Blue Beetle #26
A special extra-sized Spanish-language issue, with the English script as bonus material! Blue Beetle takes Traci 13 to his family reunion, and having your girlfriend meet your family can be tough, especially when she's the only guest who doesn't speak Spanish! To make matters worse, two people have uncovered Jaime's secret identity - and one of them is the Parasite!
Written by Jai Nitz
Art by Mike Norton & Trevor Scott
Cover by Zach Howard
Size: 40 Pages
Price: $3.50
Comments
By constantly going back and forth between the art pages and the script pages like you're reading a million footnotes.
Yeah, as nice as this series is I'm going to skip this issue. I find no joy in having to constantly reference the backpages when they could do the [text in brackets] method of signifying foreign speech that they normally use.
Posted by kthx on 04/28/08 at 06:01 PM
Actually, I think that the translation is only there to add an extra level to the comic. I think that most of us non-Spanish-speakers are supposed to see this from the viewpoint of Traci 13 by not understanding what the rest of the cast of the book is saying.
Posted by Ilash on 04/28/08 at 07:02 PM
@Ilash, I think you might be right! lol
Posted by supermanfan on 04/28/08 at 07:42 PM
i like the whole idea for one issue. i mean this is the main spanish speaking superhero out there. they give you the translation so what the big deal.
Posted by DTBrown72 on 04/30/08 at 06:15 PM
I enjoyed the issue, but it was a chore having to turn to the back to get the story. It read like a civic giveaway: ''Hey kids, comics can be in Spanish too!'
Mike Norton, Trevor Scott and Guy Major gave us beautiful art.
Oh, and it seems I had to pay extra for the extra annoyance. What's Spanish for 'bloody marvellous'?
Posted by Mart on 05/01/08 at 07:21 PM
@Mart: I really didn't need to check the back for the story. I felt that Norton's art was enough to get the most of it...
Posted by cylonpete on 05/03/08 at 06:11 AM
I've been getting Blue Beetle since Issue #1, and have been loving it, don't know about this issue though. Spanish? How am I supposed to read it then?
Posted by supermanfan on 04/28/08 at 05:53 PM