User blog comment:DarkRobin13/Which team will win/@comment-4928331-20120806082019/@comment-4928331-20120806233615

@Regulus22

Actually I'm more of a Zatanna fan, although I don't like her New-52 version (goth girl, really??) I don't even follow Blue Beetle. I just based everything on what we saw in the show so far, is all.

Blue Beetle's actually fighting with kid gloves, because he's trying to suppress the scarab's ruthless tendencies (e.g. it wanted to vaporize fake Bibbo, and blast the Maurice). If sufficiently pressed that he loses all his control and inhibitions, he's THE heavy hitter of 2016.

Zatanna as of Season 1 operates best in a support capability (her illusions allowed Robin to beat Bane, and Kid Flash to save Miss Martian). In a 1-on-1 melee situation without a "tank" to protect her (Artemis in "Secret"), she was far from impressive. Zatara is a different story. I have not seen anyone (except from the training simulation aliens) who got a hit on the mage. Batman gets hit more often than Zatara.

If we consider only the comics versions, Zatanna would mop the floor with Beetle. All she needs to say is "Baracs hcated" and that's the end of it. She could conceivably try this on the show, but nobody on the 2010 Team would have any knowledge of the scarab's existence, unlike Zatanna's prior knowledge of Billy's transform word.

You and I might both be guilty of undervaluing Rocket's abilities. Nobody else on the Old Team could have contained Wonder Woman, one of the premiere fighters of any DC universe, as elegantly as that. I have not seen her get hit even once. If we change the matchup to Rocket vs Wonder Girl and Superboy vs Blue Beetle, both 2010 teammates would likely win.