Who is Blue Beetle? Meet all three versions of the new DCU hero

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Blue Beetle will be one of the first new characters to make their movie debut with James Gunn in place as co-CEO of DC Studios - and now the movie's first trailer has been released.

But even though Blue Beetle will be a newcomer to DC Studios, the legacy of the hero stretches back generations all the way to the Golden Age of comics, and some of that legacy also plays into the movie.

In the decades since the introduction of the original Blue Beetle, the character has had a long and winding road coming to his place as a modern DC leading man - in fact, he didn't even start as a DC hero, and he was almost never part of the DC Universe at all.

And DC Studios is tapping directly into that legacy with numerous Easter eggs related to the history of the Blue Beetle - even predating Jaime Reyes.

So how did Blue Beetle go from a pulp '30s and '40s radio adventure icon to the current sci-fi fueled incarnation, future movie star Jaime Reyes? We'll break it all down right now.

Here's everything you need to know about the history of Blue Beetle.

There are actually three people who have used the name Blue Beetle since the character was initially created in 1939 by Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski for long defunct publisher Fox Publications. The original version of the Blue Beetle was Dan Garrett, a pulp adventure hero who gained his powers from a 'Sacred Scarab' (there are other versions of his origin, but this is the one that's relevant here). 

With the power of the Scarab, Garrett had increased speed, strength, and toughness, as well as the ability to fly and shoot energy blasts. Blue Beetle made his debut at the 1939 World's Fair Expo in New York City, on a day which Fox Publications paid to have named "Blue Beetle Day."

The character's