Jaime uses the suit to help Paco after accidentally stabbing him. There's also something fishy going on with Brenda's aunt.
The Good
What I like most about this book and this issue is that it's essentially DC's Spider-Man or DC's Peter Parker. Before you get angry and start smashing at the keyboard, this is something that DC is missing that many comic fans want: a teenage boy, with teenage troubles, who is also a super-hero. I think that's the strongest aspect of this book, and this issue.
This is my first time jumping on the book, and DC is notorious for not being so great at catching up new readers on comics. This issue does a decent job of catching me up on what's been going on in this series, for the most part (see below).
There's a cool reveal page at the end featuring a new villain, and this is by far the most interesting thing in the issue. Aside from everything else going on, this last page reveal is what I'm most excited for, and I'm hoping it's a driving force of the book in the future.
The Bad
As a new reader of this book, I'm familiar with the last volume (pre N52) of Blue Beetle, but what confused me was the introduction of what seems to be a Blue Beetle Corps (for lack of a better name), and they're at war with the Blue Lantern Corps? This book feels way to spread out. There's way too much going on for this to be one book.
Aside from the Blue Beetle Corps and what's going on Earth business. We are also dealing with two different villains, Aunt Brenda and the villain revealed at the end of the issue. This book spreads itself way to thing, and it doesn't need to because all four of these stories could be great, solid stories on their own. It would be so much better if they just focused on one of these.
The Verdict
I like this book, but it's a down-the-middle of the road book for me. I like the fact that DC has a character that focuses on the life of being a teenager, something many Marvel fans are accustomed to and love. It was a bit tough as a new reader to jump onto this book. I understood some aspects very easily, but I had trouble with the larger, overall book. The biggest problem with BLUE BEETLE is that there is was too much going on in this series. Overall, I give it a slight recommendation.