Black Beetle (New Earth)
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For all the good the subsequent Blue Beetles will do-- --the chaotic reign of the Black Beetle will be far worse. 
- -- Rex Hunter [[ |[src]]]
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History
Enter the Black Beetle
In the near future of yet unexplained time he was approached by the villainous alien known as Mister Mind to join the Time Stealers a ragtag group of super villains picked from their early careers, bent on changing time to their whims. Mister Mind convinced Joshua to join by promising to save his sister. To the Venusian worm Jaime Reyes was to blame and should never become The Blue Beetle.
Joshua took on the identity of the Blue Beetle from the 27th century, recruiting the Blue Beetles of the present and past: Dan Garrett and Jaime Reyes to his seemingly just cause. Traveling back in time and preventing the death of the hero Ted Kord. Together they appeared before Booster Gold requesting his aid in this mission. Booster Gold accepted and together they saved Ted from being murdered by Maxwell Lord. On their way back to the present the group encountered the Parallax possessed Hal Jordan (New Earth) and Extant within the Timestream. Both villains attacked the group in an attempt to hide their whereabouts from the world, almost destroying the Time Sphere. As Reach Scarabs were constructed to battle Green Lanterns Joshua fought side by side with Jaime Reyes in an effort to protect Ted Kord from the deadly energy of the Timestream. Just when the Black Beetle and his companions thought they had a clean escape, Extant slung them to the 25th century. With a broken Time Sphere and the reassuring knowledge that both villains would be defeated at Zero Hour the group headed to the Metropolis Space Museum and stole the Time Sphere Michael Jon Carter would use to become Booster Gold in the 20th century. Booster Gold himself planned to return the Sphere as soon as he returned to the present.
With the Time Line saved Joshua explained to Ted that he erased the last 48 hours from the minds of Dan and Jaime, returning them to the places he picked them up and congratulated Booster Gold for his rare display of unquestionable friendship, which to him was a rare thing. He said his farewells dropping the Blue and Gold in an altered timeline where Maxwell Lord was never discovered and ruled the world as the Black King. The Black Beetle returned to the Time Stealers.
As long as Ted lived there was no need for another Blue Beetle, but unknown to him Mister Mind had no intention to keep Ted Kord alive.
All of this was to break Booster Gold enough to give up his duties as the protector of the Timestream. But the golden hero surprised the Timestealers by uniting with the remaining members of Justice League International. They defeated Maxwell Lord and planned to go back in time again. Mister Mind would not allow this to happen and together with his Timestealers including the Black Beetle they were ready to show Booster Gold the error of his ways, by force if necessary.
After destroying Fire the Black Beetle had to fight Ted Kord himself. Ted could not cope with all the death at his expense and planned to return to the point where Maxwell Lord shot him. The Black Beetle intended to stop him and they disappeared to another time. It is unknown if Ted Kord is dead or not but the Black Beetle returned yet again continuing to erase heroes from time.
The Black Beetle returned in the present day, attacking Booster and Dick Grayson, the new Batman in the Batcave. After a brief altercation, Black Beetle escaped into the past, changing events in a way that caused Dick to die during his days as Robin.[1] Booster follows the Black Beetle into the past, finding that he had allied himself with Grant Wilson, attempting to change the outcome of his disastrous battle with the Teen Titans.[2] He is also shown working with an unknown person who desires the destruction of the Justice League. He briefly appeared in the present, revealing himself to Jaime and absconding with the body of a Gynoid the hero had just defeated.[3] Black Beetle is then shown in a new future he created by killing the Teen Titans where Raven's father Trigon was able to take over the world in the absence of both the Titans and Batman.[4] It is then shown that his true purpose for creating this future was to use the distraction of Booster, Rip Hunter, and the resistance attacking to steal a Red Scarab from Trigon's trophy room. He claims the Red Scarab is more powerful than his own and bonds it to himself in addition to his current tech.[5] He is then shown in El Paso attempting to take Jamie's Blue Scarab.[6]Powers and Abilities
Powers
None, beyond those provided by the Scarab.Abilities
None, beyond those that come from the Scarab.
Paraphernalia
Equipment
See Also
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