Jaime new

# [Respect Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes](https://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/jaime-reyes-blue-beetle-dc-latino-superhero-movie.png)

## [𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳... 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴. 𝘎𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺... 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵... 𝘞𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘯' 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮... 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦... 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘦.](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/loPTPIOzxZEEKe_mboDYnVEpTO6x7V_ZyCnwZpEFxmAWlpOTp_0Y4SOsrx2s6kvHB9IE64OGzGym=s0)

Requested by: /u/Lifecloud12345 & /u/LambentEnigma.

[Previous RT here](https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/2tsdjg/respect_blue_beetle/)

## Summary

Jaime Reyes is a character created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers and Cully Hamner. He was just a normal kid, until the Scarab, [Khaji Da,](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/b/b6/Blue_beetle_scarab.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140507191542.jpg) fused with him. He then used this new power to save the world, his family, and eventually joined the Teen Titans, and then briefly joined the Justice League International in their fight against Maxwell Lord.

# Sources

If the Imgur link says:

Blue Beetle- Blue Beetle 2006

Teen Titans- Teen Titans Vol. 3

Generation Lost- Justice League: Generation Lost

Booster Gold- Booster Gold Vol. 2

# Respect Threads for scaling

[Parasite](https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/aej1zj/respect_parasite_dc_postcrisis_rudy_jones/)

[Giganta](https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/bhdatf/respect_giganta_dc_postcrisis/)

[Doctor Polaris](https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/8h18as/respect_doctor_polaris_neal_emerson_dc_post_crisis/)

[Guy Gardner](https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/7qoxer/respect_guy_gardner_dc_post_crisis/)

# Scarab

The Scarab is a form of Reach technology, which bonded to Jaime and grants him his powers. It can act on its own and has its own personality

* [The Scarab transformed Jaime's skin to armour, and blood to electricity](https://imgur.com/a/3BHb2Rk)
* [Jaime receives cellphone calls directly in his brain](https://imgur.com/a/kEa3o10)
* [The Scarab fused with Jaime's spine](https://imgur.com/a/jAQuft3)
* [It can create new weapons like shields outta nowhere](https://imgur.com/a/Ln2Yw9I)
* [Speaks to him telepathically, only he hears it. It also tells him about potential threats while fighting](https://imgur.com/a/BpM8FCJ)
* [Grows wings](https://imgur.com/a/MZ4dIAQ)
* [Can automatically translate languages, like Russian](https://imgur.com/a/w9090p3)
* [It can fly back to Jaime upon his command](https://imgur.com/a/NaMwWNN)
* [Scarab can fight separately from Jaime](https://imgur.com/a/JOlBcSH)
* [It can take over Jaime and force him not to do certain things, but Jaime's will can counter it to regain control](https://imgur.com/a/41HCESn)

# ‎‎‎‎‎‎Scanners/Sensors

* [An inexperienced Jaime scans a town thoroughly](https://imgur.com/a/2DJEm6r)
* [The Scarab detects and scans Phantom Stranger while he is invisible](https://imgur.com/a/C7mAOfS), [even though Stranger is a pure idea born from The Presence's mind](https://imgur.com/a/8j73j4T) ^(Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Stranger #20)
* [Uses X-Rays with several meters range](https://imgur.com/a/G0aBcSN)
* [Has infrared vision](https://imgur.com/a/zzz65fq)
* [Scanners are passive, doesn't need Jaime to activate it](https://imgur.com/a/JTMrtaC)
* [Scans things on a molecular level, even though they exist in a different dimension](https://imgur.com/a/yzKEsxC)
* [Can scan things on a biological level, even blood sugar. This specific ability can be used to find weaknesses, see below feats for more info](https://imgur.com/a/51HKY94)
* [Scarab can detect magic, and allows Jaime to smell electricity from far away](https://imgur.com/a/QCl9iXj)
* [Can sense magnetism, and scan things 1.25km away](https://imgur.com/a/8hHhZco)
* [Can scan for enemies from a 5 miles squared radius](https://imgur.com/a/pfrgD8A)
* [It scans an entire planet for information on the landscape, trees and more. This planet is larger than and dwarfs the universe, but Jaime had his size increased too](https://imgur.com/a/fQVjFrh)
* [Can detect energy, and scan reach technology which is invisible to everyone as it exists within another spatial dimension](https://imgur.com/a/CNNd4Ds)
* [Tracks location of anyone he has ever met, even if they are completely invisible](https://imgur.com/a/vGFUTDj)
* [Stated that he could track down energy](https://imgur.com/a/6aeaA86)
* [Scarab tells him about his enemy's physiology so he can counter it](https://imgur.com/a/6IS0KAR)
* [Scans gunshot wounds to figure out possible reasons for them](https://imgur.com/a/wRwtM50)
* [Khaji Da can detect quantum signatures from far away](https://imgur.com/a/gR1lSyy)

# Physical Power

## Objective

* [Beats the crap out of some robots](https://imgur.com/a/pIMk08o)
* [Blasts a wall](https://imgur.com/a/HvWDWmL)
* [Beats up his future self while cracking the ground](https://imgur.com/a/W8uHzeB)
* [Makes a small explosion by throwing Anubis and Devil Dog](https://imgur.com/a/Ubaf9yL)
* [Lifts a car pretty casually](https://i.imgur.com/Q5WknPz.jpg)
* [Blocks a truck thrown at him with one arm](https://i.imgur.com/RFt3Txu.png)
* [Crushes a Motherbox casually](https://imgur.com/a/LNDJVcX)
* [Breaks out of Giganta's grip](https://imgur.com/a/gdlUq2V)
* [Cracks the wall of a bus by kicking](https://imgur.com/a/jqYTSnJ)
* [Cracks a wall and pushes it apart casually](https://imgur.com/a/75AJ0Q1)
* [Casually destroys some rocks just by flying through them with turbines](https://imgur.com/a/1EbEh5k)

## Scaling

* [Punches Bottom Feeder badly](https://imgur.com/a/9vO2pwe)
* [Beats up Dr Polaris, who is a Green Lantern villain](https://imgur.com/a/E9hOgmg)
* [Overpowers Parasite, a Superman villain](https://imgur.com/a/0cOBLfF)
* [Two shots Anubis and Devil Dog](https://imgur.com/a/IgqWc1F)
* [Cuts through Jim Corrigan Spectre](https://imgur.com/a/TkeWoxn)

# Energy Blasts

## Objective

* [Stated that he could turn the whole into cinders with it](https://imgur.com/a/TS49r5B)
* [Energy creates heat and cracks Green Lantern shields](https://imgur.com/a/LN2T2It)
* [One shots Maxwell Lord while holding back, and destroys glass](https://imgur.com/a/8gBZih6)
* [Has nuclear weapons](https://i.imgur.com/w1fDMZp.png) ^(Booster Gold Vol 2 #21)
* [Can create large explosions with one blow](https://imgur.com/a/AS3vntT)
* [Destroys a car](https://imgur.com/a/6g2R5lX)

## Scaling

* [Can blast Supergirl while she was holding back](https://imgur.com/a/UaYNPpL)
* [Knocks back Parasite, who isn't that far off from Superman level durability](https://imgur.com/a/Jh6E0wf)
* [Damages Black Beetle, his future self](https://imgur.com/a/Km471HF)
* [Can damage Dr Polaris with it](https://imgur.com/a/E9hOgmg)
* [Matches a Sinestro ring amped Starro's energy](https://i.imgur.com/mmn9W7V.jpg) ^(Teen Titans Vol 3 #54)
* [One shots weakened OMAC Prime after it beats Wonder Woman and took her powers, along with even Jaime's powers, and destroys its head](https://imgur.com/a/wGbx5ob)
* [Helps other heroes against Doomsday](https://imgur.com/a/2hREGBf)
* [Blasts away Validus](https://imgur.com/a/dCju8DA)
* [Electricity can harm Giganta](https://imgur.com/a/E9camYM)

# Durability

## Physical Durability (Objective)

* [Tanks a drilling hit from a bloodlusted Guy Gardner, while inexperienced and afraid](https://imgur.com/a/r4wv5qf)
* [Is unharmed after falling from outer space to create an explosion and large crater](https://imgur.com/a/HH7mPW3)
* [Is fine after getting smashed into the ground by Lobo](https://i.imgur.com/RO1dHN5.jpg) ^(Blue Beetle 2006 #18)
* [Is thrown into a car by OMAC Prime](https://i.imgur.com/kud4nai.png)
* [Is completely bulletproof](https://i.imgur.com/fggpS1S.jpg)
* [Takes a hit from an OMAC which cracks the floor](https://imgur.com/a/palgN7m)
* [Takes hits from Thinko which creates large destruction of walls and floors](https://imgur.com/a/rEk5xKG)

## Physical Durability (Scaling)

* [Takes a punch from future Kid Devil](https://imgur.com/a/vZJjNpa) ^(Teen Titans Vol 3 #54)
* [Survives a casual breath attack from Supergirl](https://imgur.com/a/UaYNPpL)
* [Takes several punches from a mind controlled Bart Allen](https://imgur.com/a/DT6iGhg)
* [Survives a really strong hit from O.M.A.C Prime, with all the powers of the JLI including Wonder Woman, and is fine afterwards](https://imgur.com/a/qrjqvux)

## Energy Durability

* [An energy blast from Guy Gardner isn't enough to beat Jaime](https://imgur.com/a/0UTIGnU)
* [Stated that a small nuke won't even scratch his armour](https://imgur.com/a/TS49r5B)
* [Takes a lot of energy from the world ripper, which can rip apart the world](https://imgur.com/a/wdBDrZu)
* [Takes a hit strong enough to badly damage a bus](https://imgur.com/a/RV2bWZc)
* [Survives an energy blast from Ron, who is a clone of Cyborg, after he absorbed Wonder Girl's power](https://imgur.com/a/OVZ0clF)
* [Survives a blast from Maxwell Lord](https://imgur.com/a/G1haUSO)
* [Survives blasts from Magog who could badly damage Captain Atom.](https://imgur.com/a/ShvBAOe)
* [Tanks blows from other Scarab users](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/799449801015296050/848117798127403008/RCO020_1468804608.jpg?width=844&height=670) ^(Blue Beetle 2006 #35)
* [Tanks blasts from flying killer robots](https://imgur.com/a/xljPN4n)

# Speed

* [Uses tachyons as attacks, which are FTL particles, and then blitzes Black Beetle, his future self](https://imgur.com/a/PjvYEbR)
* [Reacts to Guy Gardner](https://imgur.com/a/DUpH9vd)
* [Is noted to be fast by Wonder Girl, and tags Supergirl](https://imgur.com/a/IEBRQvo)
* [Dodges energy blasts after they were fired, does acrobatics](https://imgur.com/a/BiAF4) ^(Blue Beetle 2006 #3)
* [Blitzes Black Lantern Ted Kord](https://imgur.com/a/4gf70Wu)
* [Blitzes Parasite with his energy blast](https://imgur.com/a/Jh6E0wf)
* [Dodges Bombshell's attacks](https://imgur.com/a/ntqoiQK)
* [Blitzes Medusa](https://imgur.com/a/HvWDWmL)

# Shields

Blue Beetle has shields, outside of just his forcefields. They are capable of blocking hits he normally wouldn't have blocked without it

* [Blocks Guy's attacks, who was willing to kill him](https://imgur.com/a/DUpH9vd)
* [Casually blocks other Scarab attacks](https://imgur.com/a/2svHlO9)
* [Can create shields bigger than himself](https://imgur.com/a/Ln2Yw9I)
* [Blocks attacks from the Emerald Eye of Ekron](https://imgur.com/a/VCkPcuL)
* [Blocks attacks from Peacemaker with Reach tech similar to Blue Beetle's amped with a yellow Sinestro ring](https://imgur.com/a/etsOZtr)
* [Blocks magic from Eclipso](https://imgur.com/a/ouOVFrK)

# Forcefields

* [Can block hellfire and Starro's attacks](https://imgur.com/a/XKqS1Fj)
* [Blocks Fire's flames](https://imgur.com/a/XoVqO4H)
* [Forcefields can adapt to counter phasing on a Speedster level](https://imgur.com/a/zGHCOpy)
* [Can create bigger sized forcefields to protect allies](https://imgur.com/a/JfBQyPS)
* [Can adapt to magic to counter it](https://imgur.com/a/Rmv5lWq). It may not have worked here, but it is not an anti-feat as Spectre is just powerful
* [Blocks attacks from Dr Polaris](https://imgur.com/a/XFENabj)
* [Sealed Black Beetle in his tachyon field](https://imgur.com/a/7w7QNTI)
* [Blocks Nth level magic to a limited extent. Note that this would not make him weak to magic, Nth metal is just strong](https://imgur.com/a/4TeIiKv). For reference, [Nth metal can control the fundamental forces of the universe](https://imgur.com/a/hFW84V8)
* [Blocks attacks from Yellow Lantern ring blasts](https://imgur.com/a/FjZ9lTV)
* [Helps Jaime take a nuke that destroyed a pyramid](https://imgur.com/a/DYXRxHC)

# Stamina

* [Fights for 3 hours straight while getting beat up](https://imgur.com/a/X8g6lgR)
* [Can lift up OMACs with magnetism for 17 whole years](https://imgur.com/a/dGEwH6L)

# Adaptation

* [The Scarab adapts to overcome threats. It can prepare abilities or measures in advance](https://i.imgur.com/Oh0jONF.jpg) ^(Teen Titans Vol 3 #72)
* [Adapts to Supergirl to instantly create Kryptonite](https://imgur.com/a/IEBRQvo)
* [Adapts to OMACs who were previously beating him up, and uses magnetism that works perfectly to match their physiology](https://imgur.com/a/dGEwH6L)
* [It can adapt to reconfigure Jaime's stem cells or musculoskeletal reconfiguration](https://imgur.com/a/ldgT2bZ)
* [Reach technology adapts and gains new abilities while fighting](https://imgur.com/a/mWm4nQ4)
* [Creates tech to mess with microwave and infrared sensors](https://imgur.com/a/DxQNktS)

# Healing

* [Can revive him from death](https://imgur.com/a/BNLqXnQ)
* ["Dies" to Maxwell Lord Ted Kord style](https://imgur.com/a/pCjqZXI), [and then Scarab reduced the damage, then released enzymes to revive him from "death" by a gunshot wound to the head](https://imgur.com/a/eauUCK7)

# Hacking/ Technology Manipulation

* [Hacks Hardware's tech and sends his armour some energy](https://imgur.com/a/c5SJShK)
* [Uses knowledge from Khaji Da to hack tech in Reach HQ, to the point where no one else could read the lines of code Jaime wrote](https://imgur.com/a/ViB3cu6)
* [The Scarab hacks into an ATM's video camera to find footage to help him locate his targets in an instant](https://imgur.com/a/vTpcNXm)

# Abilities/Hax

[The Scarab with its extremely intelligent calculations can determine the best possible ability to use against enemy, be it lethal or non lethal](https://imgur.com/a/zcpcqL2) ^(Blue Beetle 2006 #21)

# Transformation

* [When enraged enough or willing to kill, disables safeties for enemies, to transform](https://imgur.com/a/SZcOZpW)
* [Uses rage as a source of power once transformed](https://imgur.com/a/orCfrGl)

## Offensive abilities

# Projectile

* [Froze Bombshell's hands to bind them. It likely was something outside of freezing, though](https://imgur.com/a/ntqoiQK)
* [Can project electricity from shoulders](https://imgur.com/a/hAu8fqn)
* [Shoots out tachyons, FTL particles, to nullify time travel abilities and sealed Black Beetle in his tachyon field](https://imgur.com/a/7w7QNTI)
* [Has nuclear weapons](https://i.imgur.com/w1fDMZp.png) ^(Booster Gold Vol 2 #21)
* [Has small nukes too](https://imgur.com/a/9T8ZtSQ)
* [Can shoot out acid plasma, decapitate OMACs, and use strong magnetism](https://imgur.com/a/XeXIeB9)
* [Sonic weapons capable of working on Supergirl, Miss Martian and Robin](https://imgur.com/a/5LnNVYm)
* [Has a Large Hadron Accelerator, a strong force disruptor, and an implicate-order annihilation field](https://imgur.com/a/JdSc9mZ)
* [Can nullify magnetism, and has particle cannons which use gluons, which are around the size of quarks, and induce pain, nausea, and insomnia](https://imgur.com/a/yAlfXen)
* [Has a quantum cannon](https://imgur.com/a/Up7XHpT)
* [Has omnidirectional neutrino vaporisation blasts](https://imgur.com/a/4vIuXev)

# Non-Projectile

* [The Scarab allows him to rip things from other spatial dimensions into 3 dimensions](https://imgur.com/a/YfkrrGB)
* [Absorbs Bottom Feeder's energy](https://imgur.com/a/TQS1Fbt)
* [Absorbs Livewire's energy](https://imgur.com/a/510V5iF)
* [The Bottom Feeder has the ability to regenerate and come back from death instantly](https://imgur.com/a/iiXY7Lz) as he [was blessed by The Presence to never die, and the Scarab can permanently kill him, though Jaime refuses to](https://imgur.com/a/1Q4IJjf)
* [Scarab allows him to enter the enemy's neural pathway, brain or subconscious to damage the enemy from the inside](https://imgur.com/a/UL1pu6f)
* [Arms that can extend for longer range](https://imgur.com/a/HvWDWmL)
* [Can make others levitate with an aura, possible telekinesis](https://imgur.com/a/kEa3o10)

## Defensive abilities

* [Can nullify magnetism in an omnidirectional range](https://imgur.com/a/JH0h6ep)
* [Scarab can nullify energy and the magic of Eclipso, who is the embodiment of the idea of The Presence's Wrath, just like Spectre](https://imgur.com/a/Rv9jqhG)
* [Nullifies magic of Diviner and his trees, with energy pattern disruption](https://imgur.com/a/SY5ab8v)
* [Scarab can help Jaime play dead to trick enemies](https://imgur.com/a/BNLqXnQ)
* [Uses the dimension shift technique, becomes invisible and intangible by shifting into the space between dimensions](https://imgur.com/a/7Mk4ngs)
* [Gained an ability that surpasses the dimension shift, can change or cheat causality to appear undetectable and be at 4 places at once](https://imgur.com/a/HW3XUi9)
* [The Scarab can fight on its own, even when Jaime's senses were down](https://imgur.com/a/kcTYcgX)
* [Can grow wings to be used as a weapon](https://imgur.com/a/frkal4C)

# Resistances

* [Survives temperatures of -25 Degrees Farenheit/-31.7 Degrees Celsius](https://imgur.com/a/hrRmULE)
* [Resists, to a limited extent, probability alteration which was causing his sensors to fail](https://imgur.com/a/V9NETF6)
* [Regains memory of Wonder Woman, after the memory of her was erased from the collective unconscious by Maxwell Lord](https://imgur.com/a/jEPFBn8), though it could be because of the pain he took from Maxwell
* [Survives intense pain](https://imgur.com/a/DRjYai7)
* [Survives the radiation of Magog](https://imgur.com/a/ShvBAOe) which was [strong enough to kill 381 people in a day](https://imgur.com/a/LtWyYgT)
* [Resists an anaesthetic nerve gas](https://imgur.com/a/dMCsHpm)
* [When Eclipso brought out the darkness within Jaime to corrupt him, he became... a doctor](https://imgur.com/a/IuO7ov2)
* [Resists mind based abilities from the Reach by shutting down their control frequencies](https://imgur.com/a/BHOTd6C)
* [Resists Probe's attempt to enter his mind, the Scarab fries her head when she tries to do it](https://imgur.com/a/0HdcQtY)
* [Doesn't fall for Bonita's charisma](https://imgur.com/a/sLt9crB)