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Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes #3
Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes Book Three
- GenresDc ComicsGraphic Novels
352 pages, Paperback
First published February 25, 2009
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Lilah Sturges
181 books114 followersLilah Sturges is an American writer of comics and fantasy novels. She is best known for co-writing with Bill Willingham the Eisner-award-nominated Jack of Fables, and other comics published by Vertigo Comics / DC Comics.
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September 28, 2026
This was a good collection of stories, I do feel as though you could end your reading with the second book and not miss anything while still getting a satisfying ending in that book. However you do get more of Jaimes adventures here and I had a good time with the first two books that although this wasn’t as good I still had fun reading this.
June 21, 2026
So you finished the story and want more Blue Beetle? Enter the DLC Post-Story content!
If you enjoyed the first two books, this is certainly more of the same but with a lot more humor, especially coming from Peacemaker and the Titans. However, you can tell the story was cut short and the writers had to rush the ending of their next big arc; which is tragic as the start and build up was great. This also proved more episodic than the previous stories. We have what can best be described as side quests and two DLC missions, the last being a mod of cut content reedited back into the game. Sorry for the video game analogues. They were the best I could think of.
One notable side mission and bit of advice: The first issue is almost entirely in Spanish. If you don't speak Spanish, the translation is in the very back of the book. I know enough Spanish to get the gist of the dialogue (which was hilarious), but if you hate foreign languages... firstly: Racist. Secondly, now you know where to find the closed captions.
Now for the two expansion packs: "Boundaries" and "Black and Blue"
Boundaries explores immigration, both legal and illegal, with a degree of nuance. What do I mean by that? I have an idea of what side Sturges takes on the issue, BUT she does a good job representing the other side by having a main character hold and argue for said view. They even have a scene with a boarder patrolman and an immigrant getting along and understanding the other. Aside from the politics, I loved the humor in this story, especially Peacemaker realizing all his superhero allies are teens who he can't have a beer with.
The final loose meta story, which was certainly cut short, which was the biggest tragedy of all. The writers even directly mention this in the final pages. I certainly wanted to see the dark turn the story was taking and the origins and plans of Black Beetle. I won't say any more on that, because there are a lot of twists and turns that were amazing and surprisingly emotional.
In short, if you want more Jaime Reyes, this a fun collection that is tragically cut short by the editors, despite some really cool stuff clearly planned down the pipeline.
If you enjoyed the first two books, this is certainly more of the same but with a lot more humor, especially coming from Peacemaker and the Titans. However, you can tell the story was cut short and the writers had to rush the ending of their next big arc; which is tragic as the start and build up was great. This also proved more episodic than the previous stories. We have what can best be described as side quests and two DLC missions, the last being a mod of cut content reedited back into the game. Sorry for the video game analogues. They were the best I could think of.
One notable side mission and bit of advice: The first issue is almost entirely in Spanish. If you don't speak Spanish, the translation is in the very back of the book. I know enough Spanish to get the gist of the dialogue (which was hilarious), but if you hate foreign languages... firstly: Racist. Secondly, now you know where to find the closed captions.
Now for the two expansion packs: "Boundaries" and "Black and Blue"
Boundaries explores immigration, both legal and illegal, with a degree of nuance. What do I mean by that? I have an idea of what side Sturges takes on the issue, BUT she does a good job representing the other side by having a main character hold and argue for said view. They even have a scene with a boarder patrolman and an immigrant getting along and understanding the other. Aside from the politics, I loved the humor in this story, especially Peacemaker realizing all his superhero allies are teens who he can't have a beer with.
The final loose meta story, which was certainly cut short, which was the biggest tragedy of all. The writers even directly mention this in the final pages. I certainly wanted to see the dark turn the story was taking and the origins and plans of Black Beetle. I won't say any more on that, because there are a lot of twists and turns that were amazing and surprisingly emotional.
In short, if you want more Jaime Reyes, this a fun collection that is tragically cut short by the editors, despite some really cool stuff clearly planned down the pipeline.
March 22, 2026
3.5. Definitely an overall downgrade from the Rogers run but still worth reading. I think it’s a shame the rebooted scarab plotline had to be done in that Booster Gold backup because it could have been something pretty interesting given more time and development. The final issue is an interesting parallel to issue 20 and I would have loved to see a continuation and see Jaime grappling with it a lot more, alas when a cancellation happens there’s not much you can do!
The immigration plotline isn’t handled fantastically to be honest. Like it’s well meaning but having Peacemaker join border control is an odd choice given his character arc in the previous run and it makes Jaime seem more naive on the issue of immigration than he reasonably should be as the son of two Mexican immigrants in a city on the border whose population is 80% Latino. The Sturges run does however manage to keep consistent characterisation and it is pretty funny which I do like to see. Some of the interactions between Peacmaker and the Teen Titans (especially Tim) are hilarious.
I do really like issue 28 though!!!! I think it’s such a good continuation of the themed featured in the Rogers run as well as being a fantastic single issue. Plus the issue in Spanish is a nice touch, it has some of the funniest scarab lines as well lmao. The Rogers run is one of my favourite comic runs of all time so it’s a tough act to follow and while parts of this comic don’t quite meet the mark, there are lots of moments I like.
The immigration plotline isn’t handled fantastically to be honest. Like it’s well meaning but having Peacemaker join border control is an odd choice given his character arc in the previous run and it makes Jaime seem more naive on the issue of immigration than he reasonably should be as the son of two Mexican immigrants in a city on the border whose population is 80% Latino. The Sturges run does however manage to keep consistent characterisation and it is pretty funny which I do like to see. Some of the interactions between Peacmaker and the Teen Titans (especially Tim) are hilarious.
I do really like issue 28 though!!!! I think it’s such a good continuation of the themed featured in the Rogers run as well as being a fantastic single issue. Plus the issue in Spanish is a nice touch, it has some of the funniest scarab lines as well lmao. The Rogers run is one of my favourite comic runs of all time so it’s a tough act to follow and while parts of this comic don’t quite meet the mark, there are lots of moments I like.
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December 19, 2025
Another fun volume of adventures featuring everyone's (well mine anyway) favourite Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes as he battles giant robots, juggles complicated relationships, and tries to figure out where he stands when it comes to illegal immigrants.
I'm a big fan of Blue Beetle, he's the kind of reluctant teen hero we've seen a lot from, but he's usually a pretty likeable guy with an interesting cast of characters. I like that the writers try to use the old Charlton Comics characters rather than always relying on the more well known DC variety.
The artwork varies but overall is very good.
I'm a big fan of Blue Beetle, he's the kind of reluctant teen hero we've seen a lot from, but he's usually a pretty likeable guy with an interesting cast of characters. I like that the writers try to use the old Charlton Comics characters rather than always relying on the more well known DC variety.
The artwork varies but overall is very good.
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