From the get-go, Puerto Rican director Àngel Manuel Soto understood the responsibility and pride of making history with "Blue Beetle" (in theaters Friday), DC's first Latino-led superhero movie.

“Blue Beetle’s” release this weekend is a movie milestone for a few reasons: It’s DC’s first live-action Latino superhero movie and the first title of DC Studios’ new era under James Gun ...

Latinos are cheering the new superhero film “Blue Beetle” — and it’s not just because the title character defeats the bad guys. They’re applauding because it’s the first live-action ...

“Blue Beetle,” the first live-action superhero film with a Latino lead, hits theaters nationwide Friday. It will be an opportunity for superhero and comic book fans to see Palmera ...

Blue Beetle fires into action. Credit: Warner Bros. Let's just be frank: Superhero movies of late have sucked. Finally, there's Blue Beetle, a live-action superhero movie coming to theaters that ...

But what distinguishes “Blue Beetle” isn’t its place in the bug brigade but the person doing the metamorphosizing. Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) is the first Latino superhero in a leading ro ...

Latino superhero. Described by one reviewer as exactly what the “struggling” DC franchise needs, “Blue Beetle,” even more importantly, is a game changer for Latino representation and a ...

And as NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports, Blue Beetle is the latest in a long line of Latino superheroes. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: The first time we see the live-action superhero America Chavez ...

One of the final movies to be released during the DC Extended Universe era of the DC movies in order was Blue Beetle, which starred Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes. The superhero flick was met with ...

These images of my youth are again on my mind after watching “Blue Beetle,” which is being heralded as a cultural benchmark because it is the first DC movie to feature a Latino superhero.