If there’s
one thing I learned from watching Young Justice: Invasion again is that Jaime
Reyes is a fascinating character. Well, that coupled with Linkara’s
retrospective on the character last year.
He hasn’t
had a great history in comics, both his series were cancelled due to low sales
but they’re trying again, but they have a new gimmick. Ted Kord, the previous
incarnation of the Blue Beetle made his reappearance in the New52, his father
was killed by Lex Luthor in the opening issue. Well, technically he was
blackmailed and the crime syndicate killed him whilst Luthor ignored him but
semantics. Anyway, Ted Kord was a Blue Beetle in previous continuity but it
appeared that they’d retconned it, especially given how young he was in that.
Speaking of
continuity, far as I can tell, this book brushes the previous Blue Beetle
continuity under the rug and sets it on fire for good measure. Given what I’ve
heard about it, I’m not sad about that. We have a fresh start; can they make
good on it? Let’s take a look.
