Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5142401-20130208055059/@comment-4928331-20130208070328

With the caveat that I speak for myself, and not the Wiki, here goes:

BEETLES

1. Jaime is completely suppressed. And it looks like this is the same story for Green Beetle. Unless this is a Xanatos gambit on both their parts to get chummy with Black, only to stab him in the back later.

2. He's their enforcer. Probably not being controlled, though you never know.

3. That seems to be the implication, yes. But perhaps the Martians are too powerful for the Reach right now.

MARTIANS

1. Terran TV is not communication - it's a one-sided interaction. J'onn may be on Earth, but he doesn't speak for neither the Martians nor the Earthlings. Interaction is probably close to nil.

2. Because he's a member of the Justice League.

3. Perhaps he was banking on the fact that his telepathy combined with the scarab can fool her. Or ift he Reach was dangerously savvy, Black Beetle might have noticed how wishy-washy she was, and concluded mind-wiping Aqualad was a most traumatic experience so they can get away with it.

GALAXY

1. Reach is an empire in the comics. In the show, they appear to be portrayed as a race.

2. We don't have enough information about that. But off-hand the Council of Rimbor is probably hands-off in intergalactic matters. If they can continue being the space scum that they are, they're happy.

3. The scarabs are weak to magic, and are "incompatible" with Apokoliptian / New Genesis tech. If the Reach is in a standing war against Darkseid, it would be understandable for them to look to other power sources.