Ted Kord

Ted Kord was Jaime Reyes's predecessor as Blue Beetle.

Pre-2016
Ted Kord was a brilliant inventor and generally considered a good man. He is credited with inventing the Blue Beetle scarab, an advanced artificial intelligence, but the Light killed him before he could put it to use.

Background in other media

 * In the comics, Ted Kord was the second Blue Beetle, after his mentor Dan Garrett. He originated in a line of "Action Heroes" created for Charlton Comics in the 1960s, and acquired by DC Comics in the 1980s.
 * Ted was mostly a hobbyist hero, and during his time in the Justice League and Justice League International, he was primarily concerned with pulling pranks and flying everyone around. He was killed by Max Lord before Infinite Crisis.
 * He made his live-action debut in Smallville ' s tenth season episode, "Booster".