A select number of authors brought that part of the Blue Beetle out to great effect over the years and its too bad he’s “gone” so that people can’t see more of it. He wasn’t a joke, he was the consumate “hero.” A theme they elude to often in the episode. ![]() What I think I enjoyed most about the episode was that the good folks involved portrayed Ted Kord in exactly the manner I had always hoped the comics would have done far more of - as a superbly talented, if humorous, crime fighter with scientific know-how that did the very best he could to put his talents to good use. Granted, it’s a little odd not to hear Kevin Conroy voicing the Dark Knight, but Diedrich Bader really does pull off a great performance. They’ve said that their goal was to evoke the feeling of watching a good Saturday Morning Cartoon again and judging from this episode they’ve done just that. The art style is slick, the characters look like an amalgamation of a Dick Sprang and a Bruce Timm illustration, guest stars abound, the action is intense, the colors jump off the screen, the music is both retro and catchy - and basically the creators aren’t afraid to just have a lot of fun with it. ![]() ![]() One of the things I was able to do on my day off yesterday was to finally catch my first episode of the new Batman series, “Fall of the Blue Beetle,” and as a huge fan of the 90’s animated series, I”m happy to say that I really enjoyed it and that the show has an awful lot going for it. The Blue Beetle Legacy: Dan Garrett and Ted Kord
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