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Blue Beetle, Vol. 1: Metamorphosis (Blue Beetle Vol. IX #1)
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics - The New 52 event of September 2011, Jaime Reyes becomes the all-new Blue Beetle!It's not easy being Jaime Reyes. He has to deal with high school, family and all the drama that comes with being a teenager. Also, he's linked to a powerful scarab created by an alien race known as the Reach who seek to subjugate planets - or annihilate th...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
November 20th 2012
by DC Comics
(first published September 1st 2012)
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All in all, this was a solid but unspectacular first arc for the rebooted Beetle. Jaime Reyes is an ordinary teenager before stumbling into his role as Blue Beetle. Due to his age, his girl troubles, and occasional wisecrack this felt a lot like DC's attempt to create a Spider-Man type character. The plot is pretty standard superhero beat-em-up stuff, although shifting the spotlight onto the Latino segment of the DC community was a welcome touch. The artwork was perfectly solid, but didn’t reall...more
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My second Blue Beetle origin story I've read in a week or two. Prior read was actually the third volume in that Blue Beetle run, while here I actually start from beginning.
There are large similarities between the two origin stories. Actually, not much different. I don't recall Jamie's parents in the other story, but I might have overlooked them. And I do not think Paco was a drop out in that other series run. Jamie, Brenda, Brenda's aunt, & purpose of Blue Beetle are all the same, though.
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There are large similarities between the two origin stories. Actually, not much different. I don't recall Jamie's parents in the other story, but I might have overlooked them. And I do not think Paco was a drop out in that other series run. Jamie, Brenda, Brenda's aunt, & purpose of Blue Beetle are all the same, though.
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My only experience with Blue Beetle so far has been in Batman: the Brave and the Bold, which is not exactly considered canon even within the DC Animated universe. I did come across the creature that gives Jaime Reyes his superhero powers and armour in Green Lantern: New Guardians (which I reviewed some time ago), but there it is seen turning helpless hosts into murdering psychopaths. Jaime Reyes was just a normal high-school teenager from El Paso when an accidental run-in with competing gangs of...more
There is a lot of good things about this volume. I like Ig Guerra's art. I really enjoy his characters expressions. He does both the action and the humor equally well. I am not a fan of a lot of digital effects in comics, but they are used really well here. Bedlard incorporates a lot of villains from before the reboot, which is nice when so many titles are focused on new villains.
Unfortunately, it is not as good as the old series. While I initially tried not to compare the two, it is difficult w...more
Unfortunately, it is not as good as the old series. While I initially tried not to compare the two, it is difficult w...more
Blue Beetle is one of those DC characters I know next to nothing about. Truly, I think his existence was only known to me through the four 52 trades, and even then, I may be confusing him a bit with Booster Gold. Either way, I went in blind and came out a fan.
This is sort of DC's answer for Spider-man and, to a point, Iron Man. The Blue Beetle suit is more a parasitic thing from another planet with some relationship thematically to the Lantern system, and the Beetle scarab falls into the hands o...more
This is sort of DC's answer for Spider-man and, to a point, Iron Man. The Blue Beetle suit is more a parasitic thing from another planet with some relationship thematically to the Lantern system, and the Beetle scarab falls into the hands o...more
This is a solid 2.5 for me. It's certainly not as bad as some of the others I've rated 2 stars. The problem is it also wasn't good enough to be 3. The art is engaging, but the facial expressions are a little extreme and none of it would be considered good outside a comic book. The main character is similarly described. I really like Jamie and his friends and family. It was nice to have a main character be Latino. However, he was also cliche and the storyline kept him that way. In a launch that p...more
I was disappointed in this reboot of Blue Beetle - it takes each element from the old series and exaggerates them out of proportion, destroying the charm so prevalent in the original work. Jamie is a little to inept, the Scarab is too rigidly lethal, Paco too gangster, Brenda way too naive, La Dama too evil, etc. Perhaps if I had never read the first version of Jaime in his Blue Beetle series, this book would have been more enjoyable but I still have reservations. The plot moved in such a manner...more
Another of the 52 launch event, this is a whole new Blue Beetle, with a new origin story and a new Blue Beetle. Interesting premise, and good set up for a number of antagonists, as well as a possible Green Lantern crossover/team-up down the way. (This is not a spoiler, this is just an observation based on the first few pages). Nice to see an Hispanic-American focus for a superhero, as well as being based in El Paso. I look forward to see what they do with this Blue Beetle.
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honestly i didnt really have too much interest in this character until he got a major part in the young justice tv show (which is amazing) or when i started reading 52/justice league generation lost. i personally love his orignal origin with ted kord and all that. i got into comics with the new 52 but this is just stupid i mean ur absoluting killing it on wonder woman (among others) by changing chracters origins slightly but completly destorying characters like jaime reyes (blue beetle) and kyle...more
2.5 Stars really. This is not the worst of the New 52, but far from the best. It is just so play by the numbers superhero that it bugs me. Mostly crappy evil villains. Hero fights destiny. Hero has secret identity. Hero fights villain with same powers. Hero has trouble getting with love interest. The art is interesting, but I doubt I'll read volume 2.
As a big Ted Kord fan, I haven't wanted to like the new Blue Beetle (even before the New 52 reboot), but this was kinda good. Not spectacular, but not horrible like the OMAC title. I liked seeing some of the lesser-known villains like Phobia and Warp, as well as the Latino metas. (Sorry that Coyote went so quickly.)
Blue beetle's origin is redone. A teenager gets it by mistake, ad he has to use his own personality to control the Beetle's killing instinct. While going up against the mafia and other bad guys, he also has to help his friends. A decent beginning.
This was pretty run of the mill. It sets up the plot, the conflicts, and the characters. It sort of makes me want to read more. Really, the diversity of the characters and location in the book make me want to read on more than the plot.
As a origin story, this delivers. It sets up future conflict, both a small and large scale. I can't compare to other versions of Blue Beetle, but I thought this was a decent start. Some of the artwork seemed...odd to me (I don't know if it was proportions or detail work), but nothing that destroys the book.
I liked this a lot. Jaime Reyes may not be physically intimidating, but he's a mental badass. That he maintains his sense of self in the face of Khaji-Da makes him a most excellent hero indeed.
It was okay. Pretty standard fare for an origin story but then again I have been reading so many origin stories lately that I am getting tired of them.
You can dress this book and this character up a dozen different ways, and it's still a back concept and a pale imitation of Ted Kord.
Overall solid. Like seeing the Reach connection after Young Justice.
It's a real reboot and beginning to the story!
It's a real reboot and beginning to the story!
Not as good as the old series...still it seems to be almost the same story all over again.
It wasn't bad, but if you stripped out all the Hispanic trappings, you'd never notice.
I need to go bang my head against something, be right back.
I don't understand why this series was canceled. I really enjoyed this. I thought the story was very well written, fast paced and very interesting.
I didn't read the trade edition just the individual single issues #1 - 6.
I didn't read the trade edition just the individual single issues #1 - 6.
Jun 17, 2013
Abby Phare
marked it as to-read
Jun 16, 2013
Niidz
marked it as to-read
Jun 11, 2013
Alison
marked it as to-read
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