Writer Josh Trujillo just blindsided fans in the newest Blue Beetle comic series by killing off the fan-favorite second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, when the mysterious new supervillain ‘Blood Scarab’ made his debut and impaled the hero in his lab. As shocking as this is, Ted Kord is no stranger to death.Each time a superhero dies, it matters a little less. Ted Kord has died numerous times in DC Comics. While Kord’s latest demise is obviously meant to bring some emotional weight to the new Blue Beetle series, it’s hard for it to really matter after Maxwell Lord killed him in 2006. Comic book deaths are always associated with diminishing returns. When a supposedly carefree hero like Blue Beetle has died so many times, it makes it hard for fans to care.Ted Kord’s most impactful death, unsurprisingly, was his very first during the 2005 one-shot story Countdown to Infinite Crisis (by Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, Jesús Saíz, Judd Winick, Ed Benes, Ivan Reis, Rags Morales, Phil Jimenez, Michael Bair and Moose Baumann). The comic issue was a tribute to Ted Kord’s character and countered the common perception that Blue Beetle was a goofy C-list Justice Leaguer. By putting him right in the middle of a major conspiracy involving the secret organization Checkmate, DC Comics forced readers to take him seriously for the first time in decades.RELATED: DC’s Former Editor-In-Chief Shows Off His Blue Beetle Shirt
Writer Josh Trujillo just blindsided fans in the newest Blue Beetle comic series by killing off the fan-favorite second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, when the mysterious new supervillain ‘Blood Scarab’ made his debut and impaled the hero in his lab. As shocking as this is, Ted Kord is no stranger to death.
Each time a superhero dies, it matters a little less. Ted Kord has died numerous times in DC Comics. While Kord’s latest demise is obviously meant to bring some emotional weight to the new Blue Beetle series, it’s hard for it to really matter after Maxwell Lord killed him in 2006. Comic book deaths are always associated with diminishing returns. When a supposedly carefree hero like Blue Beetle has died so many times, it makes it hard for fans to care.
Ted Kord’s most impactful death, unsurprisingly, was his very first during the 2005 one-shot story Countdown to Infinite Crisis (by Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, Jesús Saíz, Judd Winick, Ed Benes, Ivan Reis, Rags Morales, Phil Jimenez, Michael Bair and Moose Baumann). The comic issue was a tribute to Ted Kord’s character and countered the common perception that Blue Beetle was a goofy C-list Justice Leaguer. By putting him right in the middle of a major conspiracy involving the secret organization Checkmate, DC Comics forced readers to take him seriously for the first time in decades.
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