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! previous one who wore the scarab, who was later killed. They think Batman is Blue Beetle's sidekick, but he is not confident he can save them, although he decides to try when he sees how much hope they have for him. Batman tells the Blue Beetle to give a speech to the aliens to encourage them to fight Kanjor Ro. Kanjor Ro is meanwhile draining energy from the Gibbles to power his ships for raids on the Medra Quadrant. However, the Gibble army attacks and Blue Beetle starts getting the hang of controlling the suit. He saves Batman from Kanjar