5 Potential Villains For The Blue Beetle Movie

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DC Comics has one of the best catalogs of villains in all of fictional history, only a fraction of which has ever made it to the screen. As superheroes enjoy their newfound stardom, their antagonists must join them and take to the big screen. Blue Beetle, specifically Jaime Reyes, is getting a full-fledged feature film. Recently moved from HBO Max to the big screen, the movie is set to be directed by Charm City Kings director Angel Manuel Soto. Xolo Maridueña, best known as Miguel Diaz in Cobra Kai, is set to take on the role of the alien-enhanced superhero.

Blue Beetle has popped up on TV and in an animated movie or two, but this will be his first live-action film appearance. Many fans know him best as the Caped Crusader's sidekick in the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold. He's also known to feature alongside the Teen Titans, like in Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. Fans are thrilled to see Reyes finally warrant something more substantial, and he has faced off against plenty of interesting antagonists.

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If Jaime Reyes has a single nemesis, Amparo Cardenas is probably the best possible candidate. Amparo is a complex figure, mainly because there are two primary versions with drastically different stories. Before Flashpoint, La Dama was an immensely powerful and well-connected drug lord in Texas. She is the aunt of Jaime's friend Brenda, and through her, both hero and villain are well aware of each other's secret identities.

As a gang leader, she's the type of villain who isn't much of a threat in person but can engineer tremendous danger across the city of El Paso. After Flashpoint, however, she became much more powerful. Also known as Lady Styx, La