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59-513: The character first appeared in Mystery Men Comics #1 (August 1939), published by Fox Comics with art by Charles Wojtkoski . Blue Beetle has starred in a comic book series, comic strip and radio serial, but like most Golden Age of Comic Books superheroes, fell into obscurity in the 1950s. The comic book series saw several anomalies in publication: 19 issues, #12 through #30, were published through Holyoke Publishing ; no issue #43

118-461: A daughter named Ariella Kent (R'E'L in Kryptonian). When Spectre came to send Linda back to the post-Crisis era, and return the pre-Crisis to its original state (and replace her with Kara), Linda agreed on the condition that Ariella would be spared. The Spectre agreed to her terms, and when all traces of Linda Danvers' existence were wiped from the pre-Crisis era, Ariella was left alone to wander

177-503: A four-issue Blue Beetle reprint series numbered 18–21. In 1964, during the Silver Age of comics, Charlton revised the character for a new Blue Beetle series. Charlton's new Blue Beetle retained the original's name (adding a second "t"), but no powers or back story, making him a different character. This Beetle was archaeologist Dan Garrett, who obtained a number of superhuman powers (including super strength, x-ray vision, flight, and

236-483: A legendary warrior, and often serves as Darkseid's second-in-command. After Darkseid breaks the pact of peace with New Genesis, the rival planet of Kalibak's home Apokolips , he aids his father in the resulting battles. Kalibak is often pitted against Orion , and after numerous clashes, they learned that they were half-brothers. This fuels Kalibak's hatred of Orion to new levels, for Darkseid clearly respects Orion over his first-born. Unlike Orion, Kalibak secretly craves

295-560: A major source of stability for Kate in the aftermath of the tragedy, and she sought to emulate that for herself and follow him into Army service, which Jacob supported. Thanks to his higher rank, Jacob was able to be more present in Kate's life during this time. He taught Kate how to box when she was a teenager, accompanied her to R-Day at West Point when she was an incoming freshman, and is implied to have given Kate ringside coaching during an academy championship boxing match that helped her win

354-427: A man named Charlie Jarvis, who was abusive and jealous, wanting above all the deed to the family mansion, which she didn't have. When her son came back to kill his last remaining relatives, Charlie became more jealous, as she received strange letters under her maiden name. When Scarecrow comes to her house, he kills Jarvis and was going to kill Karen and her infant daughter when Batman arrives and stops him. Knowing all

413-546: A military base near Gotham City . She seizes chemical weapons from the base and intends to kill everyone in the city by dispersing them from an aircraft. Alice falls into Gotham Bay during her final battle with Batwoman after revealing her identity, and is again presumed dead. In 2011, DC Comics rebooted the DC universe through " The New 52 ". Jacob's history of losing his wife and what happened to Beth remains intact, as well as his support for Kate's campaign as Batwoman. In addition,

472-800: A non-speaking cameo appearance in Justice League: Gods and Monsters . Kalibak appears in Injustice: Gods Among Us #8. He attempts to attack Superman, but is killed by him. Adeline Kane , formerly Adeline Wilson , is best known as both the leader of the criminal organization the H.I.V.E. and the ex-wife of Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke the Terminator . An enemy of the Teen Titans , Adeline first appeared in New Teen Titans #34 (August 1983). She

531-463: A pile of ash. After enough time had passed Darkseid resurrected Kalibak, hoping the boy had learned a lesson. Kalibak later spends some time in an Apokolips prison, on Darkseid's orders. In Orion #1, (June 2000), Darkseid is on Earth when Orion invades Apokolips. Justeen, a servant of DeSaad, releases Kalibak to battle Orion yet again. Kalibak is swiftly subdued, but does not care much as Orion leaves to battle Darkseid and Kalibak hopes to gain power as

590-572: A plan to kill all the superheroes that she could. Her plot ultimately resulted in her death. Vandal Savage put a team together to take advantage of Adeline's plan, intending to take her immortal blood to create a sort of Fountain of Youth potion. With her throat cut, unable to die and yet unable to fully heal, Adeline regained her sanity briefly and pleaded with Slade (who had learned of her involvement and arrived to try and save her) to kill her and reunite her with their children. However, because he still had feelings for her no matter what she had done, he

649-437: A recruitment drive and find willing villains, gaining additional muscle such as Booster Gold and a new Ace android. Kilg%re grew impatient and decided to start using bigger ideas, such as inciting an international incident to distract Justice League International. To do this, he found hidden technologies designed as a monitoring device by Metron . He launched the satellite, which was only defeated by Mister Miracle because he

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708-476: A reporter for the Daily Blade who starred in solo backup stories, and Mike Mannigan, Dan's police partner who believed him to be a criminal. Dr. Franz, a pharmacist and the creator of Dan's bulletproof suit and 2X formula, played a large role in early issues but eventually faded from the cast. The Beetle also had a short-lived kid sidekick, Sparky . During World War II , Garret became a government agent who

767-509: A result. During the universe-wide Genesis incident, Apokolips forces, including Kalibak, invade Earth. In Young Heroes in Love #5, Kalibak and his small squad of Parademons are defeated by Hard Drive. In Death of the New Gods , Kalibak is killed by Infinity-Man . In Final Crisis , Kalibak returns in a tiger-like form before being killed in battle with Tawky Tawny . Kalibak

826-490: A slowed aging process, as well as the ability to fly, travel through time at will, move objects with her mind, teleport, and duplicate herself. Due to her vast level of power and young age, Ariella is not always able to restrain herself. Kilg%re was an electro-mechano-organic intelligence that needed electro-life to survive, as was an enemy of the Wally West/The Flash . and Justice League International . It

885-411: A unique mutation which enabled him to effectively metabolize his serum. Other less fortunate people either died or went insane. For a time, Adeline went underground, slowly losing more and more of her normal cognitive abilities, though none of her tactical skills. She eventually turned herself into the H.I.V.E. Mistress, in her madness focusing on superheroes as the reason for her sons' death and creating

944-579: Is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics . He is the eldest son of Darkseid , half-brother of Orion and Grayven , and an enemy of Superman and the Justice League . Created by Jack Kirby , being debuted with the rest of the New Gods , he first appears in New Gods #1 (February 1971) in the Silver Age of comic books . He is originally and recurrently depicted as

1003-751: Is a mob boss in Gotham City who wears a green snake costume. He is the leader of a criminal group called the Cobra Gang. He makes his first appearance in Batman #139 (April 1961). This version of the King Cobra is a New York City gangster and an enemy to Kent Allard . Willoughby Kipling is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Doom Patrol (vol. 2) #31 and

1062-606: Is a villain in DC Comics primarily of Superman , debuting in Superman Vol. 2 #19 (July 1988) by John Byrne . Professor Thaddeus Killgrave is a mad scientist with dwarfism who would either create technology to fight Superman or sell them to other criminals. He was a frequent collaborator of Intergang in their fight against Superman. There have been at least two different characters named King Cobra in American comic books published by DC Comics . The King Cobra

1121-617: Is briefly glimpsed in DC's 1993 limited series The Golden Age . In issue #0 of the Project Superpowers miniseries, the Fox Feature Syndicate version of the Blue Beetle appeared in flashbacks (as by now the character/spelling "Dan Garret" was in the public domain). To avoid trademark conflicts with DC Comics, he is referred to in this series by the nickname "Big Blue". It was eventually established that

1180-492: Is his niece and Bruce Wayne is his nephew, since Martha Wayne was Jacob's sister. Kane is promoted to colonel and assigned to NATO headquarters in Brussels , Belgium . When the twins turned 12 years old, their mother took them to a restaurant for a birthday dessert, despite Jacob being away due to a security crisis. A terrorist group (later revealed to be the organization known as the " Many Arms of Death " ) kidnapped

1239-439: Is implied this is because his eldest son is the offspring of the one person Darkseid truly loved as well being one of the only few of his followers with genuine loyalty. At one point, Kalibak is desperate enough to confront Orion without Darkseid's consent. Kalibak's scheme fell apart and he kills his accomplice DeSaad, also a servant of Darkseid, to cover his tracks. Darkseid was not pleased when he found out and reduced his son to

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1298-476: Is killed in battle with Jarvis Kord , Ted's evil uncle. Both Blue Beetles reappeared in the third issue of Americomics , a title published by AC Comics in 1983/1984. In the first story in this issue, Ted Kord fought a bogus Dan Garrett, but the second story was more significant. It revealed that the original 1940s Dan was reincarnated as the Silver Age version by an unspecified group of "gods", presumably

1357-567: Is later resurrected following The New 52 continuity reboot. In DC All In , Darkseid kills Kalibak to power the Miracle Machine and harness the Spectre 's energy. As a New God, Kalibak is nigh-immortal and possesses immense physical abilities. He is armed with a Beta-Club, a weapon that fires debilitating force bolts. He can also summon and use aero-disks which allow him to fly. An alternate universe variant of Kalibak makes

1416-678: Is still having adventures somewhere. According to an interview with Newsarama, following the events of Infinite Crisis , Didio stated that the Matrix Supergirl was wiped from existence. However, Geoff Johns later stated in 2006: "As for this…huh? Linda Danvers hasn't been retconned out at all". The Linda Danvers character was used in the 2008 comic Reign in Hell , but the existence of Ariella in current canon has yet to be established. A hybrid of metahuman / Kryptonian heritage, Ariella possesses immense strength, durability, and speed and

1475-416: Is the mother of Jonathan Crane . Karen is the youngest daughter in a long line of Georgia gentry from Arlen. She was raised by her strict mother and grandmother, which led to her having a rebellious youth. Karen meets Gerald Crane, going into a short relationship and later becoming pregnant. She wasn't allowed to raise her child – even the naming was done by her grandmother. Karen moved to Latham, marrying

1534-531: The Batwoman , created by J. H. Williams III and Greg Rucka . Jacob and his wife Gabrielle "Gabi" Kane were both soldiers in the U.S. Army (he was a member of the 3rd Special Forces Group and she part of the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade ), and are the parents of Kate Kane and Beth Kane . The Kanes are Jewish and Jacob inherited vast wealth along with his other siblings. Bette Kane (the superheroine known as Flamebird, and later Hawkfire)

1593-1052: The Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal , the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal , the NATO Medal for Kosovo , the Kuwait Liberation Medal , the Presidential Unit Citation , the Meritorious Unit Commendation , the Army Aviator Badge , the Air Assault Badge , and the Combat Infantryman Badge . Karen Keeny is a character who appears in Year One: Batman/Scarecrow (July 2005). She

1652-655: The Charlton Comics incarnation of the Dan Garrett Blue Beetle made his debut on August 14, 1939. The Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle has met Daniel's granddaughter, Danielle, and Dan himself. In Dark Nights: Death Metal , Dan Garrett is among the deceased superheroes who Batman resurrects with a Black Lantern ring. Dan Garret appears on the cover of a comic book in the Watchmen film tie-in Under

1711-517: The Destroyer of Worlds"), and he was able to use her affection to exert some degree of control over her, and keep the universe safe. Later, she time-traveled to the post-Crisis era, shortly after the "Sins of Youth" storyline, and met her newest playmate, Klarion the Witch Boy (who seemed smitten with the 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 -year-old powerhouse). Her whereabouts are unknown, but it is assumed she

1770-671: The Flash in Salt Lake City, it turned out all the power in the country. The Flash sought the help of Cyborg , who used the Titans ' satellite to relay the message to the governments of the world to shut down all power to kill Kilg%re. This scared it out of the power grid and it weaved a giant mechanical snake across the Utah flats, trying to complete a circuit by catching up with the cloned body of S.T.A.R. Labs' Dr. Schmitz to survive. However,

1829-564: The Flash outraced it, supposedly killing it. After Kilg%re's defeat at the hands of the Flash he appeared to be destroyed, but resurfaced in the form of a sentient computer mind hidden in a self-created computer operating system in a deep cave. When Maxwell Lord was spelunking one day, his then-president had fallen deep into the cave where Kilg%re lay dormant. Sensing a human life, Kilg%re decided to help coax Max into further succeeding his own plans, as well as Max's subconscious plans of self-actualization. To do this, Kilg%re decided to help Max start

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1888-401: The Flash. The Flash unknowingly released it from the limbo it was imprisoned in and it followed him to S.T.A.R. Labs and took over its electrical systems. Kilg%re found the number of machines on Earth ideal for its survival, but humans it deemed distractions and planned to destroy them. It delivered an ultimatum: abandon North America by 12:00 noon on May 10 or be destroyed. During a battle with

1947-1221: The H.I.V.E. Slade vowed to pick up his dead son's contract against the Teen Titans; Adeline promptly interfered; she blamed Slade for Grant's death. Due to Adeline's intervention, Joseph, who had been working with her, joined the Titans as Jericho. Joseph eventually became possessed by the spirits of Azarath. Begging his father to kill him to prevent the corrupted spirits from achieving their purpose, Adeline's only remaining son died at her husband's hand. Adeline found this out from one of her Searchers Inc. agents, rather than from Slade himself, which merely cemented her long-held grudge against her ex-husband. Slade, however, held no grudge against her, keeping an eye out for her safety and attempting to aid her when he thought he could get away with it; e.g., when Adeline had been abducted by her first husband Morel, a.k.a. Count Tavolera, who had poisoned her in an attempt to force her to work with him to discover her ancestor Josiah Kane's treasure. To save Adeline's life, Slade gave her some of his own serum-altered blood. This ended up driving her crazy; Slade's genotype had

2006-769: The Hood . Mystery Men Comics Mystery Men Comics was an anthology American comic book series from the Golden Age of Comic Books published by Fox Feature Syndicate . The series was Fox's second title after the Wonderworld Comics series being first published in August 1939. The series would debut two superheroes in its first issue: the Green Mask and Dan Garret (the first Blue Beetle who would later have his own spinoff series). The first issue

2065-463: The Manhunter. Max eventually learned of Kilg%re's tampering when half of Kilg%re was destroyed by the construct falling through the building that housed Kilg%re. In Kilg%re's fleeting moments, he threw another series of visions designed to tamper with Max's thoughts and implant Kilg%re into another larger system. Max refused and destroyed what was left of Kilg%re's last computing body. Doing so removed

2124-822: The New 52 establishes that an informal group of Jacob's closest friends within the special operations community, known as the Murder of Crows, were the ones Jacob assembled to conduct Kate's Batwoman training. Jacob has been depicted as a highly decorated soldier, appearing with the following awards: the Army Achievement Medal , the Kosovo Campaign Medal , the Afghanistan Campaign Medal , the Iraq Campaign Medal ,

2183-534: The ability to generate energy blasts) from a mystical scarab he found during a dig in Egypt, where it had been used to imprison an evil mummified pharaoh. This version, by writer Joe Gill and artist Tony Tallarico , was played at least initially for camp , with stories like "The Giant Mummy Who Was Not Dead". The Charlton Dan Garrett version of the Blue Beetle ran only until 1966 before his replacement Ted Kord debuted. In Blue Beetle (vol. 5) #2 (August 1967), Garrett

2242-430: The brutish son of Darkseid commonly seeking his affection, as well as second in command of Apokolips and rival to another of Darkseid's sons, Orion . Kalibak's name is derived from Caliban , a character from William Shakespeare 's The Tempest . Kalibak is the first-born son of Darkseid and Suli. His mother Suli is killed by DeSaad , acting under orders from Kalibak's grandmother Queen Heggra . Kalibak becomes

2301-617: The character debuted in Mystery Men Comics #1 (August 1939) and continued through issue #31. He began appearing in his own 60-issue series shortly thereafter. Fox Feature Syndicate sponsored a "Blue Beetle Day" at the 1939 New York World's Fair on August 7, 1940, beginning at 10:30 a.m. and including 300 children in relay-race finals at the Field of Special Events, following preliminaries in New York City parks. The race

2360-432: The character was put on hiatus. A popular character in his era, the Blue Beetle had his own short-lived comic strip , drawn by a pseudonymous Jack Kirby and others, and a radio serial that ran for 48 thirteen-minute episodes. Charlton Comics allegedly obtained the rights to the Blue Beetle (although there is no proof that a formal purchase ever took place) and reprinted some stories in its anthology titles and in

2419-532: The cyborg self-repairing systems in Max's body, which landed him in the hospital. Kilg%re, however, was not completely destroyed. Kilg%re appeared in DC Rebirth ' s Cyborg #1, 2 and 18 and The Flash/ Speed Buggy Special #1. Kilg%re, being a machine, is able to communicate with and disrupt other machines. It is additionally able to move at superhuman speeds and generate electricity. Thaddeus Killgrave

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2478-631: The family during their trip, and Col. Kane led a rescue mission to save them. During the raid, Gabrielle was murdered by the terrorists. The terrorists kidnapped another young girl and murdered her too. Kate, seeing the body of a young girl under a blanket, is left with the impression her sister died. Col. Kane, however, knew that the terrorists had Beth. Despite looking for years, Col. Kane never found Beth. He never told Kate that Beth might still be alive. Col. Kane remarries years later to Hamilton Rifle Company heiress Catherine Hamilton, who becomes Kate's stepmother. Jacob's emotional steadiness proved to be

2537-559: The fight. Kate's resignation from the academy due to DADT allegations took Jacob by surprise, but he immediately accepted her when she came out to him. After Kate became a vigilante, Jacob aided her campaign against crime by organizing her training, designing her Batwoman suit and gear, developing her operational headquarters, and maintaining radio contact with her during patrols to provide information and advice. The Alice persona kidnaps Col. Kane, who immediately recognizes as his now-grown daughter Beth, and uses him to gain access to

2596-400: The kidnapping and near-death of their younger son, Joseph . Enraged and betrayed by Slade's prioritization of his honor code over their son's well-being, Adeline shot her husband and, when he survived, served him with divorce papers. Grant, who had idolized his father, rebelled against his mother and ran away to New York, where he ran into the Titans and ended up dying due to his alliance with

2655-496: The love and respect of his father – something neither he, nor anyone else, can ever hope to attain – and it has been shown that he has a gentle side which is completely submerged under his brutish exterior, and which he consistently and fearfully keeps hidden because on Apokolips, any sign of weakness is subject to the cruelest punishment. For his part, Darkseid is more lenient towards Kalibak's failures than those of his other servants; having slain him, he always returns him to life. It

2714-415: The new Justice League and grow the group into becoming more international. Kilg%re served in a behind-the-scenes role, constantly coaxing and manipulating Max into furthering his plans, such as gaining money, power and cutting-edge technology to give Kilg%re a stronger machine to inhabit. Through such advantages, Kilg%re and Max were able to create a better duplicate of the Justice League signal device, begin

2773-439: The ones responsible for his mystic scarab. The gods subsequently resurrect Dan again and sent him to save Ted Kord. After this adventure, Kord turned the Blue Beetle name back over to Dan. Americomics was canceled after issue #6, and so far this story has never been referenced by any other publisher. The Charlton version of Dan Garrett was spotlighted in the second issue of DC's 1980s Secret Origins series, in which his origin

2832-471: The people he had killed, Karen felt guilty for Jonathan's deeds and contemplated suicide, but talked out of it by Deadman . The character, renamed Karen Crane , appears in Gotham , portrayed by Dorothea Harahan. In addition to being the mother of Jonathan Crane, this version is the wife of Gerald Crane who died in a fire a year prior. As Jonathan was able to rescue her, but became paralyzed with fear, Gerald

2891-495: The universe. Possessing incredible powers at the age of six, Ariella began to play in space, unknowingly causing massive devastation. Her ability to time-travel carried her to the 853rd century, where she saved a planet from destruction by playing with the invaders (and accidentally destroying all of their ships and weapons). She became very attached to alien refugee Dura, who had been fleeing from her since she had nearly destroyed his planet. She called him "Daddy" (he called her "R'E'L,

2950-513: Was also notable for being one of the two comic book issues debuting John Tuska 's work. The series would end in issue #31 in February 1942. Despite this and Fox's cancellation, the superhero Blue Beetle that the series help introduce would live on through Charlton and later DC Comics . This comics -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jarvis Kord Kalibak ( / ˈ k æ l ɪ b æ k / )

3009-587: Was broadcast on the radio station WMCA . Rookie patrolman Dan Garret originally fought crime as the Blue Beetle without the benefit of superhuman abilities. Garret later donned a bulletproof blue costume made of lightweight, yet durable cellulose and temporarily gained superhuman strength and stamina via "Vitamin 2X". Like the Green Hornet , the Blue Beetle would use his signature scarab symbol to bedevil criminals. The supporting cast remained fairly stable throughout this original run and included Joan Mason,

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3068-484: Was brought up as a wealthy jet-setting playgirl, despite being trained by a father who had worked with Chinese guerrilla forces. But after a traumatic first marriage at 19, she joined the U.S. military, where she met, trained, and married Slade Wilson. After Slade left the military, Slade and Adeline took up the socialite lifestyle Adeline had been raised into. Unbeknownst to her, Slade was using his hunting trips to gain clients for his mercenary side job, which resulted in

3127-546: Was created by Mike Baron and Jackson Guice in The Flash Vol. 2 #3 (Aug. 1987). The being itself consumed its entire home planet in the Pleides sector and then moved on into space. It was attacked by something known as Meta#sker and placed into a vibrational limbo. Somehow, it found its way to the flats near Salt Lake City on Earth. It could only be seen by people traveling at high speeds, such as an F-15 pilot or

3186-554: Was inspired to cure him and himself of their fear. Ariella Kent is the Supergirl of the 853rd century. She is a superhero from DC Comics ' Supergirl series. The character first appeared in Supergirl #1,000,000, created by Peter David and Dusty Abell. When Linda Danvers tried to take the place of pre-Crisis Kara Zor-El , she unknowingly won the heart of the pre-Crisis version of Superman . The two married, and had

3245-473: Was often sent overseas on secret missions, but after peace was declared he returned to his former role of neighborhood cop. Blue Beetle's powers slowly increased over time, eventually giving him the ability to fly and X-ray vision among other bizarre powers that changed between issues. However, when superheroes fell out of vogue in the late 1940s, Fox started to downplay his superhero powers and they were removed. His adventures became darker and more violent before

3304-400: Was published; publication frequency varied throughout the run; and there were gaps where issues were not published, with large ones occurring in early 1947 and between mid-1948 and early 1950. In the mid-1950s, Charlton Comics began publishing the character following Fox Comics's bankruptcy. Dan Garret was a son of a police officer killed by a criminal. This Fox Feature Syndicate version of

3363-606: Was retold along with that of Ted Kord. Subsequent appearances by Dan Garrett (in flashback stories) include guest spots or cameos in Infinity, Inc. , Captain Atom , JLA: Year One , and Legends of the DC Universe . The character briefly returned in DC Comics ' first run of Blue Beetle , resurrected by his mystical scarab to battle against his successor. He can also be seen in various flashback stories. His 1940s incarnation

3422-481: Was unable to comply with her request, so Starfire killed her instead. In 2011, The New 52 rebooted the DC universe. In this continuity, Adeline was a US Army squadron leader and drill instructor for Team 7 . She married one of these soldiers, Slade Wilson, after he had a near death experience. Shortly after that, she gave birth to Grant and Joseph Wilson. Jacob Kane is a fictional character appearing American comic books published by DC Comics. Kane debuted in

3481-590: Was used to New God technology. A serious mishap occurred during the Millennium event , in which the Manhunters took over the bodies of those they deemed were close enough to major figures to do damage. One of these Manhunters took over the body of the secretary of Max and, when she delivered coffee to him, she shot him four times. Rushing to Max's safety, Kilg%re promptly eliminated the threat by combining some of his technology with Max to save his life and kill

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