Adventurer
Executive
Research Scientist
L.A.W.
Hub City
Las Vegas, Nevada
Excellent hand-to-hand combatant.
Genius level intelligence with skills as a research scientist and engineer.
Blue Beetle Costume: High-tech uniform designed to interact remotely with Bug transport vehicle.
Strobe Pistol: Hand gun capable of emitting a brief strobe effect blinding those that view it.
Carapax
Dreamslayer
Glorious Godfrey
Madmen
Mento
Overthrow
Queen Bee I
Blue Beetle Vol. 1 & 2
Justice League America
Note: The Blue Beetle published in June 1967 by Charlton Comics only lasted for five issues before the publisher cancelled its superhero line of comics.
Charlton's stable of characters was briefly controlled by independent publisher Americomics in the 1980's and then acquired by DC Comics, where Blue Beetle would see occasional reprints of poor quality. Blue Beetle along with other Charlton superheroes would appear in DC continuity during the Crisis on Infinite Earths and later be published in his own series from 1986 to 1988.
Investigating, it was discovered that Jarvis had created an army of super-androids for which he intended to conquer the world. Kord recruited Dr. Garrett and they traveled to Jarvis' island hideout where Garrett used his sacred scarab to become the Blue Beetle, battling the super-androids. In the battle Jarvis was killed and Garrett mortally wounded.
Realizing death was near, Garrett made Kord promise that he would carry on the legacy of the Blue Beetle. Before Kord could evacuate the hero from his uncle's underground layer it collapsed burying Garrett and his sacred scarab beneath tons of rubble.
Ted Kord vowed that he would carry on the legacy of the Blue Beetle without the sacred scarab and set about training himself physically and using his technical expertise to design and build an arsenal to carry out his fight for justice as the Blue Beetle.