Blue Beetle No. 1 brings Jaime Reyes, the teenager with the alien armor, into DC Comics' "New 52" with a streamlined origin story designed to introduce the Golden Age character to new readers. Underwire and GeekDad have the exclusive preview for the issue, which ships Wednesday.
"We start with an alien empire called The Reach sending one of their Scarab units to Earth to conquer it," Blue Beetle writer Tony Bedard told GeekDad, describing the first issue of the series, which is part of DC Comics' massive campaign to reboot its stable of superheroes for the 21st century.
"The unit is supposed to bond with a planet’s dominant life form, encase it in super-powerful intelligent armor, and then conquer that world for the Reach. But Jaime’s armor was damaged in a way that prevents it from assuming full control of its host. So now Jaime and his living armor have to learn to work together. Jaime is always trying to get this alien weapons system to learn the difference between good and bad. The armor is always trying to get Jaime to conquer the world. Excitement and hilarity ensue."
Joining Bedard for the Blue Beetle art chores is the extremely talented Ig Guara. As promised in GeekDad's interview with Bedard, Wired.com is proud to present the first four pages of the new series. You can read the first two pages of Blue Beetle No. 1 on GeekDad. Then come back to Underwire to read Pages 3 and 4 (below).
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