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1	* FollowTheLeader: Creator/JimSteranko, in ''Superheroes: A Never Ending Battle'', says he once asked Blue Beetle's creator how he came up with the character. "He told me in two words: [[Radio/TheGreenHornet Green Hornet]]."
2	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
3	** The pre-ComicBook/New52 Jaime run of the comic. The bound volumes are out of print, and Amazon only has a handful of copies of each volume, with the exception of the first--for that one you're at the mercy of resellers, and ''used'' copies are a minimum of $37. There are always the digital copies sold at Comixology, but $1.99 per issue adds up fast. Averted in 2022, when DC rereleased [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9S3K663?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_sirpi the series in paperback]] in anticipation for the film adaptation.
4	** The collections of the 1980s Ted Kord comic are out of print save for digital copies.
5	* ScrewedByTheNetwork:
6	** Jaime's solo title was a victim of bad timing from the publishers; it was canceled due to low sales just before ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' was released with Jaime featured in the very first episode, an event which would likely have generated interest in the series.
7	** Same thing when Jaime became a major character in the second season of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. His second series was canceled right as the season began airing. Granted, Young Justice was infamous for its many inexplicable hiatuses, so there was never a guarantee that it ''would'' air.
8	** Averted in the Ted Kord run of the comic, however; the DC higher-ups liked the book and gave it much more of a chance than a book with its sales would normally have gotten.
9	* StuntCasting: When Ted Kord guest starred on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', he was voiced by Creator/WilWheaton.
10	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ted Kord was originally going to be a prominent recurring character in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', but the higher-ups stopped it due to having "other plans". [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer]] eventually took his place, but his character and background still heavily derives from Ted and Kord Industries makes cameos throughout the show (as perpetually a target of robberies).

Context Trivia / BlueBeetle