Summary

The sentence for one fellow member of theJustice Leagueis coming up faster than fans expect . No one like see a hero terminate their career early , but late events might have pushed one iconic Leaguer to his break point . That is unless two of his closest allies can convert him otherwise .

2024 has finally come and sports fan have a look at what they can expect in the add up months thanks to DC ’s recently released batch of solicitations . In March fans have a clustering of unexpected effect happening , let in thedebut of the Jungle League . But DC rooter may have observe a particularly dingy telephone circuit inBlue Beetle # 7’splot . Ted Kord , Jaime Reyes ' precursor , is have bother readjusting to the hero life afterBlue Beetle ’s recent attempt . Neftali Ricardo Reyes consults Ted ’s best friend Booster Gold to get the elder Blue Beetle back in fighting condition . But by the sound of thing , itmay be clip for Kord to step down .

Ted Kord is Hanging Up His Blue Beetle Goggles?

Blue Beetle is a legacy title that begin with Dan Garrett before being return down to Ted Kord and later Jaime Reyes . While Kord never used the Scarab that endow Garrett and Jaime , Ted more than made up for it with his technical art . Ted has served as a mentor to Jaime , specially as Palmera City began hosting the Horizon , a peaceful splinter of the villainous range . However , it was n’t long before the Horizon settle that Ted was attacked by a cryptic scoundrel bonk as the Blood Scarab . Kord survived , but he was placed in decisive careas his booster searched for his assaulter .

The second Blue Beetle has n’t been see much since his attack as he ’s still recover . While Ted is in far near condition than when he went up against Maxwell Lord , it was a something that about claim Ted ’s life . Thankfully , he ’s got the best upkeep potential , but the extent of the Blood Scarab ’s onslaught is n’t known yet . Kord could be suffering from something that physically prevents him from returning to superhero biography . Or he could have lingering psychological trauma from his near - death experience . Whatever the damage , Ted might just not be in the right condition tocontinue his work as Blue Beetle .

Jaime Reyes, the DC Universe’s Sole Blue Beetle?

Jaime Reyes depend up to Ted and has been work nearly with him and his baby Victoria to help the Horizon accommodate to Earth . While Jaime has grown into a fine hero on his own , he still consults with Ted for Jaime ’s more ambitious task . But if Ted is really retiring from the submarine game , then this is going to be huge for Jaime . He ’s not run to have his mentor there to assist him when thing get too heavy on the field . Sure , Jaime has his new team of other Scarab - using fighter . But Jaime is pass to have some large thing to resolve on his own if his trustedJustice Leagueally is hanging it up for in force .

Blue Beetle # 7is useable from DC Comics on March 5th .

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