Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle
Portion of the variant cover art of Infinite Crisis #5 (April 2006). Art by Jim Lee.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	As Jaime Reyes: Infinite Crisis #3 (February 2006) As Blue Beetle: Infinite Crisis #5 (April 2006)
Created by	Keith Giffen John Rogers Cully Hamner
In-story information
Full name	Jaime Reyes
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Justice League Justice League International Teen Titans Young Justice Secret Six
Partnerships	Batman Booster Gold Traci Thirteen
Notable aliases	Blue Beetle, Scarab
Abilities	See list Reach Scarab armored suit grants: Flight Superhuman strength and durability Melee weapon production Translation of alien languages Energy pulse shield projection Ability to create and unleash powerful hand blasts/beams Sound manipulation Technomorphy Pyrokinesis & Mechanokinesis Mind link with the Scarab due to his bond with Khaji Da

Jaime Reyes is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner,^[1] the character made his first appearance in Infinite Crisis #3 (February 2006). Jaime Reyes is the third character to assume the mantle of Blue Beetle, but is substantially different from his predecessors.

Introduced in 1939, the original Blue Beetle, Dan Garret, was a Fox Comics police officer who fought crime with superpowers gained by ingesting Vitamin 2X. A revamped version of this character, archaeologist Dan Garrett, introduced in 1964 by Charlton Comics drew mystical abilities from an ancient Egyptian scarab. Published by Charlton Comics and later DC, 1966 creation Ted Kord was Garret's student who continued his legacy of costumed crime-fighting, although he had no superpowers.

DC's introduction of Jaime Reyes in 2006 retconned and expanded upon the Blue Beetle mythos. Revealed to be alien in origin, the scarab bonds with Reyes and provides him with a suit of extraterrestrial armor shortly after Kord's death. Though only a teenager, Reyes quickly forms a working relationship with Kord's former teammate and best friend Booster Gold and is inducted into the Teen Titans and the Justice League.

Jaren Brandt Bartlett portrayed the character in a 2011 episode of the television series Smallville, and Xolo Maridueña portrayed the character in the 2023 live-action film Blue Beetle, set in the DC Extended Universe, and will continue to play the character in the rebooted DC Universe (DCU) franchise.