In DC Comics, Jaime Reyes, a.k.a. Blue Beetle, was created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner in 2006. Reyes is a teenager from El Paso, Texas, who discovered a scarab-like alien artifact that fused to his spine and gave him a suit of high-tech armor and superhuman abilities. He is a member of the Teen Titans and the Justice League.