Blue Beetle, Vol. 4 (34 issues)

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#32 Boundaries, Part 4: Backstory [December 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
Matthew Sturges
Artist
Andre Coelho
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Sal Ciprano
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Rachel Gluckstern
Characters
Peacemaker (Christopher Smith)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#31 Boundaries, Part 3: Primun Non Nocere [November 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
Matthew Sturges
Artist
Andre Coelho
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Travis Lanham
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Rachel Gluckstern
Characters
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
La Dama (Tia Amparo)
Dr. Mid-Nite (Pieter Cross)
Dr. Polaris (Neal Emerson)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#30 Boundaries, Part Two: Exposed Wires [October 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
Matthew Sturges
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Steve Wands
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Rachel Gluckstern
Characters
Anubis
La Dama (Tia Amparo)
Damper
Scour
Thump
Devil Dog
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
Nichol
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
Cinetica
#29 Boundaries, Part One: Crossing the Line [September 2008]
Edition: Direct Edition
Front
Credits
Writer
Matthew Sturges
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Travis Lanham
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Rachel Gluckstern
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
Peacemaker (Christopher Smith)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: Jaime is growing to realize that he's learned a lot, and become much more confident in his roll as the Blue Beetle. But he's shocked when a gang of heavily armed illegal immigrants he helped to capture break out of police custody, exhibiting super powers.

With the Scarab unable to track them, Jaime's going to have to track them down the old-fashioned way.
#28 Brutus, The Beast of El Paso [August 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
Will Pfeifer
Penciller
David Baldeon
Inker
Steve Bird
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Steve Wands
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Rachel Gluckstern
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
Hector
Peacemaker (Christopher Smith)
Danni Garrett
Dr. Mephistoeles
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#27 Black Magic Woman [July 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
Will Pfeifer
Penciller
David Baldeon
Inker
Steve Bird
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Travis Lanham
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Rachel Gluckstern
Characters
Nadia
Paco Ortiz
Hector
Girl 13 (Traci Thirteen)
Mr. Tolbert
Boswell
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#26 El Escarabajo Azul [June 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
Jai Nitz
Penciller
Mike Norton
Inker
Trevor Scott
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Rob Leigh
Cover Artist
Zack Howard
Cover Colorist
Brad Anderson
Editor
Rachel Gluckstern
Characters
Parasite
Traci 13 (Traci Thirteen)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#25 End Game, Part Four: A Little Help From... [May 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Steve Wands, Steve Wands
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty
Characters
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
Oracle (Barbara Gordon)
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
Fire (Beatriz Bonilla da Costa)
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
Peacemaker (Christopher Smith)
Traci 13 (Traci Thirteen)
Danni Garrett
Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter)
Ice (Tora Olafsdotter)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#24 End Game, Part Three: Outside-In [April 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Travis Lanham
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
Girl 13 (Traci Thirteen)
La Dama (Tia Amparo)
Peacemaker (Christopher Smith)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: The Reach has captured Jaime, and extracted the Scarab from his body. Unbelievably, things are going according to plan. He's been pouring over Ted Kord's notes, and Danielle Garrett's research on her grandfather while trying to refine his relationship with the scarab. Now aboart the Reach's mothership, he prepares to execute his plan to end this conflict once and for all.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Jaime's family is on the run from the Reach's agents. They're on the run, but they're not alone. Jaime has done a lot of good in the American SouthWest, and there are a lot of people willing to fight for him, and his loved ones.
#23 End Game, Part Two: World Tour [March 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Steve Wands, Steve Wands
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: Determined that none of Earth's other heroes will believe him about the Reach's sinister agenda, Jaime decides to try to expose them to the world... alone. All of his study and preparation has taken him to this point... his time with Peacemaker, Ted Kord's notes given to him by Guy Gardener, and his life with his friends and family. But can one man, even assisted by alien technology, defeat a universe-spanning empire?
#22 End Game, Part One: Under Pressure [February 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Travis Lanham
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Peacemaker
La Dama (Tia Amparo)
Danni Garrett
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#21 Ghost of a Chance [January 2008]
Front
Credits
Writer
Justin L. Peniston
Artist
Andy Kuhn
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Pat Brosseau
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Paco Ortiz
Spectre (Crispus Allen)
Girl 13 (Traci Thirteen)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: When the Spectre brings God's vengeance to a prison in New Mexico, as the area's resident super-hero it falls to Jaime to find a way to stop him. But for a threat on the scale of the Spectre, the Scarab's only combat options are ones that would devastate the city, if not the world. Jaime will be forced to find a way to stop God's Vengeance, not as a superhero, but as a man.
#20 The Sinestro Corps War, Fear To Live [December 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Peacemaker
Nadia
Hector
Green Lantern (Brik)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: As the Sinestro Corps War rages, Peacemaker is approached by a Sinestro ring, attracted to the scarab he has buried within him. The Reach realize that the ring is attracted to it and decide to activate Peacemaker's scarab, allowing him to become, in effect, a Sinestro ring-powered Beetle.Blue Beetle investigates and finds his friend possessed by both the scarab and the ring and is attacked by him, saved only by the arrival of the Green Lantern, Brik who, as an enemy of both the Reach and the Sinestro Corps is content to let Blue Beetle and Peacemaker kill each other. Beetle convinces her that Guy Gardner has already spoken with him and together they distract the Peacemaker long enough to allow Beetle to infiltrate his mind where, both he and the Peacemaker discover, the Beetle demonstrates its autonomy by defeating the mental version of the Peacemaker's scarab. With the Sinestro ring and the Reach's scarab defeated, Peacemaker makes the decision to physically remove the scarab from his spine, and act which wounds him terribly and may lead to his death.
#19 Hard Truths [November 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
Keith Giffen, John Rogers
Artist
David Baldeon
Inker
Steve Bird
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Pat Brosseau
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Peacemaker
Nadia
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
Hector
La Dama (Tia Amparo)
Giganta (Doris Zuel)
Traci 13 (Traci Thirteen)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: Peacemaker continues his training of Blue Beetle, teaching him about pressure points on the human body before they are interrupted by an explosion at La Dama's house. Beetle and Peacemaker rush to the scene with Beetle concerned for La Dama's niece - and his best friend - Brenda. Brenda, though, is at the house of Hector and Nadia who act as Team Blue, providing intelligence for Beetle. Having discovered them, Brenda gets into their house only to find that they are monitoring her home. At La Dama's house, Beetle and Peacemaker arrive to find Giganta destroying the place. Brenda watches on the monitors as Beetle rescues her aunt only for both of them to be caught by Giganta. As Beetle asks for a tactic to defeat her, Brenda offers one over the intercom. Both Beetle and La Dama realise she now knows the truth about her aunt being the crime boss, La Dama. Understandably, Brenda storms from the house, convinced her friends have been lying to her.After Peacemaker tells Beetle Giganta's size changing is magically based, Beetle contacts Traci Thirteen for help. With her knowledge, he works out a plan and has Peacemaker identify Giganta's pressure points while he hits them as hard as he can, bringing her down. La Dama and Beetle realize they both need to talk with Brenda but in the meantime he has Nadia and Hector speak with her and then sends his mother to comfort her.
#18 Away Game [October 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque, Dan Davis, David Baldeon
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Pat Brosseau
Cover Artist
Cully Hamner
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Paco Ortiz
Oracle (Barbara Gordon)
Lobo
Ravager (Rose Wilson)
Robin (Tim Drake)
Alina
Kid Devil (Eddie Bloomberg)
Miss Martian (M'Gann M'Orzz)
Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark)

Plot: Blue Beetle and the Teen Titans both attend the launch of a space rocket for different reasons - Beetle has discovered it contains some anti-Reach technology while the Titans, acting on information from Batman, are keen to see it launched. They team up and battle Lobo who had been hired by the Reach. Having defeated him, the launch goes ahead and Robin invites Beetle to Titans Tower.
#17 ... Something In The Water [September 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Pat Brosseau
Cover Artist
Cully Hamner
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Paco Ortiz
Typhoon (David Drake)
Alina
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: While rescuing people from freak weather in Mexico, Jaime encounters Typhoon, a super-powered mercenary with a penchant for attacking large corporations. But when Typhoon unleashes the weather on the innocents that Jaime was attempting to save, even the Blue Beetle isn't fast enough to save them all. Can Jaime save the innocents and manage to take down Typhoon?
#16 Total Eclipso: The Heart [August 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Cully Hamner
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Paco Ortiz
Girl 13 (Traci Thirteen)
Alina
Eclipso (Jean Loring)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: Fate introduces Jaime Reyes to Girl 13, Traci Thirteen, when Eclipso strikes close to home. Kidnapping Alina with the purpose of using her as a new host, Eclipso crosses The Posse, the group of wild magic users that Jaime has befriended. When Traci hits a dead end, she finds Jaime, hoping that together they might stand a chance against the might of Eclipso.
#15 Someone To Watch Over Me [July 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
J. Torres
Artist
Freddie E. Williams II
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Cully Hamner
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Livewire (Leslie Willis)
Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: Worried by his knowledge of The Reach, and concerned of the possible consequences that these aliens are the source of his powers, Jaime decides to visit S.T.A.R. Labs to see if they can help him determine the extent of his powers. But when Livewire, also spending time at S.T.A.R. labs, begins to pick up the scarab's electromagnetic emissions, she attacks to try to quiet it. Can Jaime defend himself from someone who is able to actually drain the scarab's energy right out of him? And will he find the guidance he needs here?
#14 Mr. Nice Guy [June 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Penciller
Rafael Albuquerque
Inker
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Cully Hamner
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Guy Gardner
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: Green Lantern Guy Gardner seeks out Blue Beetle, attempting to explain why at their first meeting he was so eager to attack him. He reveals that the Reach, the aliens who constructed the Beetle's armour, were once foes of the Guardians of The Universe and the GL's rings and the Reach's armour - both being semi-sentient - have a mutual dislike of each other.Confronting the Reach's spokesman, both Beetle and Gardner realise that until the aliens perform a hostile act with witnesses, there is little they can do.
#13 Defective [May 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Penciller
David Baldeon
Inker
Dan Davis
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: Peacemaker and Blue Beetle discuss the origins of the scarab with the Reach aliens who claim that they come in peace and that the scarab, and the database that Peacemaker has in his head, are both broken. Aboard their ship, however, the Reach reveal that they are interested in the Earth solely for monetary gains and, in order to test the Beetle and Peacemaker, the Reach infect dozens of people with scarabs. When the heroes arrive to fight them, only they can see the armour the scarabs manifest. Beetle uses his scarab to contact the others and overides their basic programming, offering them free will. When the Reach see this, they recall all the scarabs, returning the people to their normal state.The Reach contact Beetle and admit that they are planning to take the world; by the time he can tell anyone, they have been accepted by the US as friends.The issue ends with the reveal that Peacemaker, probably without knowing it, has a scarab of his own.
#12 Meet the New Boss [April 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: Having returned from outer space, Blue Beetle plans to keep a low profile. However, Peacemaker involves him in tracking down aliens that have been causing havoc and they eventually find them. The aliens claim to be from The Reach and to be somehow connected with the Beetle's scarab and Peacemaker.
#11 The Guns of Forever [March 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Pat Brosseau
Cover Artist
Rafael Albuquerque
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
La Dama (Tia Amparo)
Lonar
Metron
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#10 Should've Taken That Left Turn At Albuquerque [February 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers, Keith Giffen
Artist
Cully Hamner, Rafael Albuquerque
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Cully Hamner
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
La Dama (Tia Amparo)
Lonar
Diviner (Tessa Molleng A-Conrad)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#9 Inside Man [January 2007]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers, Keith Giffen
Artist
Duncan Rouleau
Colorist
Rachel Gluckstern
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Duncan Rouleau
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Fire (Beatriz Bonilla da Costa)
Peacemaker (Christopher Smith)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#8 Road Trip [December 2006]
Front
Credits
Writer
Keith Giffen, John Rogers
Penciller
Cully Hamner
Inker
Casey Jones
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Jared K. Fletcher
Cover Artist
Duncan Rouleau
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Peacemaker (Christopher Smith)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#7 Infinite Crisis, Brother's Keeper [November 2006]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers
Artist
Cully Hamner
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Duncan Rouleau
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
Green Lantern (John Stewart)
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Peacemaker (Christopher Smith)
Metamorpho (Rex Mason)
Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance)
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#6 Secrets, Part Two [October 2006]
Front
Credits
Writer
Keith Giffen, John Rogers
Penciller
Kevin J. West, Cyndy Martin
Inker
Phillip Moy, Jack Purcell
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Duncan Rouleau
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Editor in Chief
Dan DiDio
Characters
La Dama (Tia Amparo)
Phantom Stranger
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Plot: Jaime, and the members of the Posse have finally located the site where La Dama is holding onto many of the street kids in El Paso who have developed super powers. These kids are inheritors of the magic that was liberated with the death of the Ninth Age of Magic during the Infinite Crisis.When a couple of the kids attack Jaime and his friends, the situation gets out of control. Only the arrivals of both La Dama and the Phantom Stranger at the compound restore order. Jaime and the Posse convince many of the kids staying at the compound to leave, but La Dama's got information that could threaten Jaime's career as a super-hero even as it begins.
#5 Secrets, Part One [September 2006]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers, Keith Giffen
Artist
Duncan Rouleau
Penciller
Duncan Rouleau
Inker
Duncan Rouleau
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Penciller
Duncan Rouleau
Cover Inker
Duncan Rouleau
Cover Colorist
Guy Major
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Oracle (Barbara Gordon)
Phantom Stranger
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#4 Person Of Interest [August 2006]
Front
Credits
Writer
Keith Giffen, John Rogers
Penciller
Cully Hamner
Inker
Cully Hamner
Colorist
Guy Major
Letterer
Pat Brosseau
Cover Penciller
Cully Hamner
Cover Inker
Cully Hamner
Cover Colorist
David Self
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Oracle (Barbara Gordon)
Diviner (Tessa Molleng A-Conrad)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#3 The Past is Another Country [July 2006]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers, Keith Giffen
Penciller
Cyndy Martin
Inker
Phillip Moy
Colorist
David Self
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Penciller
Duncan Rouleau
Cover Inker
Duncan Rouleau
Cover Colorist
David Self
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#2 Can't Go Home Again [June 2006]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers, Keith Giffen
Penciller
Cully Hamner
Inker
Cully Hamner
Colorist
David Self
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Penciller
Cully Hamner
Cover Inker
Cully Hamner
Cover Colorist
David Self
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#1C Blue Monday [May 2006]
Edition: 3rd Printing
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers, Keith Giffen
Penciller
Cully Hamner
Inker
Cully Hamner
Colorist
David Self
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#1B Blue Monday [May 2006]
Edition: 2nd Printing
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers, Keith Giffen
Artist
Cully Hamner
Colorist
David Self
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Artist
Cully Hamner
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Brenda Delveccio
Paco Ortiz
Ernesto Reyes
Bianca Reyes
Milagro Reyes
Probe
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
#1A Blue Monday [May 2006]
Front
Credits
Writer
John Rogers, Keith Giffen
Penciller
Cully Hamner
Inker
Cully Hamner
Colorist
David Self
Letterer
Phil Balsman
Cover Penciller
Cully Hamner
Cover Inker
Cully Hamner
Cover Colorist
David Self
Editor
Joan Hilty-Gomez
Characters
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
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