According to the search results, Ted Kord is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He is the second Blue Beetle, a genius-level inventor, and a gifted athlete. The character has been killed off multiple times in the comics, but he has also been reintroduced in various storylines. In the 2005 one-shot story Countdown to Infinite Crisis, Ted Kord was killed by Maxwell Lord, who shot him in the head. However, in the 2023 movie Blue Beetle, it is revealed that Ted Kord disappeared years before the events of the movie, vanishing under unknown circumstances. In the same movie, Ted Kords daughter, Jenny, reveals that Ted was the last Blue Beetle before Jaime Reyes, and he disappeared alongside the Khaji Da Scarab. The mid-credits scene of the movie reveals that Ted Kord is still alive, setting up potential team-ups with DC hero Booster Gold.