Loved the illustrations and the fun story. Will be reading more

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.

A New 52 title that I had to search high and low for. This isn't too bad, but frankly, I liked the 2006 incarnation of Jaime and scarab and world better.The Blue Beetle origin, battle against mercenaries and powerful drug-lord villains and the Reach's failsafe mechanisms.

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...

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...

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.)

This would have gotten a higher rating if I hadn't ever read any Blue Beetle stories before. It's nice to see a minority hero, and the concept of the Scarab makes for an interesting plot device. The book has some good action sequences, and some interesting secondary characters. It's a middle of the road DC title.But I have read previous Blue Beetle volumes. And I've read the earlier Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle series, which to be honest blows this reboot out of the water. Making Jaime more a victim

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.

"... and then the blue guy showed up..."This was a clever, fun, hilarious, action-packed story that grabbed me from the beginning and had me wanting more by the end. If you liked the disturbing conflicts of RoboCop, or the funny battle of wills between the Terminator and young John Connor in Terminator 2, you'll enjoy this one. Arguing with your own superpower just seems so funny to me, and the tension of not knowing your own potential for power or evil seems like such a primal struggle to addre...

This is a pretty prime example of a book that didn't need a reboot to tell this story.With that said, it's decently good. It's a bit too decompressed and too much of a continuous breathless run, which is a problem I have with many of their New 52s, but it's also got great characters and interesting dilemmas.

This was pretty good I guess!So it gives a new origin to the blue beetle and how Jamie encounters it and we see him go against different villains but when his friend is hurt and what he does to save him, also one of his friends art whose called La Dama wants it and so she targets him and then another group led by a villain named Silverback targets him and his friend it gets personal and whatever happens to his friend "Paco" who gets injured and the changes that take place within or in him and ho...

I actually felt quite charmed by this book. It grew on me, which is shocking, because I'm a Ted Kord fan through and through.Admittedly, it is a pretty flimsy story with a lot of questionable plot points (I mean, when someone is pointing at gun at you and demanding that you hand over a backpack that just fell in your lap outta nowhere, do you grab the backpack and run away with it, just to spite your would be killer? No.) and some really stand-out cliches that, on the whole, don't make for a min...

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.

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...

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.I like...

Blue Beetle is another one of the many DC superheroes I know next to nothing about. I figured The New 52 reboot was a great entry point into the character. My only exposure to Ted Kord was him getting his head blown off in Final Crisis. Jamie Reyes makes an interesting enough protagonist. He's like a Peter Parker forced to wear a sentient Iron Man type suit. The Blue Beetle suit's powers are actually really cool and the art in this collection is well done making for some cool panels. The first s...

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.(SPOILER-ISH)***Apparen...

Though Blue Beetle was/is revamped as a teen (and, it could be argued, for teens), elements of it transcend typically lighter and breezier teen fare. Bedard reintroduces the character with a greater conflict with his scarab/suit and piles on the unfortunate events to set up BB/Jamie Reyes to be a terrifically angst-y character.

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...