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Category: Blue Beetle

  • Blue Beetle 3 (January 2012)

    So the evil Mexican American woman isn’t just a mob boss… she’s a witch. Okay. I guess it’s not a traditional stereotype. Right? There’s some really hideous art from Guara and Mayer this issue. The Blue Beetle costume looks boring, which isn’t hideous just bad design. No, peoples heads are strange sizes in comparison to…

  • Blue Beetle 2 (December 2011)

    This DC relaunch has worn me down to the point I don’t like making fun of bad comics anymore. I can’t even get interested in mocking Bedard’s lousy dialogue. He’s so painfully trying to invite teenagers to read the book, I’m shocked there aren’t stories about him passing the books out at high schools. But…

  • Blue Beetle 1 (November 2011)

    I’m not sure who the target audience is for Blue Beetle. I assume DC has a Hispanic teenage superhero as a gateway (“See, we have this character who’s like you! Now, buy all our Batman books too!”). But, not being Hispanic, I can’t really comment on Tony Bedard’s approach. Maybe Mexican-Americans really do slip into…