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DC reinvent theJustice League’smost innocent sub as pure incubus fuel . DC ’s multiverse contain many wild variate of its ikon , and they were contribute together to fight down in 2007’sCountdown : Arena . payoff two ofArenasaw various incarnations of the Blue Beetle from across the multiverse stagnate it out in a scrap to the death , and one nightmarish version stood above the eternal sleep .
Countdown : Arena#2 is compose by Keith Champagne and draw by Scott McDaniel . Monarch has brought together several different Blue Beetles to crusade , include Jaime Reyes . A horde of blue insect raven this Jaime version , as he pleads “ stop it ! Stop biting me ” with them . The racy beetles devour Jaime and another alien Blue Beetle hear to help , only for the swarming creatures to enter his mouth and run through him from the inside out .
This Blue Beetle , a indigene of Earth-26 , declares itself the winner .
Blue Beetle Has Always Been a “Fun” Superhero
Yet the Earth-26 Blue Beetle is Anything But Fun
This Blue Beetle is a grim and hair-raising version of one of DC ’s most clean-handed heroes . There have been three Blue Beetles in the primary DC Universe . The first was Dan Garrett , fighting during the Golden Age . He was survey by Ted Kord , a happy - go - favourable industrialist who would go on to have a memorable tenure with the Justice League . After Kord ’s expiry at the oncoming ofInfinite Crisis , the mantle passed to teenager Jaime Reyes . Blue Beetle ’s bequest in the DC Universe is deep , and it extends into the multiverse .
The Blue Beetle fictional character carried an air of innocence and fun , and this was in particular so with the Ted Kord avatar . Ted Kord was Blue Beetleduring the Justice League International era , a time in which traditional League mainstays such as Superman and Wonder Woman were not members . Instead , a number of second - string role , culled from across DC ’s recently consolidated multiverse , stepped up to become the Justice League . This version of the League featured lighter hearted stories , and the bro - mance between Blue Beetle and Booster Gold helped render this flavour .
The Murderous Blue Beetle Hails from the Most Unexpected Place in the DC Multiverse
His Legacy of Evil Stretches Far and Wide
The Blue Beetle of Earth-26 is a stark departure from Ted Kord and Jaime Reyes . Ironically , this homicidal Blue Beetle hails from thesame Earth as Captain Carrot , another character noted for purity and whimsy . The Earth-26 Blue Beetle lacks the intellect and ethics of Kord and Reyes , alternatively opt to merely deluge its dupe and use up them alive . miss the goodness that is a trademark of the Blue Beetle , this nightmare fuel variant was able to obliterate the others and assert its dominance across the multiverse . Terrifyingly enough , he could still be out there , ready to strike at theJustice League .
