Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130223164815/@comment-4928331-20130227153733

Okay, since the argument now switches to the point where Arsenal opened the airlock, who was left?

First off, let's do the tale of the tape. You all argue that Blue is not as strong as Black. That was true because Jaime does not use the scarab to its full potential. When the scarab was in control, he was holding his own. Now that Blue Beetle is on-mode now, so he would operate exactly like Black, except for the bulk of course.

Now, Black is impervious to melee attacks. That rules out our melee attackers Guardian, Superboy, Beast Boy, Wolf and Wonder Girl (who was stapled to the floor anyway).

Bumblebee's stingers will not even scratch the armor, so she's not a threat.

Robin and Batgirl threw batgirlrangs and bidarangs at Black in BEFORE THE DAWN, but that was only a mild inconvenience. They didn't truly tax him. Robin was a bit more successful in TRUE COLORS, but he was using high explosives -- you do NOT use high explosives in a space station docking bay!

Impulse, of course, is not a factor; he's unconscious with a monster concussion.

Arsenal can inconvenience Black with lasers, but he's got a finite energy supply. Besides, the armor regenerates, and there's no way Arsenal can sustain a steady laser pulse, as we see in TRUE COLORS.

Sphere is the wildcard here. She can probably emit some kind of incompatible pulse, but Beetle can also tag her with a shot. I believe she was in her sphere mode; she would need to shift into super-cycle mode to do her thing, and that would open her to retaliation (the sphere mode is much, much more resilient, but is limited to melee attacks which as I said earlier is ineffectual).

So what i'm trying to say here is that if Arsenal didn't freak out, victory is far from assured   They will still likely lose, and Arsenal will get podded.