Jaime Reyes is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books
published by DC Comics. Created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and
Cully Hamner, the character made his first appearance in Infinite
Crisis #3 (February 2006).Jaime Reyes is the third character to assume
the mantle of Blue Beetle, but he is substantially different from his
predecessors. Introduced in 1939, the original Blue Beetle, Dan
Garret, was a Fox Comics police officer who fought crime with
superpowers gained by ingesting Vitamin 2X. A revamped version of this
character, archaeologist Dan Garrett, introduced in 1964 by Charlton
Comics drew mystical abilities from an ancient Egyptian scarab.
Published by Charlton Comics and later DC, 1966 creation Ted Kord was
Garret's student who continued his legacy of costumed crime-fighting,
although he had no superpowers.DC's introduction of Jaime Reyes in
2006 retconned and expanded upon the Blue Beetle mythos. Revealed to
be alien in origin, the scarab bonds with Reyes and provides him with
a suit of extraterrestrial armor shortly after Kord's death. Though
only a teenager, Reyes quickly forms a working relationship with
Kord's former teammate and best friend Booster Gold and is inducted
into the Teen Titans and the Justice League.In Infinite Crisis #5
(March 2006), Reyes became Blue Beetle's third incarnation. His own
monthly series debuted two months later with Blue Beetle (vol. 8) #1
(May 2006); it was initially written by Keith Giffen and John Rogers,
with artist Cully Hamner. Giffen left before issue #10 and Rogers took
over full writing duties, joined by new artist Rafael Albuquerque.
Rogers left in issue #25 to concentrate on his television series
Leverage.
published by DC Comics. Created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and
Cully Hamner, the character made his first appearance in Infinite
Crisis #3 (February 2006).Jaime Reyes is the third character to assume
the mantle of Blue Beetle, but he is substantially different from his
predecessors. Introduced in 1939, the original Blue Beetle, Dan
Garret, was a Fox Comics police officer who fought crime with
superpowers gained by ingesting Vitamin 2X. A revamped version of this
character, archaeologist Dan Garrett, introduced in 1964 by Charlton
Comics drew mystical abilities from an ancient Egyptian scarab.
Published by Charlton Comics and later DC, 1966 creation Ted Kord was
Garret's student who continued his legacy of costumed crime-fighting,
although he had no superpowers.DC's introduction of Jaime Reyes in
2006 retconned and expanded upon the Blue Beetle mythos. Revealed to
be alien in origin, the scarab bonds with Reyes and provides him with
a suit of extraterrestrial armor shortly after Kord's death. Though
only a teenager, Reyes quickly forms a working relationship with
Kord's former teammate and best friend Booster Gold and is inducted
into the Teen Titans and the Justice League.In Infinite Crisis #5
(March 2006), Reyes became Blue Beetle's third incarnation. His own
monthly series debuted two months later with Blue Beetle (vol. 8) #1
(May 2006); it was initially written by Keith Giffen and John Rogers,
with artist Cully Hamner. Giffen left before issue #10 and Rogers took
over full writing duties, joined by new artist Rafael Albuquerque.
Rogers left in issue #25 to concentrate on his television series
Leverage.
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