I still want to add the gutters between the panels, and fix the lettering. Maybe add some highlights to the final image of Ted as the Blue Beetle.
I laid out his opening monologue and opening montage telling and showing his origin like the Arrow and Flash TV shows do.
I used a style I found on kinjamin page.
In my concept Ted Kord, like Marvel's Tony Stark was, is a young CEO of his father's company. Ted's Uncle Jarvis leaves his job in the R&D level to help.
And under Ted's genius inventions (like Steve Jobs) his company has become a successful empire making computers, phones, pads, cars, etc.
He gets a call from his old college roomate, Dan Gerett, who went on to Archeology. He seems to have information about Ted's father's mysterious death.
But when Ted gets to the meeting spot he is suddenly in the middle of a crime scene gangland fight. The resident vigilante "The Blue Beetle" is in the middle of fighting masked thugs in painted vampire masks who call themselves the Madmen. Before Ted knows what to do there is a huge explosion and the "Blue Beetle"
is hit by the blast. When Ted rushes to the strangers aid he finds out it is none other than Dan. Dan tells him that he found out Ted's Uncle Jarvis Kord was behind the murder of Ted's father in order to gain control of the company. And right before his death Dan makes Ted promise to use the magic scarab that gave Dan his powers to become the new Blue Beetle and continue his mission against crime. Ted promises and stays with Dan while he dies in Ted's arms.
Ted has no idea how to get the scarab to work, and finds a man who says he can named John Constantine. He finds out that the scarab isn't magic, it seems alien to John.
Still keeping his promise Ted devotes his time to training (his employees and uncle think he wants to be a UFC fighting) , inventing (getting commissions from the military, police, and so on, to excuse his engineering armor and weapons, and learning about his uncle, and years later (about 8) Ted thinks he might be ready.
He is the Blue Beetle. (like Arrow and Flash we can get flashbacks. While the current story starts now with his first days as Blue Beetle, we flashback to his training and Dan and his Uncle.)
And like the Flash and Arrow our hero is surrounded by a supporting cast. His Uncle Jarvis, his personal assistant Tracy, his mother who has been crippled by grief since Theodore "Ted" Kord Sr.'s death worsening her dementia.
a newly hired assistant (who 35-40 while most of the office, including Ted, are around 25-30) named Michael John Carter who is revealed to actually be from the future,
Dan Garett and Ted's father in flashbacks, cameos by Oliver Queen/Green Arrow and Barry Allen/Flash and their crew... and more added on as the series progresses.
Ted's whole thing from the beginning is he has a strong sense of responsibility to carry on other people's plans. His father's company, his friend's superhero mission, etc.
And he, from the beginning, is devoted to non-lethal tech. His armor and weapons he creates are all non-lethal. And while he uses the best he does patent them and sell the finished tech to the military and police (in a smart way, like saying he "saw the news where the Blue Beetle used this weapon and we need to figure out how to make them, the cops should have this tech.") Also it might be cool if Ted used a voice altering device like Oliver, but it altered his voice to sound like his late friend Dan Garett. To make Dan's enemies think he didn't die. Ted's costume is made of two layers, one is a Kevlar type material that Dan used in his original Beetle costume. Its material like the Flash suit or the Arrow's.
The second layer is the armor like the Atom's. He wears armored: helmet, gloves, shoulder pads, boots, belt, chest/shoulder/back piece, etc. The armor isn't as bulky as the Ray's Atom armor, or the Iron Man armor, so its less protective. It basicely enhances his abilities and strength. His goggles have tech too, different sights, camera, wifi, internet, so many things that allow him to not just see in the dark. His helmet also has the coive modulating device, and mic/phone system.
Although its not pictured I see his gun looking more like the guns used by Judge Dredd and the other judges. Its squarish. It has milti uses.
Flash granade projectiles, rubber and beanbag bullets, taser, a net, tracer darts, and various gasses. It is also rigged to only respond to Ted's DNA.
I chose the actor Collin Hanks, Tom Hanks' son, for Ted Kord because I think he could pull it off and be a great Ted Kord and he seems like he is a big enough/small enough name that they could get him. Plus i could then use Tom Hanks as the father and Tom's brother Jim as the Uncle Jarvis character.
The season one ends with Ted versus his Uncle Jarvis, who was behind not only his father's death but the attack by the Madmen that killed Dan.
It ends with Ted realizing he needs to figure out what he wants. Are his father's company and his friends mission his dreams too?
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