History of Blue Beetle 

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My first exposure to Blue Beatle was in Batman: The Brave And The Bold. Ever since then, I thought he was a cool, very underrated character.

Yeah, we accidentally added a couple images of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants while talking about the Brotherhood of Evil. That’s our bad! 🤷🏻‍♂️

12:07 Black Beetle from Young Justice will forever be the best iteration of the character. He was an absolute menace in every scene he was in; like the Thawne to Jaime's Barry.

Batman Brave and the Bold introduced me to Jaime Reyes and yes, he immediately became one of my favorite characters.

My first exposure to Blue Beetle was Young Justice and I LOVED his portrayal there. I loved the dynamic between Jaime and the Scarab. When Linkara posted his MASSIVE retrospective about ALL THREE Beetles, I fell in love with the character even more.

So interesting, never knew The Brotherhood of Evil has looked like The Brotherhood of Mutants😂 I know that is not the case, but it was funny seeing the wrong pictures beeing used😅 Great work as always😄

I never knew Blue Beetle faced off against the Brotherhood of Evil (Mutants) 😂Can’t wait to see him fight Magneto

Ah yes the infamous crossover of blue beetle and the Xmen villain magneto and his minions 😂

As many I first learned about Blue Beetle from Batman: Brave and the bold then saw him in S2 of Young justice. He was my go to playable character in Injustice 2 I’ve always enjoyed his appearance and his personality in comics and on-screen.

As a Black man I love seeing other cultures get their shine in these films. I love seeing how the family dynamics couple with the character’s development.

Who besides me first got introduced to Blue Beetle in Batman the Brave & The Bold?

12:43 Did you notice you put the brotherhood of evil mutants?

**YOUNG JUSTICE SEASON 2 BLUE BEETLE DEFIINITELY FLESHED OUT THE CHARACTER for me. Wish he and Static (virgil Hawkins) would get more screentime as the series went on. And I wanna see him partnering up with static and forming a great brotherly bond. I mean both are part of the teen titans ofcourse....soooo WHY NOT!**

This is the shining example of the fact that, when you put conjecture aside, changing a single or multiple characteristics and removing legacy characters doesn't ruin anything as long as there's a purpose and good writer behind it. Like, the writers are the most important part, or something

I hope this movie will be an instant success. Because this Blue Beetle has so many interesting lores and has it's own deep universe, similar to Green Lantern. But we he already what happened to Green Lantern 😅

A lot of people compare Jamie to Spider-Man,but I don't see it. If he's like Peter then it's only in how he zigs in every way Peter zags. Jamie trusts his identity to a lot of people,he works to plan for the future,and approaches things with a bit more of a clear head,unless something hits him personally,then he's on a rampage,although that's the case with any superhero. Jamie is more similar to someone like max steel.

A little mix up at 12:43, Arris. "The Brotherhood of Evil" was confused with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants."

Ted’s suit was really cool in Kingdom Come

Man Blue Beetle is such an underrated character. I'm glad he is getting more love in recent years

Yes, I love when he fought the brotherhood of mutants

Justice League vs Teen Titans was my first intro to Blue Beetle. Beating and humbling Damien makes him a great hero in my book.

Season 2 of young justice (reach) really show how capable the scarab is. Black beetle was hulk that can take down some supernan villain

Fun fact: the Blue beetle movie premiere in theaters, right after my birthday. So you know I'm gonna watch it.

I love the show so I hate to critique, but while speaking about the Brotherhood of Evil there were pictures of the Brotherhood of Mutants.

One point about Dan Garrett, the first Blue Beetle. First published by Fox Comics in1940, he was that publisher's attempt to create a Superman like franchise, putting at the same time a comic book series, a newspaper strip, and a radio show.

is no one talking about the fact there was a photo of Magneto and the Brotherhood of Mutants slipped in when talking about the the Brotherhood of Evil?

Is Blue Beetle similar to Max Steel? Who do you think is his Marvel counterpart, Is it Darkhawk? Who do you think would win between Blue Beetle and Darkhawk? Can you do history of Darkhawk?

I learned about him when I was a little kid watching batman brave and the bold

I would love to hear more about Dan Garret and Ted Kord. Especially Dan Garret as he’s the Blue Beetle I know the least about.

So are we going to talk about Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants being featured at all?

Magneto trying to slide in to DC 😂😂

Can you do the history of magneto, zorro, judge dredd, Cassie hack, qwenpool, hit monkey, vamperrella, moon girl & devil dinosaur and league of extraordinary gentlemen

Wait wait! Wrong Brotherhood! I’m pretty sure Blue Beatle never faced off against Magneto.

That Brotherhood of Mutants graphic caught me off guard haha

That sucks it in the movies he's not from El Paso. I live in El Paso, that would be awesome if they kept that

12:43 - 12:51 That's Magneto and the brotherhood of evil mutants

GO EL PASO TEXAS!!!! 💙🖤

As a hard-core comicbook lover I love these videos with the recommendation man❤😊.

Personally i hope he and Starfire get a student and mentor relationship because i think those two would work well together. There has been foreshadowing to a degree

I love Blue Beetle. He is my favorite superhero and I don’t see that changing ever!!

AT4W’s retrospective goes into so much more detail

Jaime Reyes: "Blue Beetle at your service!"

Fun fact, Guy Gardner’s Warrior powers were transferred to the Reyes character to make Blue Beetle. That’s why Guy’s natural powers don’t exist in the current continuity.

Good run down but I wish you covered the other Blue Beetles. I think you missed out on a moment. I like Reyes but I grew up Ted Kord Blue Beetle in the 90s. Still remember him getting destroyed by Doomsday. I want to know about them all. Also, the Magneto and Brotherhood of Evil Mutants image at 12:44 a mistake or was their a Marvel/DC crossover I missed? 🤔

I had no idea blue beetle was so OP!!! He battled the Brotherhood of mutants!! Did he win?

I got blue beetle graduation day a couple days ago to prepare for the film, very exited for the film and comic

I'm pretty hyped for this movie! Blue beetle is pretty cool! I hope to see some Easter eggs about the former blue beetles!

I first discovered Blue Beetle in Young Justice and have been hooked ever since! Such a cool character

Jaime Reyes' Blue Beetle is such an underrated character. 💯 I love him in Young Justice and specifically in JL vs Teen Titans, where he blasted Damian Wayne into dust at training. 😆

I am so happy that you have finally done a history of Blue Beetle, and I hope you have fun seeing the movie.

My favorite snacks I like to eat at the theater are m&ms. And like others, my first exposure to Blue beetle was in batman the brave and the bold. He was a pretty cool character but very underrated. I'm glad this character is getting some spotlight.

He's wayyy more powerful than that. He can create anything and do anything. It's wayyy better than a lantern ring. Also compared to a lantern ring his buildings or creations stay permanently if he wants, without needing concentration or will power to maintain. You just need your imagination. He has adaptative strength. Basically he can adapt to any opponent thanks to the scarab sight, that analyse your molecular structure, genetic history, energy etc and adapt to it.

This is sick I never realized how much he was like Spider-Man even his stories

My favorite theater snacks are popcorn with a side of nachos cheese mixed with buttering flavor with the cheesy. Sahale Snacks are a hidden gem of chips best secondary snacks during the second act of the movie in theaters. Then washing down with either sprites-hi c flavor or Coca Cola Co. - Blueberry slurpee.

That random picture of magneto😂 12:48

Just love that a super hero has my name

I thought cars were the dominant species on the earth. And can't wait for this movie. Again getting some pretty big Guyver vibes from this movie.

LETS GOOO, BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE

Can you please make a video about the old Blue Beetle

Variant is upping their game as a channel with the skits

I love the brotherhood of evil mutant panels

Here is my timeline of the Earth-Four/New Earth/Prime Earth Blue Beetle Family and Charleston Heroes. 1938: The Golden Age begins. 1942: Sarge Steel was born. 1943: The Crime Crusaders Club was briefly formed. Rip Jagger made his debut as the first Judomaster. 1944: Tiger made his debut. 38 Years Ago (1956): The Silver Age begins. 36 Years Ago (1959): Allen Adam made his debut as Captain Atom. 33 Years Ago (1962 to 1966): Dan Garrett made his debut as the first Blue Beetle. Sarge Steel made his public debut. Jonathan Mann made his debut as the Son of Vulcan. Peter Cannon made his debut as Thunderbolt. Eve Eden made her debut as Nightshade and formed a romantic relationship with Allen Adam. Dan Garrett dies, causing Ted Kord to make his debut as the second Blue Beetle. Christopher Smith made his debut as the first Peacemaker. 32 Years Ago (1967 to 1969): Vic Sage made his debut as the Question. Ted Kord revealed his identity to Tracey and formed a romantic relationship with her. 28 Years Ago (1978 to 1983): The Sentinels of Justice were formed. 26 Years Ago (1985): Ted Kord and Tracey were married. Crisis On Infinite Earths. 25 Years Ago (1986): Legends. Ted Kord traveled to Earth-One to join the JLI. 24 Years Ago (1987): Millennium. 23 Years Ago (1988): Fables. Cosmic Odyssey. Allen Adam traveled to Earth-One to join the JLE. Invasion! 22 Years Ago (1989): The Janus Directive. 21 Years Ago (1990 to 1992): Armageddon 2001. The Quantum Quest. War of the Gods. Jonathan Mann was killed. Eclipso: The Darkness Within. 20 Years Ago (1993 to 1994): Bloodlines. The second Judomaster made his debut. Zero Hour. 19 Years Ago (1995 to 1996): Underworld Unleashed. The Final Night. 18 Years Ago (1997 to 1998): Genesis. DC One Million. 17 Years Ago (1999): The Sentinels of Justice reformed as the LAW. Mitchell Black made his debut as the second Peacemaker. Day of Judgement. 15 Years Ago (2001): Our Worlds At War. 13 Years Ago (2004): Identity Crisis. 12 Years Ago (2005 to 2006): Infinite Crisis. Mitchell Black was killed. 52. 11 Years Ago (2007): Vic Sage died on Earth-One. One Year Later. 10 Years Ago (2008 to 2011): Final Crisis. Blackest Night. Vic Sage was resurrected. Brightest Day. Flashpoint. 8 Years Ago (2013): Forever Evil. Trinity War. 7 Years Ago (2014): The Multiversity. Trinity of Sin. 6 Years Ago (2015): Convergence. DCYou. Darkseid War. 5 Years Ago (2016): DC Rebirth. 4 Years Ago (2017): Dark Nights: Metal. 3 Years Ago (2018 to 2020): Dark Nights: Death Metal. Endless Winter. 2 Years Ago (2021): Infinite Frontier. 1 Year Ago (2022): Dark Crisis. Lazarus Planet. Now (2023): Dawn of DC. Knight Terrors. 2 Years From Now (2025): Time Crisis. 7 Years From Now (2030): Secret Crisis.

Spiderman + guyver = blue beetle Awesome character

Blue and Gold are the best team for me, but I do like the reach tech story. And m&m's in your popcorn, I am in your debt. 🍿😁

I'm a fan of Dan Garrett, Ted Kord, and Jamie Reyes. I picked up the first two issues of the current ongoing series last week. Good stuff!

Can you do history of the villains of the Stargirl TV show like Mr_Bones, Dragon king, Brainwave and Icicle? When are you going to do history of the Flash Villains Mirror Master and Top since the second half of season 6 of the Flash has finished? Can you do history of the Atom, Major_Force, Captain Atom, Plastique, the Blackhawks, Rocket Red Brigade, Maxima, El-Dorado, Element Woman, Metamorpho, Mr Terrific and Plastic Man along with the history of the Villains Dr Alchemy and Abracadabra?

My favorite part of any history video on Variants page is the powers and abilities 😂😂

Yes I was waiting for this 🔥🔥

I didn’t know Magneto was a Blue Beetle villain

Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle is definitely giving me Guyver vibes here. His scarab also reminds me of Kamen Rider Kabuto (since that character also uses an insect-themed transformation device).

young justice made me love this character. seeing the movie today super excited

Oh I've been waiting for this

the question is will ted kord's legacy as blue beetle be just as irrelevant as mar-vell's captain marvel, carol danvers' ms marvel, and hank pym's antman

Events surrounding the movie are weird (between the Hollywood strikes and James Gunn announcing a full reset), but I really just want this movie to do well and popularize Blue Beetle. I love both Ted Kord and Jamie Reyes (don't really know much about Dan Garrett), but I really grew up with Jamie. He was in a lot of the cartoons I watched growing up and I read him in Teen Titans (though I need to go back and read his solo runs). He's just a great character fitting into a great mantle. On another note I love seeing Superhero adaptions finally handling diversity better by uplifting beloved characters instead of forcing their own controversial race changes or pushing tokenism. In cases like Spider-Verse they're really adding personality and diversity to these characters that go behind skin color. Makes me once again have to ask DC to MAKE A STATIC SHOCK MOVIE! Seriously, how was Milestone media founded to boost representation from underrepresented groups in comics and published through DC yet the only adaptions they have are Static Shock and Young Justice (both of which are like PEAK comic book media but still).

Once i saw Magneto, i immediately queued up Pitch Meetings... "whoops! Whoopsie!"

LMAO!! 😂😂😂 At 12:44 when, mentioning "The Brotherhood of Evil", why does it instead, randomly show a couple of pictures of "The Brotherhood of Evil *MUTANTS* "; The Marvel Comics team of Evil Mutant supervillains and their leader Magneto, "the Master of Magnetism"?! 😮 I was about to trip out thinking that the Blue Beetle actually SOMEHOW fought an iconic team of villains from an entire other comic book Universe!! Let alone, DC's biggest rival, Marvel 😅 It's either a mindlessly sad mistake OR a hilariously glorious inside joke on the editors' part 🎉

Can we get a video of your best/favorite masks in comic books. Rorschach gotta be on there.

12:48 Are we not going to talk about Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants?

Oh dang, that theatre is 15 minutes from where I live. Might have to check it out. Thanks for the tour.

I was waiting for this

Why were so many images of the Brotherhood of Mutants used when you were talking about the Brotherhood of Evil?

I am so ready for the B&B Theater to open up by my house in Red Oak

12:43 = Wrong Broothhood of Evil 😂🤦😂🤦😂🤦😂🤦

I already have tickets for the movie on Thursday. So excited.

Having seen all the MCU-movies and all modern DC-movies, I thought the Blue Beetle was the best superhero-movie ever. The actors were amazing, the balance of action and comedy was on point,the villains were deep and I loved the representation of Latino-culture. ^^

What do you think the live action version of Jamie_Reyes Blue Beetle played by Xolo Mariduena is going to be like in the DCEU or DCU compared to the one we saw in the Smallville TV Show?

Personally I’ve always considered Blue Beetle as DC’s Spider-Man in a way just based off his personality

i love how he just skims over the actual origin story.

I just had to stop by the comments to see how many people were talking about the brotherhood of mutants after seeing magneto pop up in the video

This video is legit more interesting and entertaining than the actual movie!

Magneto and the brotherhood of evil mutants are in DC now? 😂

Love that theater 🎥, go there often

Obviously knew about him in the comics. 1st real exposure to him was Young Justice. Holy frigging cow is he awesome in that!!!

12:42 Is it just me, or is that the Brotherhood of Mutants from Marvel? (Not the Brotherhood of Evil from DC.) Lol 😂

10:46 ted exists in new 52 lex and ted had a conversation about owning kord industries

He's certainly more relatable than Spiderman in every way possible. Fell in love with the character since the first episode of Batman the Brave and the Bold. Black Beetle from young Justice is wayyy better than the comicbook version in my opinion. He's more intimidating Do a how powerful is Bluebeetle

1st off that theater looks pretty dope... 2nd can't wait to see the Xolo Maridueña use them Cobra Kai skills in Blue Beetle lol... 3rd Large Popcorn Reese's pieces and a Dr.Pepper... (sometimes mixing the Reese's pieces with my popcorn)

I really enjoyed the movie. Loved George López and Xolo is beyond charming and also 🔥🔥🔥😁😁😁 The second part when the action kicks in was the best. And needless to say all the Latino references which I grew up with really worked for me. The cherry in the Icecream...the last song from Soda Stereo "Nada personal"!❤❤❤👏👏👏

Been a sub since 2016 great video as always