Blue Beetle Appreciation 2023!!!

[El_Gato]

DEBUT: August 1939
FIRST APPEARANCE: Mystery Men Comics #1
CREATOR: Charles Nicholas
ON-GOING SERIES: 73 issues
Blue Beetle Vol 1 #1-42 & #44-60
Blue Beetle Vol 2 #18-21
Blue Beetle Vol 3 #1-5
Blue Beetle Vol 4 #50-54



DEBUT: November 1966
FIRST APPEARANCE: Captain Atom #83
CREATOR: Steve Ditko
ON-GOING SERIES: 41 issues
Blue Beetle Vol 5 #1-5
Blue Beetle Vol 6 #1-24
Blue & Gold #1-12



DEBUT: February 2006
FIRST APPEARANCE: Infinite Crisis #3
CREATOR: Keith Giffen; John Rogers; Cully Hammer
ON-GOING SERIES: 78 issues
Blue Beetle Vol 7 #1-36
Blue Beetle Vol 8 #0-16
Blue Beetle Vol 9 Rebirth-18
Blue Beetle: Graduation Day 1-6

ORIGINAL THREAD
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It’s that time of the year again! New year, new thread and a lot of things to look forward to! This is arguably the biggest year for Blue Beetle of all time as the character will make his cinematic debut on August 18, 2023!! Can’t wait to see what else will come as a result of the film! There’s already a comic out now, heavily inspired by the film!

[Robotman]

This could be the biggest year for Blue Beetle ever!

…unless the movie gets pushed back until 2024.

[Dog of Thunder]

DEBUT: August 1939
FIRST APPEARANCE: Mystery Men Comics #1
CREATOR: Charles Nicholas
ON-GOING SERIES: 73 issues
Blue Beetle Vol 1 #1-42 & #44-60
Blue Beetle Vol 2 #18-21
Blue Beetle Vol 3 #1-5
Blue Beetle Vol 4 #50-54



DEBUT: November 1966
FIRST APPEARANCE: Captain Atom #83
CREATOR: Steve Ditko
ON-GOING SERIES: 41 issues
Blue Beetle Vol 5 #1-5
Blue Beetle Vol 6 #1-24
Blue & Gold #1-12



DEBUT: February 2006
FIRST APPEARANCE: Infinite Crisis #3
CREATOR: Keith Giffen; John Rogers; Cully Hammer
ON-GOING SERIES: 78 issues
Blue Beetle Vol 7 #1-36
Blue Beetle Vol 8 #0-16
Blue Beetle Vol 9 Rebirth-18
Blue Beetle: Graduation Day 1-6

ORIGINAL THREAD
2019 THREAD
2020 THREAD
2021 THREAD
2022 THREAD


It’s that time of the year again! New year, new thread and a lot of things to look forward to! This is arguably the biggest year for Blue Beetle of all time as the character will make his cinematic debut on August 18, 2023!! Can’t wait to see what else will come as a result of the film! There’s already a comic out now, heavily inspired by the film!

Did you put those collages together? If so, excellent job. I didn't remember Dan Garrett being in YJ.

[Zudomon]

Oh wow so I guess after Graduation Day #3, Jaime will officially be the beetle that had the most on-going series?

2024 is year of the beetle! Hope to see all three get much deserved love.

[married guy]

This would probably change tomorrow, but I voted for Jaime.
Tomorrow it would be Ted.

[El_Gato]

Did you put those collages together? If so, excellent job. I didn't remember Dan Garrett being in YJ.

Yeah I put the collages together. Had to find good artwork, which was a bit hard to do for Dan Garrett. Jaime was the easiest.

And yeah Dan had a non speaking cameo when they discussed the Blue Beetle legacy with Jaime

Oh wow so I guess after Graduation Day #3, Jaime will officially be the beetle that had the most on-going series?

2024 is year of the beetle! Hope to see all three get much deserved love.

Already happened with issue #2, that put Jaime at 74 issues, while Dan is at 73. At the conclusion of Graduation Day, the Blue Beetle legacy will be at 192 issues. Hopefully we get an ongoing soon to push them above 200

[Superboy-Prime]

Jaime was in Infinite Crisis. Of course I have to vote for him!

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I'm hoping Dan pops up in the JSA book. I'm curious what Robinson's take on him on Earth 2 wouldve been. Jaime's new solo miniseries is decent. I'm hoping Ted pops up as his mentor in the movie.

[Frontier]

Happy New Year to all Blue Beetles and their fans !

[Robotman]

It's crazy to think that we got these amazing heroes from a character who was originally a total rip off of the Green Hornet. In his first appearance he wore a similar costume, pretended to be a villain to deceive criminals and even left a calling card just like the Green Hornet. They just changed the color and type of insect.

Fortunately, they decided to cash in on the superhero craze in 1939 (thanks to that one guy in the red cape) and revamped the concept.




Without this change Blue Beetle probably would have been a footnote and we wouldn't have gotten Ted and Jaime.

The character quickly became one of the most popular superheroes around. There was a “Blue Beetle Day” at the 1939 World’s Fair, he had a radio show, and a newspaper comic strip. Some of which was drawn by Jack Kirby!



So the Dan-Blue Beetle was on top of the world and a household name 80 years ago, hopefully Jaime can do it again in 2023.

[Frontier]

It's crazy to think that we got these amazing heroes from a character who was originally a total rip off of the Green Hornet. In his first appearance he wore a similar costume, pretended to be a villain to deceive criminals and even left a calling card just like the Green Hornet. They just changed the color and type of insect.

Fortunately, they decided to cash in on the superhero craze in 1939 (thanks to that one guy in the red cape) and revamped the concept.




Without this change Blue Beetle probably would have been a footnote and we wouldn't have gotten Ted and Jaime.

The character quickly became one of the most popular superheroes around. There was a “Blue Beetle Day” at the 1939 World’s Fair, he had a radio show, and a newspaper comic strip. Some of which was drawn by Jack Kirby!



So the Dan-Blue Beetle was on top of the world and a household name 80 years ago, hopefully Jaime can do it again in 2023.

That's neat .

[Last Son of Krypton]

‘Blue Beetle’: Susan Sarandon Teases What She’s Excited for Fans to See

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I'm fine with Jaime getting more Reach Scarabs to fight but I hope they don't become stale like Speedsters or Symbiotes.

If we get a season 2 for the comic- I rather he get new villians disconnected from the Reach.

[El_Gato]

The Beetles so far! Only missing Red and Black lol Guess this is like the 3rd version of the green one haha

[Eskana]

I'm fine with Jaime getting more Reach Scarabs to fight but I hope they don't become stale like Speedsters or Symbiotes.

If we get a season 2 for the comic- I rather he get new villians disconnected from the Reach.

I agree. It seems like so many heroes now have villains who are just palette swaps or have very slight differences. Also, I feel like we have already gone through this, too... although maybe I'm just thinking of the Young Justice show, which had two other Beetles, plus the Reach. Not to mention the comics already has Gold Beetle and Black Beetle (whose identity was FINALLY revealed just last year) both of him, if I'm being honest, are kind of odd because they have more in common and are more connected to Blue and Gold than they are to Jaime, who has all this outer space backstory. Adding another Yellow Beetle (not to be confused with Gold Beetle) and another Green Beetle (not to be confused with the one from the show) just seems tired.