澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Blue Beetle arrives in cinemas this Friday, marking the introduction of Jaime Reyes - as played by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xolo Maridueña - to the DC universe on screen.
But while the film will mark many cinemagoers introduction to the character, the legacy of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Blue Beetle stretches back all the way to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the Golden Age of comics, and some of that legacᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚy also plays into the𒉰 movie.
In the decades since the introduction of the original Blue Beetle, the character has had a long and winding road coming to his place as a modern DC leading man - in 𓄧fact, he didn't even start as a DC hero, and he was almost never part of the DC Universe at all.
And DC Studios is tapping directly into that legacy with numerous Easter eggs related to the history of the Blue Beetle - ev🌳en predating Jaime Reyes.
So how did Blue Beetle go from a pulp '30s and '40s radio ad𒐪venture icon to the current sci-fi fueled incarnation, future movie star Jaime Reyes? We'll break it all down right now.
Here's everything you need to know about the hist𒉰ory of Blue Beetle.
Who is Blue Beetle?
There are actually three people who have used the name Blꦍue Beetle since the character was initially created in 1939 by Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski for long defunct publisher Fox Publications. The original version of the Blue Beetle was Dan Garrett, a pulp adventure hero who gained his powers from a 'Sacre𝓰d Scarab' (there are other versions of his origin, but this is the one that's relevant here).
With the power of the💙 Scarab, Garrett had increased speed, strength, and toughness, as well as the ability to fly and shoot energy blasts. Blue Beetle made his debut at the 1939 World's Fair Expo in New York City, on a day which Fox Publications paid to have named "Blue Beetle Day."
The character's popularity was immediate, leading to Blue Beetle comics, Blue Beetle film serials, and a long running Blue Beetle radio show.🎃 But by the '50s, his popularity had waned along with most other superhero♋es.
Eventually, Blue Beetle was bought by Charlton Comics in the late '60s - by then superheroes had entered the boom of the Silver Age of comics - and rebooted with a brand new incarnation created by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. This version, Ted Kord, was a student of Dan Garrett's who was also a mechanical genius. When Garrett died, he passed the Scarab onto Kord f🎃or safekeeping - though Kord never actually used it himself.
Instead, he became a different version of the Blue Beetle who used gadgets to fight crime, including a special Bug-Ship (which can be seen in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Blue Beetle movie as well).
By the early '80s, DC owned the characters o🥀f the now-defunct Charlton Comics, bringing the Ted Kord version of the Blue Beetle into the DC Universe alongside other Chꦺarlton heroes such as Peacemaker and Captain Atom in 1985 following the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series which rebooted the DC Universe.
Interestingly enough, Blue Beetle and the other Charlton characters almost didn't make it into the DC Universe at all, as they were nearly used as the cast of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen limitedও series. Instead, DC decided to use the Charlton characters in the core universe, and Moore and Gibbo♎ns created their own characters who resembled the Charlton heroes - including Nite-Owl, who is based on the Ted Kord version of Blue Beetle.
But with the Charlton heroes firmly in the DC Universe, Ted Kord became a longtime member of the Justice League, forming a super-friendship with his teammate 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Booster Gold (who is also getting his own 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:DC Studios streaming series).
Years later, when 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ted Kord was killed in action by the villain Maxwell Lord (known for his live-action appearance in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Wonder Woman 1984, played by Pedro Pascal), the Scarab was left on the Rock of Eternity, home of the Wizard who guards the power of SHAZAM!. When the Rock of Eternity was later destroyed in the story Day of Ve🍸ngeance, the Scarab found its way to El Paso, Texas.
And that's where it finally landed in the hands of J🐻aime Reyes, who has gone on to master the power of the Scarab in ways that Dan Garrett and Ted Kord 𒁏never even dreamed.
Blue Beetle in the DC Universe
Since his introduction in 2003's Infinite Crisis #6, Jaime Reyes (created by Keith G🐽iffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner) has bee♛n the Blue Beetle of the DC Universe.
Unlike his direct predecessor Ted Kord, Jaime was able to unlock the secrets of the Scarab like never before. Instead of simply granting him powers as it had Dan Gar𝐆rett, it became a full-on living suit of biomechanical armor that fused with Jaime's spine.
Yes, it was as weird as it sounds, but in a cool way - at least for readers. For Jaime, the experience is more than a little terrifying. But as he starts to develop his abilities, which 🦄include flight, energy manipulation, and changing the Scarab's form into weaponry, Jaime bonds with the Scarab and starts to grow into a hero in his own right.
Along the way, he actually meets and forms a friendship with Ted Kord's old pal Booster Gol𝓰d, who becomes a mentor of sorts f🅷or Jaime, even inviting him to join a version of the Justice League.
Boo💧ster and Jaime eventually team up to go back in time and save Ted Kord's life, and Ted also becomes a mentor to Jaime at his cওompany Kord Industries.
Things are actually a little bit fuzzy around the details here thanks 🧸to DC's 2011 Flashpoint reboot and its subsequent DC Rebirth rebo𒁏ot, which moved around some of the events of Jaime's origins and Ted Kord's return, but this is the basic combined timeline.
In the current incarnation of the story, which kicked off with the aforementioned DC R♚ebirth reboot, Ted is working to study the Scarab, which is still bonded to Jaime.
As for what the Sc꧟arab itself actually is, it has two separate origins as well. In the original version of Jaime'✤s story, it's a weapon created by an alien species known as the Reach which isn't meant for human use - but which is bonded to Jaime nonetheless.
In his most recent continuity, Jaime is told by Doctor Fate (played by Pierce Brosnan in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Black Adam movie) that the Scarab is actually magical. Since that revelation, the line has been blurred again, and 🎀now it seems 𓂃that the Scarab is both magical, and an alien artifact related to the Reach.
Blue Beetle in the movies
Though Blue Beetle isn't technically a stranger to the big screen thanks to his popular movie serials of the '40s, the upcoming Blue Beetle film will be the first time the character has made it to the movies in the modern era, and the first time Jaime Reyes will have made it to film at al♒l.
That said, DC Studios also seems to be building in some of Jaime's Blue Beetle legacy and the surrounding characters. For one thing, there's already a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Booster Gold series in the works as well - and when it📖 comes to Booster Gold, nothing goes better than a little Blue Beetle on the side.
Of course, the Blue Beetle that has traditionally been Booster's friend is Ted Kord, but both Booster and Ted have also been mentors to Jaime, so there's every chance Ted could show up somehow to connect the two properties. And interestingly, Susan Sarandon is playing a character named Victoria Kord in the film, who could provide an in for Ted 🌄Ko🔯rd himself later on.
And what's more, the Blue Beetle movie also inc♔ludes not just Ted Kord's own Bug-Ship, but a glimpse at the costumes of the Golden Age Blue Beetle Dan Garrett as well as Ted's classic costume.
There's also Jaime's relationship with D𒁏octor Fate. It's unclear how or if he could play a role in the new DC Studios continuity given his appearance in Black Adam (which was part of the DCEU, which is ending to make way for Gunn and Safran's new DCU), but his helmet is at least on the table if they want to go there.
There'✃s a whole new world of DC Studios films and series in development alongside Blue Beet🍷le - and given the attention to the details of Blue Beetle's comic history shown in the movie, a lot of that may make it directly to the big screen very soon.
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