Ted Kord Blue Beetle

ted kord blue beetle. art dick giordano.

the replacement blue beetle created charlton comics, , later published americomics , dc comics, ted kord, former student of dan garrett, genius-level inventor , gifted athlete. kord , garrett investigating kord s uncle jarvis when learned jarvis working create army of androids take on earth. garrett changed blue beetle, killed in battle. died, passed on kord responsibility of being blue beetle, unable pass on mystical scarab.

ted had scarab time, never used it. carried during crisis on infinite earths when chosen monitor protect multiple earths, reacted when attacked; did not give him superpowers.

during death of superman saga, blue beetle , other jla members tried stop doomsday s path of destruction. doomsday displayed near-invulnerability and, while brutally defeating league, put blue beetle coma. upon recovery, continued tenure jla offshoot, extreme justice.

blue beetle discovered renewed checkmate organization led maxwell lord, database containing information on every metahuman on earth. captured , executed single gunshot head. before dying, had used scarab in attempt contact shazam, forced leave wizard shazam in rock of eternity when wizard sent him earth.

some time later, booster gold, along jaime, dan, , black beetle in guise of blue beetle future, travels in time rescue kord moments before death.