Theodore Kord (Blue Beetle)

History
Ted Kord was the second Blue Beetle and succeeded Dan Garrett after his death. He was a research scientist and a former student of his predecessor, Dan Garrett.

Origin
Ted Kord was working for his uncle Jarvis Kord and was leaving when the building blew killing an assistant believed to be Jarvis and Ted discovered his uncle had been working on a dangerous robot and wondered if Jarvis actually died. Ted showed Dan Garrett what he found and they travel to Pago Island to defeat his uncle. When they reached the island some of the robots captured them. They are sent to Jarvis's lair who revealed that he plans to take over the world. Dan Garret then used the Blue Beetle Scarab to transform into Blue Beetle. As Dan fought the robots Jarvis exploded them killing him. In his last breath Dan told Ted to become the Blue Beetle. Ted was separated from Dan's body by an explosion where some fisherman found him. After his rescue police started building a case on him murdering Dan. Ted developed his own identity and became the Blue Beetle. Later Ted returned to Pago Island and revealed his origin to Tracy until the robots activate and attack him. Blue Beetle narrowly defeats them and blocks up all ways for them to escape.