I will of course pick up a copy of issue #7. By now I trust Tony, and trust him to take me to the places he wants to go with this character, with this book. Three bucks seems a very small price to pay for the pure mastery we see in such a book as this. Read Full Review

Blue Beetle has dragged me back in! The first few issues were hit or miss, but this final issue of this story was great. A very solid conclusion to this storyline with some great fight scenes. I loved the art on this issue and thought the colors, inks, and pencils worked very well together to create a familiar but very unique style. The only thing I didn't like about the issue was how the fight ended. I recommend this series and this issue. Read Full Review

Bedard continues to push Jaime into new territory with the conclusion. Though annoyingly rushed, the final pages promise to shunt the character into new locales and story directions. For a book that was a little slow to get moving and find an identity at first, this can only be a good thing. But hopefully the more familiar cast members will still have some part to play in this new direction. Read Full Review

And maybe that's the lesson to take from Tony Bedard and Ig Guara's relaunch of Blue Beetle. It's well intentioned, and in certain ways does try to incorporate some of the magic from the original series. But at the same time, how do you recapture that lightning in a bottle, when you aren't adding to it? This is a reboot of a reboot, but it ends up feeling like a low-calorie version of a favorite dish. There is a ton of room for Jaime Reyes to grow " and to be honest, would it have even been that terrible to just continue from the pre-boot continuity, a la Green Lantern? "but instead of being the character that feels fresh and takes new directions, Blue Beetle is sadly feeling like more of the same. Read Full Review