Evolution of Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) In Tv Shows & Movies (2022)

The man they were targeting was not the real Ted Kord. It was Black Mask, who was using a new illusion power to look like Ted Kord. The real Ted was a prisoner of Black Mask. When psychic Revolutionary, Fin, read his mind, The Revolutionaries rescued Ted and forced him to tag along.

He joined the team in Badhnesia, where they were going to stop Black Mask from using Revolutionary ally, Lola, to cause a terrorist attack. He used his contacts in the League to get them to show up as backup, even though they showed up after the day was already saved.

Blue & Gold Restoration
Ted was confessing his most recent sins to his father's grave when Skeets showed up to recruit him to help Booster. Booster was targeting alien invaders that had kidnapped the Justice League. The two worked to save them, hoping to earn themselves membership. They succeeded but at the expense of Ted's Big shop. However, the League was only interested in Ted. They needed a tech-savvy member and invited him privately. Ted turned them down so that he could keep working with Booster instead.

Their plan was to create a new agency, called Blue & Gold Restoration, to focus on the "little guy." Kord hit up his companies for philanthropy backing, but he was fired instead, due partially to the damage done when he was kidnapped by Black Mask.

Powers and Abilities
Intellect
Ted Kord possesses genius-level intelligence with an IQ of 192. Having no super-human powers, Ted trained to become an Olympic level acrobat with impressive hand-to-hand combat skills. He has also attained a high degree of skill in espionage and martial arts, proficient in Karate and Aikido.

Equipment
The Bug
The Bug
Ted’s costume is made up a metal-mesh fabric with cybernetic circuitry impeded in his gloves which operate functions in his cowl and his high tech aircraft called “The Bug”. Ted’s cowl has a locking mechanism that can only be unlock by the touch of a chip in his gloves.

Ted’s aircraft, "The Bug", carries a vast amount of high tech equipment and is capable of high speeds. It can electrify or magnetize its hull and possesses air tight capability that allows it to submerge in water or hover in orbit. The Bug can be summoned by remote control through the circuitry in Ted’s gloves and drop a sky-wire down for him to hang by or reel himself up. Ted has gone through various models of The Bug over the years.

Weapon
The BB gun is a less-than-lethal hand held weapon. It’s designed to create a blinding flash of light or a high compressed air blast capable of felling a charging rhino.

Personal Data
Real Name: Theodore Kord
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 184 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Auburn
Status
Citizenship: American
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Inventor, businessman
Known Relatives: Thomas M. Kord (father), Jarvis Kord (uncle)
Other Versions
DC Animated Universe

Blue Beetle never appeared in any DCAU television shows but did appear in series tie-in comic books several times, especially in the Justice League Unlimited comic book.

Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come Ted Kord
Kingdom Come Ted Kord
Ted Kord appears as Blue Beetle during Kingdom Come. He joins Batman's Legion and is killed by the nuclear explosion in the final battle.

Other Media and Board Games
Television
Batman the Brave and the Bold

Batman the Brave and the Bold
Batman the Brave and the Bold
Ted appears in Batman the Brave and the Bold episode "Fall of the Blue Beetle" he teams up with Batman against his uncle and ends up sacrificing himself, less violent death for younger viewers. Ted has appeared in several other episodes in flashbacks, including a team-up with Booster Gold.

Smallville

In the Season 10 episode called Booster, Ted Kord is played by Sebastian Spence. This version of Ted Kord never became the second Blue Beetle.

Smallville
Smallville
Instead, he is the CEO of Kord Industries which develops and studies advanced alien technology. Ted receives help from Booster Gold to search for the missing Beetle tech. The missing beetle was found and attached to a young student named Jaime Reyes who later becomes the Blue Beetle. Booster convinces Jaime to control the beetle suit and was succeeded. Later, Ted was impressed that Jaime was able to control the suit and wanted it back. However, Jaime convinces Ted to keep the suit so that he can become a superhero like Booster Gold.

Young Justice: Invasion

Ted is mentioned in the episode "Salvage," though he never appears directly. Jaime Reyes explains that Ted was the previous Blue Beetle and that he was murdered by the Light (a cabal of villains consisting of Vandal Savage, Ra's al Ghul, Lex Luthor, Queen Bee, Klarion, the Brain and Ocean Master) before the series began.

Arrow
In the episode "The Undertaking", Ted Kord was mentioned by Moira Queen that they attended another of his fundraisers.