The Rise of the Blue Beetle! has a few problems with controlling his powers, such as when he tried to rescue a cat from a tree. Batman decides to take the young superhero under his wing and asks Blue Beetle to help him stop a meteor. The mission is stopped, however, when the two superheroes to get sucked into a wormhole which sends both of them to a distant planet that has a war between single-celled aliens called Gibbles and the intergalactic pirate Kanjar Ro, who wants to harvest their bodies for fuel. The aliens believe that Blue Beetle is their savior, mistaking him for the
The Rise of the Blue Beetle! have a problem with "wormholes, single-cell organisms and evil intergalactic pirates being mentioned in the same breath as Batman". Scott Summers of Toonzone liked the plot of the episode while also noting that there are references to older Batman animation. Rob M. Worley of Mania said that the episode has "laugh-out-loud moments" and praised the action and plot twists. The Rise of the Blue Beetle! "The Rise of the Blue Beetle" is the first episode of the animated television series "". The episode introduces Blue Beetle in his first on-screen appearance. The episode opens with Batman and Green Arrow breaking