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A review by lilli_w12
Blue Beetle, Vol. 1: Metamorphosis by Sal Regla, Tyler Kirkham, Tony Bedard
3.0
In the middle of reading a book about sci-fi spiders, let’s read a comic about sci-fi beetles!
I watched the movie for this, and it was… not great. But I really liked the main protagonist and the idea of the scarab. So I tried this out.
It was okay, definitely had Spider-Man vibes, since here Jaime is in high school and has a secret identity and everything. The villains were much better in the comic than the movie, the minor ones were pretty neat. The plot is basically the same, people want the scarab, Jaime wants to protect his friends and family, etcetera. He even has a love interest (I think) who’s the niece of the main villain (I’m totally blanking on her name in the movie, here it was Brenda). His family plays less of a part though, and the focus is more on his friends. Thorax was a much better nemesis than Carapace (or whatever his name was, it was pretty stupid) since his creation was directly Jaime’s fault and there was an emotional connection, instead of just some guy. Jaime stabbing Paco was the best scene in both the comic and the movie. I liked Jaime and the scarab’s relationship better here, there was a bit more negotiating. I liked that it took place in El Paso, I live about an hour and thirty minutes from there, so the area’s familiar. The back of the book called Jaime a true hero, but he didn’t really do anything heroic? In my opinion, he was much less likeable than the movie version. He just didn’t have that naive sweet personality. That part at the end, where he defeated Thorax, he acted like a real jerk. This was the New52 version of the character, I’ll go see if the previous incarnation of the character was better.
I watched the movie for this, and it was… not great. But I really liked the main protagonist and the idea of the scarab. So I tried this out.
It was okay, definitely had Spider-Man vibes, since here Jaime is in high school and has a secret identity and everything. The villains were much better in the comic than the movie, the minor ones were pretty neat. The plot is basically the same, people want the scarab, Jaime wants to protect his friends and family, etcetera. He even has a love interest (I think) who’s the niece of the main villain (I’m totally blanking on her name in the movie, here it was Brenda). His family plays less of a part though, and the focus is more on his friends. Thorax was a much better nemesis than Carapace (or whatever his name was, it was pretty stupid) since his creation was directly Jaime’s fault and there was an emotional connection, instead of just some guy. Jaime stabbing Paco was the best scene in both the comic and the movie. I liked Jaime and the scarab’s relationship better here, there was a bit more negotiating. I liked that it took place in El Paso, I live about an hour and thirty minutes from there, so the area’s familiar. The back of the book called Jaime a true hero, but he didn’t really do anything heroic? In my opinion, he was much less likeable than the movie version. He just didn’t have that naive sweet personality. That part at the end, where he defeated Thorax, he acted like a real jerk. This was the New52 version of the character, I’ll go see if the previous incarnation of the character was better.