So I always say that if I had one character that I would take and write, it would be Blue Beetle (Jaime). I had some very general ideas and i thought about it a little and here are the very basic ideas I have so far. The Recruitment and Legacy story arcs probably sound very familiar, but it's important for Beetle so it had to be implemented.

So here are my bare bone ideas thus far.

Blue Beetle

The Drawing Board

Goals of my run on Blue Beetle:

• · Make Blue Beetle a recognizable character, one that has to struggle to become strong and a master of his own immense power but can take on the toughest of foes alongside the well-known heroes
• · Make him a Titan again
• · Establish a small rogues gallery
• · Introduce Ted Kord, and the legacy of the Blue Beetle
• · Flesh out his Latino heritage
• · Give Jaime both cosmic and earth stories

Story Arc Ideas:

Cursed:

Jaime is with his family in El Paso handling minor threats until The Distorter (a new character) enters the city in search of Khaji-Da. Although Jaime has taken on many opponents, is he prepared to take on a scientist and master of dark magic?

The Distorter, an astronomer and theoretical scientist named Abel Wolfe long ago discovered the existence of The Reach and the potential of the scarabs, well before Jaime to the mantle of Blue Beetle. In hopes of researching the scarab to make earth a hyper-advanced civilization, Abel decides to hunt the one scarab he knows of, Khaji-Da. Understanding that he alone needed to hunt down a scarab; Abel underwent years of training in black magic to combat The Reach which he now puts to use.

Jaime manages to fend off The Distorter, but the magician, in hopes that the Blue Beetle will see reason, lays a curse on Jaime’s little sister. In a year, she will die unless the scarab is forfeited. The Distorter, sympathizing with Jaime’s simple mind and attachment with the scarab gave Jaime plenty of time to decide, knowing that he ultimately will win.

*The Distorter in my head looks like a simple man, with just a tiny flare of emo/punk vibe. He wears a simple classy hat on top of his punk-esque outfit.

*The interactions with his cursed sister should give us room to explore Jaime’s family and Latino heritage

Recruitment:

Red Robin, fully aware of Blue Beetle’s existence finally decides to pay a visit with the Titans after hearing about the big battle with The Distorter. Red Robin interrogates Jaime, in which Jaime reveals his secrets. After Red Robin lectures Jaime on the need to train himself better, a threat enters El Paso. Cinderblock makes an appearance as he dares to challenge the famous Teen Titans and their new friend, Blue Beetle.

After their first encounter with Cinderblock, Jaime acknowledges that he needs training and undergoes his first rounds of training with the titans. When Cinderblock realizes that Titans are still active, he returns to finish the job. The titans succeed and offer Jaime membership into the titans. Blue Beetle agrees and finally becomes a titan. Red Robin lets Beetle know that the titans will always be there in case is solo job gets too much to handle.

Legacy:

Confused as to how The Distorter could have known about the Reach before the scarab bonded to Jaime, Beetle decides to research the past. He then realizes that there were other Blue Beetle unlike him before; upon learning this Jaime searched for Ted Kord to get answers. After some time he finds Ted Kord and is told everything. An old and bothersome villain of Ted’s past (*firefist maybe?) hears that the new Beetle is in town and he wants a try.

Although Jaime could handle the situation fairly easily, Ted takes the opportunity to teach Jaime how to think, strategize, and understand people/things before approaching the enemy. This is the first step in teaching Jaime how to think and fight smart. Upon winning, Jaime promises to uphold the legacy and train himself to be the hero the world needs.

I will try to keep thinking of some ideas, but those would be the first 3 arcs. Let me know what you think. For the record, I didn't read when Ted was reintroduced into the New 52 so what I wrote may not correspond to his current status quo.