Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes Book Three

Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes #3

by Lilah Sturges, Mike Norton (Illustrator)

Genres: Dc Comics, Graphic Novels

352 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2009

About the author

Lilah 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.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.