Paco Testas (Prime Earth)

Paco Testas
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Paco Testas
Other Aliases	Blood Beetle
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	Keith Giffen · John Rogers · Cully Hamner
First Appearance	Blue Beetle Vol 8 #1 (November, 2011)

There's no shame in my celebrating the beauty of the human body!

— Paco Testas

Paco Testas is a friend of the Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes. Prior to his "death", Testas ingested a piece of the Khaji Da scarab and some of Jaime Reyes's mutated blood, which briefly mutated him into a red-and-black being called Blood Beetle.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Scarab-Altered Physiology: (Formerly)

  

  The Blood Beetle

  As Blood Beetle, Paco was able to utilize powers similar and surpassing to Blue Beetle.
  • Blue Beetle Armour: Paco could produce a suit of armour around his body capable of great feats.
    • Enhanced Strength
    • Technomorphy: Paco could manipulate the armour to take many shapes, usually in the form of weaponry.
      • Plasma Cannon: Paco could produce a cannon anywhere on the body capable of greatly harming or incinerating opponents.
      • Wings: Paco could manufacture a set of wings and jet propulsion which he can use to fly.
      • Melee Weapon Production: Paco was able to produce melee weapons such as swords and maces out of his arms for use in close combat.
    • Energy Pulse: Paco was able to create an outward surge of energy damaging anyone in a close vicinity.
    • Energy Shield: Blood Beetle was able to create an energy shield capable of surviving great trauma.

Abilities

• Driving

Weaknesses

• Multiple Personalities (Formerly)

Notes

• Paco was created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner, first appearing in Infinite Crisis #3. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Paco first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Blue Beetle (Volume 8) #1 by Tony Bedard and Ig Guara.
  

Trivia

• Paco is in a relationship with Xiomara Erazo.

Related

• 40 Appearances of Paco Testas (Prime Earth)
• 18 Images featuring Paco Testas (Prime Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Paco Testas (Prime Earth)
• Character Gallery: Paco Testas (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

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