes and stories that may have[...]

The new Blue Beetle movie may have very little to do with the original Blue Beetle character published by Fox Comics in the thirties and forties, but it has put a fire under those Golden Age comic book sales This copy of Blue Beetle #7 from 1941, unslabbed, currently has bids at Heritage Art Auctions[...]

The first appearance of the original Blue Beetle, Mystery Men Comics #1 remains one of the most overlooked key comic books of the golden age.  Hitting newsstands around June 15, 1939, this series was launched very near the beginning of the super-hero wavefront that ultimately transformed pop culture Mystery Men Comics #1 hit the newsstand in the[...]

As 1941 progressed, Blue Beetle experienced some "power inflation," as sometimes happens with comic book superheroes.  He became stronger, tougher, faster, and started jumping around the rooftops of New York City — to the point where he seemed to be able to fly at one point.  As his abilities grew, so did the threats he[...]

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 was an anthology title featuring Fox's three most popular characters at the time — The Blue Beetle, the Flame, and Samson This Blue Beetle was the first, Dan Garret, created in 1939, usually credited to Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski, though Will Eisner is believed to be the scripter of the first story Eisner has stated[...]

In the Golden Age, comic book superheroes often didn't spring onto the comic page fully formed.  Sometimes, changes from issue to issue were due to a lack of attention to detail as publishers tasked creators to just get the stories out quickly to try to take advantage of the comic book superhero boom of the[...]