Iyo: The Most Underrated Or Underused Character In Comics

[CBikle]

It'd be nice to see this series released in TPB form (maybe even with the Freedom Fighters crossover cliffhanger ending which was never resolved because both books were cancelled as part of the "DC Implosion".

[Hugh Neilson]

It'd be nice to see this series released in TPB form (maybe even with the Freedom Fighters crossover cliffhanger ending which was never resolved because both books were cancelled as part of the "DC Implosion".

Do you mean the JSA cliffhanger? SSoSV #15 ended as they took out a couple of the weaker JSA members. The stronger members ultimately defeated them (off-panel) which they noted when they next appeared in JLA.

[Enforcer84]

Blue Shield, I was just reminded of him in my Marvel Second Stringers thread.

[JmOz]

Blue Beetle. He should be the Reed Richards of DC but instead he's often designated as "fat guy." That's just crap, it's the only problem I have with Kieth Giffen. It was a funny subplot, for maybe a year, but he should have cleaned it up quicker. Beetle was the fat kid of DC for two decades and I'm sure some writer who loved the idea is going to make him fat again. I don't mind Beetle being the comic relief as long as he's the smart half of him and Booster Gold. But being comic relief doesn't mean you lose your technical genius, in fact, many technical genius types double as comic relief in fiction. Chuck Dixon gave Beetle respect and then Giffen wrote another Justice League series. I like Giffen's league so I picked it up, hoping he wouldn't undue all the good work Dixon had done. I was pleased, he was very respectful of Beetle's new outlook on life, but I got a bad feeling about any future Formerly Known as the Justice League series. Identity crisis kind of screwed up the current FKJL team since Elongated Man isn't going to be very big on adventuring for a little while.

Me and a friend were talking about Beetle and his recent demice (and inevertable return to life). One idea we had was that he gets restored via the Blue Beetle (The artifact), when he is restored he becomes bulletproof, superstrong, can fly. These powers would be at the low end of the spectrom for DC. Then you have a character combining Batman like skills and superman like powers, kind of make him an amagram of the two, but at a lesser power level...

[Enforcer84]

That'd be cool.

[freakboy6117]

blue beetle became my favorite DC character batman without the angst brave noble genius but still fun loving and a little off the wall. he chose not to get have super powers chose to fight crime only with his natural abilities liek gaining mystical powers would make him less than he was notr more.

i was very sad when they killed him but it was a good death better than those in identity crisis. even though im a hueg ted kord fan i hope he stays dead.

the essence of his character was that he was a normal guy who chose to do the right thing without super powers. he shouln't come back from the dead he should be replaced by a new blue beetle another young man who hones his body and his mind to do good a novice hero learning his way.

[csyphrett]

I believe that Sasha Bordeuax is going to be the new Blue Beetle.
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[Enforcer84]

I believe that Sasha Bordeuax is going to be the new Blue Beetle.
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Who?

[freakboy6117]

sasha bordeux was bruce wayne's body guard during the bruce wayne murderer/fugative saga when she discovered hsi secret bruce ws forced to bring her into the cave. she was arrested as an accomplise to bruce wayne for the murder of vespa fairchild(?) and whilst in prison and liable to go to jail for the murder she was recruited by the covert agency checkmate.

but she'd be a lousy beetle she could easily become a DC equivilent to blackwidow but the blue beetle identity doesn't lend its self to martial arts spy capers.

[Enforcer84]

Is she the one that was beating on that other woman agent then?

[Hawksmoor]

That said the Batman is big on redemption (Plastic Man Huntress etc) so he might take it on himself to resurrect the Blue Beatle motif and hand if off to someone like this.

Not that I *know* anything, just speculating.

Hawksmoor

[starblaze]

Excuse me, but just when did the Blue Beetle (Ted Cord) die?
And how?

[Kristopher]

Blue Shield, I was just reminded of him in my Marvel Second Stringers thread.

Didn't he team up with Blue Cross for a while?

[csyphrett]

Excuse me, but just when did the Blue Beetle (Ted Cord) die?
And how?

He was shot in the head by Max Lord in Countdown to Infinite Crisis.
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[csyphrett]

Didn't he team up with Blue Cross for a while?

Ha ha