Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130216162357/@comment-5624498-20130218183205

I suspect the Reach's public revelation of Blue Beetle as their "hero" is in hopes that the public will look the other way regarding the revelation of the fleet they have, combined with the fact they possess the crystal key (a fact the public does not know).

But as someone said earlier, arrogance tends to be the downfall of a villian. And I believe Nightwing is smart enough to know that the Reach would hope he and the League react to this publicly, so thus he'll keep his cards close to his chest and figure a plan that allows the Reach to be discredited publicly. And keep in mind that the public doesn't know anything about Green Beetle yet.

The wild card, though, is the four runaways and what Lex Luthor does with them -- and I imagine we'll find out in The Hunt how they figure in and just how much the Light really does trust the Reach versus their issues with the Justice League.