List of Blue Beetle enemies
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This is a list of fictional characters from comic books and other media who are or have been enemies of Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle is the name of three fictional superheroes that appear in American comic books published by a variety of companies since 1939.-Publication history:...

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Dan Garret (Fox Syndicate)

In chronological order (with issue and date of first appearance)
Villain First appearance Description
The White Face Gang Mystery Men #1 (August 1939) Gang of thugs led by John Brandes, secretary to Mr. Vander, a banker, who faked his own kidnapping along with Vander and his daughter in order to learn the combination to Vander's safe.
The Skull Mystery Men #14 (September 1940) Very gaunt leader of a group of foreign saboteurs who destroyed American infrastructure during full moons.
Gimp & Moody Mystery Men #15 (October 1940) Leaders of the Roof Killers.
Blitz Blue Beetle #4 (Fall 1940) One-eyed leader of a spy ring, out to steal a formula for liquid dynamite. Henchmen included the ax-wielding Ax and the Dwarf, a bald little person with a penchant for chanting, "We kill! We kill! Ha, ha!"
Big Dix Mystery Men #16 (November 1940) Gang leader responsible for the deaths of children from sales of faulty playground equipment to the city.
The Sphinx Mystery Men #18 (January 1941) Madman bent on destroying the subway system. Disguised himself in a bulletproof metal sphinx suit. Used alias "Mr. Ivan," also disguised himself as Mr. Ivan's sister.
The Sky Ruler Mystery Men #19 (February 1941) Caped madman who operated from a massive airplane and dropped cars, like bombs, onto the streets below. Sought a smokescreen gas formula.
Galgo Mystery Men #20 (March 1941) Criminal mastermind who used a gang of thugs dressed as apes in his quest to seize and destroy plans for a lie detection machine.
Lora Crofte Blue Beetle #9 (October 1941) Murderous leader of counterfeiting ring.
Countess Belladonna Mystery Men #28 (November 1941) Judge Talmadge lived a double life as Countess Belladonna, seemingly sweet old lady who knitted names in "her" scarf of the people "she" intended to kill with poisoned knitting needles. Also disguised himself as "Dr. Zinn" in a carnival (Mystery Men #29), and wielded a feather fan that opened to reveal a hypnotic death head image that could overcome other people's will.
Death Mystery Men #30 (January 1942) Dr. Necrow disguised himself as Death, skull-masked and caped flying devil, to kidnap people to serve as slaves in a secret uranium mine underneath the city.
The Red Robe Blue Beetle #14 (September 1942) Otto Bohm, head of the Nazi Gestapo operation in the U.S., wore a red hood and green skull mask in his quest for a formula to turn water into gasoline.
The Yellow Fang Blue Beetle #14 (September 1942) The Mikado's deadliest agent, the Yellow Fang is named for the two long curved teeth protruding from his upper teeth.
The Eye Blue Beetle #14 (September 1942) Disfigured man with yellow skin, who surrounds himself with disfigured henchmen, uses super-hypnotic powers to induce innocent people into murderous rages.
The Masked General Blue Beetle #23 (July 1943) Kommandant Viltz led the German occupation of Holland, wearing a mask because one of the victims of his favorite torture—pouring hot oil in people's faces—threw the oil in his own face.
Gloat and Saturnia Blue Beetle #34 (September 1944) Murderous and powerful pair of invaders from Saturn, in a multi-part serial that ran one chapter at a time.
The Prophetic Painter Blue Beetle #35 (October 1944) Taunts his future murder victims by painting grisly scenes of their deaths, then stages "accidents" just as he painted them. Elaborate scheme by member of the wealthy Dane family to kill off the other heirs.
Mr. Moonface Blue Beetle #40 (Winter 1945) Really Mr. Lunar, who left prison and set in motion a mad scheme for revenge on the judge, prosecutor, and witness who sent him to prison. Plan involved decoys whom he drove mad with chemical-laced masks that self-destructed in flames when removed.
Spider Spaulding Blue Beetle #40 (Winter 1945) Mob boss with a web tattoo on his left cheek, whose plans always involved a different angle, and was caught thanks to Joan Mason, girl reporter and Blue Beetle's girlfriend.
Cyto and Patra Phantom Lady #13 (August 1947) Miss Louis, archaeologist, tried to revive an ancient Egyptian mummy—and succeeded, although the mummy Cyto believed Miss Louis resembled exactly Patra, his lover who set him up for murder in ancient Egypt. Cyto then killed Miss Louis, believing her to be the reincarnated Patra. (NOTE: The title of this story, "The Mummy Who Never Died," was later used as the title for the rebooted origin of the Charlton Comics version of Blue Beetle.)
Shady Lady Blue Beetle #51 (December 1947) Slinky and deadly leader of a criminal racket.
Princess Brunhild Blue Beetle #51 (December 1947) Prussian princess stealing corpses and stuffing them with gold in order to smuggle gold to Nazi allies in South America without being caught by customs.
The Sphinx Blue Beetle #56 (May 1948) Masked sociopath who planned a series of murders of women, calculated to make headlines and establish herself as someone who would stop at nothing, in preparation for a lucrative kidnapping career. Left behind a small sphinx figurine at the scene of her dagger murders, one of them staged spectacularly under the nose of the police.

Dan Garrett (Charlton)

In chronological order (with issue and date of first appearance)
Villain First appearance Description
Dr. Thunderbolt Blue Beetle (vol. 3) #3 (November 1964) Forerunner of the Uxerites, alien invaders.
Praying-Mantis Man Blue Beetle (vol. 3) #4 (January 1965) Dr. Hunter Mann, entomologist whose skin has turned green from prolonged exposure to chlorophyll compounds, gained the power to fly, an invulnerable exoskeleton, and the power to paralyze people with his stare, along with the power to control enlarged deadly creatures.
The Red Knight Blue Beetle (vol. 3) #5 (March–April 1965)
Mister Crabb Blue Beetle (vol. 4) #50 (July 1965) Used advanced machine, the Scorpion.
Mentor the Magnificent Blue Beetle (vol. 4) #51 (August 1965) Powerful robot programmed with the mind of Dr. Jeremiah Clugg, a misanthropic college science teacher also a skilled hypnotist.
Magno Man Blue Beetle (vol. 4) #52 (October 1965)
The Eye of Horus Blue Beetle (vol. 4) #54 (Feb.-Mar. 1966) Ancient Egyptian entity brought back to life with the power to fire energy bolts and enslave humans, who became hawk-headed creatures, and was defeated when the Blue Beetle learned its true name, composed only of vowels.

Ted Kord

In chronological order (with issue and date of first appearance)
Villain First appearance Description
The Masked Marauder Captain Atom (vol. 6) #84 (January 1967) Count von Streuben was secretly the Masked Marauder, who fought both Ted Kord and Jaime Reyes.
The Squids Blue Beetle (vol. 5) #1 (June 1967) Todd Van III, scion of a wealthy family, defied his father, who thought he would never amount to anything on his own, by secretly forming the Squids, a team of crooks armed with amphibious uniforms dotted with suction cups that allowed them to scale tall buildings.
Jarvis Kord Blue Beetle (vol. 5) #2 (August 1967) The uncle of Ted Kord, who had his nephew work on experiments that he then used as part of his master plan: creating an army of unstoppable robot soldiers to take over the world.
Madmen
Madmen
The Madmen are a team of villains in the DC Comics created by Steve Ditko and David Glanzman. The Madmen first appeared in Blue Beetle #3 . They were originally owned by Charlton Comics but DC later acquired the rights to the characters....

 
Blue Beetle (vol. 5) #3 (October 1967) Team of crooks dressed in zany, multicolored clownish suits.
The Men of the Mask Blue Beetle (vol. 5) #4 (December 1967) Cult of bandits based in Mount Mider, in a small Asian island country.
Dan Greer Blue Beetle (vol. 5) #4 (December 1967) Jealous of the professional success of Dan Garret (the first Blue Beetle), Greer impersonated Garret in order to excavate the Mountain of Mider for treasure which he intended to keep for himself.
Our Man Blue Beetle (vol. 5) #5 (November 1968) Morose, fatalistic, and delusional sculptor Hugo felt compelled by forces beyond his control to don an armor-plated suit, modeled after one of his own sculptures, to smash images of heroic ideals and was dubbed Our Man by a crowd of hippies.
Carapax Blue Beetle (vol. 6) #1 (June 1986) Long-time professional rival of Dan Garrett, Conrad Carapax undertook a search of Pago Island to learn why Garrett would have risked his life there. After accidentally touching the wrong wire, his mind was transferred into one of the androids there, making him Carapax, the Invincible Man.
Firefist Blue Beetle (vol. 6) #1 (June 1986) Lyle Barnes was a pyrotechnic researcher so badly burned in an explosion that he fashioned a fireproof and fire-creating uniform in order to exact revenge on the firefighters he blamed for failing to save him.
Maxwell Lord
Maxwell Lord
Maxwell Lord IV is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. He is a shrewd and powerful businessman who was very influential in the formation of the Justice League International in DC Comics.-Before the League:...

 
Justice League
Justice League International
Justice League International is a DC Comics superhero team written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, with art by Kevin Maguire, created in 1987.-Publication history:...

#1 (May 1987)
Originally perceived as an amoral business tycoon, Lord turned out to be a high-ranking member of Checkmate
Checkmate (comics)
Checkmate, a division of Task Force X, is a fictional covert operations agency within the DC Comics universe. It first appeared in Action Comics #598 and proceeded to have its own ongoing title in Checkmate!...

 that purposely maintained the Justice League as inept in an ongoing plot to wipe out metahumans
Metahuman
Metahuman is a term to describe superhumans in DC Comics' shared universe, the DC Universe. It is roughly synonymous with both mutant and mutate and posthuman in the Wildstorm and Ultimate Marvel Universes. Use of the term in reference to superheroes was coined in 1986 by author George R. R...

 on Earth. When Ted uncovered this, it cost him his life.

Jaime Reyes

In chronological order (with issue and date of first appearance)
Villain First appearance Description
La Dama Blue Beetle (vol.7) # 3 (July 2006) The aunt of Jamie's friend, Brenda, Amparo is the biggest crime lord in El Paso, Texas, and the closest thing to an archenemy for Jamie. She is well aware of his dual identity.
The Reach  Blue Beetle (vol. 7) #12 (April 2007) An ancient enemy of the Guardians of the Universe
Guardians of the Universe
The Guardians of the Universe, alternatively known as the Guardians or Oans are a fictional extraterrestrial race in the DC Comics universe. They first appeared in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #1 , and were created by John Broome and Gil Kane. Here they do not reveal their existence to Hal, bringing his...

 and Controllers, the Reach disperse their scarabs across the universe that bond with lifeforms, turning them into weapons for the alien race. Jaime becomes a target when the combination of magic and the youth's influence on his scarab allow it to break free of its collective. This example has led to several other scarabs becoming independent and upsetting the plans of the Reach.
Black Beetle
Black Beetle (comics)
Black Beetle is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain published by DC Comics.-Publication history:Black Beetle first appeared in Booster Gold vol. 2 #5, and was created by Geoff Johns, Dan Jurgens, Norm Rapmund, Matthew Sturges and Carlo Barberi...

 
Booster Gold (vol. 2) #5 (December 2007) Blaming his sister's death on Jaime, Hector bonded with Reach technology taking the name Black Beetle and alias Joshua. Aligned with the Time Stealers, he has become Jaime's arch-nemesis.
Rompe Huesos Blue Beetle (vol.8) # 1 (September 2011) A skull-masked employee of La Dama, sent to retrieve the scarab, along with Brutale and Coyote, from the Brotherhood of Evil. Jaime took the scarab and was soon infused with it to become Blue Beetle.
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