The DCU's Beetleborg!
A new Blue Beetle for a new age, this is why this beetle has his own series. A series that is being used as an accessible point because of the 52. The Blue Beetle is now a sci-fi series with Tony Bedard writing it in his Green Lantern voice.
The story was entertaining setting up the alien scarab mythos and how a teenage boy would obtain it. This is a Blue Beetle that feels like a rip-off of the Beetleborgs, but since this books' target market might barely remember Beetleborgs or never saw it on T.V. it is okay this is a clone of the concept.
For those who followed DC before the 52 might be familiar with the origin of the current beetle so this comics is entertaining, but nothing new and ground breaking.
There was a lot of Spanish and the setting was to highlight the community in which Jaime Reyes (The Blue Beetle) lives in. The settings was rich and the environments felt vivid, so getting lost in Bedard's narrative is possible.
I like Bebard's sci-fi voice and the concepts are entertaining, but I wasn't sold on Jamie before 52, still not sold on him now. I guess I remember my Beetleborg and Ted Kord too much to love this. The potential for exciting things are in this book, I can see it, I just don't see myself reading it monthly.
Cheers
- Silkcuts
