Gold Beetle (Prime Earth)

Gold Beetle
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	Gold Beetle
Other Aliases	G.B., Queen of the Quantum Realm, Waverider Warrior, Tiara of Time
Base Of Operations	Mobile
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Occupation	Adventurer, Time Traveler
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	Jeremy Adams · Fernando Pasarin
First Appearance	The Flash #768 (May, 2021)

Gold Beetle is a mysterious time traveling hero and ally of the Flash Family.

History

Gold Beetle has worked with various Flashes throughout history, particularly Wally West, whom she referred to as “The Captain”.

The first time she encountered Wally, he attacked her with stun discs. Although from her perspective this was their first meeting, Wally had encountered her before in his subjective past and her subjective future. He gave her a series of rules to follow in order to avoid drawing attention from the Linear Men, including not sharing details of the future with his younger self when she encountered him.

The two would go on to have many adventures together including being lost in the Darkloch of Rannistan, Galaxia Five and the Galactic Space Race. She would also team up with Impulse multiple times and meet an adult Jai West.

During an adventure with Impulse in the 30th Century, Bart somehow damaged the timeline while confronting the Dominator who killed his father. The Dominator put a power damper on Bart but as it did so a surge of Speed Force energy shot out of him and infected the Dominator, causing it to grow to an immense size. At the same time, Bart’s body was possessed by the disembodied consciousness of Wally West, which was being sent through time by the Force to heal itself. Gold Beetle was able to tap into Wally’s communication link to the past and learn that Wally’s essence had been transferred to Bart’s body. She was excited to learn that this was her mentor’s first meeting with her.

Wally needed to drain the energy from the Dominator or it would explode, destroying the entire northern hemisphere of Earth. Back in the 21st Century, Barry Allen hid a device which would allow Wally to shut off the Speed Force leak in a bust of Jay Garrick in the Flash Museum so Wally could retrieve it in the future, a technique the two had used before to send items to each other when one was displaced in time. Much to Gold Beetle’s delight, they would need to break into the Museum to retrieve the device, which she did by crashing her ship through the roof of the building.

Wally stole the device from the Museum and used it to restore the Dominator to normal size. He asked Gold Beetle to retrieve and dispose of the device which she unconvincingly promised to do. She hugged Wally as he felt himself being pulled back into the timestream and promised to help him whenever he needed her. Wally whispered secret instructions to her, which she agreed to carry out. When Wally’s consciousness was sent into the past, she continued to hug a confused Bart, who had no memory of the preceding events.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Headnet

Notes

• Gold Beetle was created by Jeremy Adams and Fernando Pasarin, first appearing in Future State: Suicide Squad #1. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Gold Beetle first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in The Flash #768 by Jeremy Adams, Brandon Peterson, and Marco Santucci.
• Gold Beetle's ship is smaller on the inside than it appears on the outside. This is a parody of the TARDIS from Doctor Who, which is famously bigger on the inside.

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