Coincidence? Possibly. We just like to think the director snuck in a little reference to his family name, which is cute. The second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, is referenced throughout the DC movie.

clumsy and cute, often looking as if he were in his pajamas. These images of my youth are again on my mind after watching “Blue Beetle,” which is being heralded as a cultural benchmark because ...

Blue Beetle's debut in cinemas worldwide coincides ... the designer behind Silent Hill 3's "cute but scary" Robbie the Rabbit mascot is still obsessed with the "tiny but grotesque" – and so ...

Whereas Blue Beetle has been based in El Paso ... Forget about law school, Jaime needs a job, and after a meet-cute with one Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine), the niece of the powerful industrialist ...