"Bwa-Ha-Ha?" in Booster Gold (vol. 2) #0, by Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz (writers), Dan Jurgens (penciler), Norm Rapmund (finishes), Hi-Fi (colorist), Randy Gentile (letterer)
I think this was the first DC series I bought based on suggestions of others. This or Shadowpact. This is definitely the first due to other bloggers recommending it. And this was the first issue I bought. Then I made a joke based on it being a Zero Hour "tie-in" that led to the story where Calvin got tossed across multiple universes by Overused Kirby Creation. That was almost 12 years ago. Christ.
The series spun out of developments of the weekly 52 series, where Booster had faked his death and then acted as "Supernova" working with Rip Hunter to stop a mutated up Mr. Mind (that was hidden inside Skeets, I think). Booster is back to being Booster, but keeps up his facade of being a goof obsessed with endorsements deals as cover for preserving the timeline.
Johns and Katz seemed to have some fun with the book in the early going, despite the supposed importance of what Booster was doing. I know one of the issues prior to this one Booster teams up with Jonah Hex and ends up wasted. Skeets gets a new design, and Booster gets stuck playing the straight man a lot. 'If I had a dollar. . .' 'You'd spend it.'
Then Booster decided to save Ted Kord from Max Lord, no matter the consequences (which Rip Hunter tried to demonstrate to him by having Booster fail repeatedly to save Barbara Gordon from her injury at the Joker's hands in The Killing Joke). That didn't end happily, although it did lead to a brief Justice League International reunion.
Although I don't think Barbara ever got to have a chat with Booster about that whole thing. Unless someone handled it after I dropped the book, or in Birds of Prey.
Johns and Katz left after that story concluded. Chuck Dixon wrote a two-parter that involved Booster dressing up as both Killer Moth and I think Adam West Batman at the same time (plus his sister Michelle dressing as Batgirl). After that, Dan Jurgens became writer/artist of the book and started some storyline related to the Blue Beetle scarab. I don't remember how that played out because I dropped the book before it ended. For some reason, even when Jurgens' plots sound like they would interest me, the result always leaves me cold.
Johns and Katz seemed to have some fun with the book in the early going, despite the supposed importance of what Booster was doing. I know one of the issues prior to this one Booster teams up with Jonah Hex and ends up wasted. Skeets gets a new design, and Booster gets stuck playing the straight man a lot. 'If I had a dollar. . .' 'You'd spend it.'
Then Booster decided to save Ted Kord from Max Lord, no matter the consequences (which Rip Hunter tried to demonstrate to him by having Booster fail repeatedly to save Barbara Gordon from her injury at the Joker's hands in The Killing Joke). That didn't end happily, although it did lead to a brief Justice League International reunion.
Although I don't think Barbara ever got to have a chat with Booster about that whole thing. Unless someone handled it after I dropped the book, or in Birds of Prey.
Johns and Katz left after that story concluded. Chuck Dixon wrote a two-parter that involved Booster dressing up as both Killer Moth and I think Adam West Batman at the same time (plus his sister Michelle dressing as Batgirl). After that, Dan Jurgens became writer/artist of the book and started some storyline related to the Blue Beetle scarab. I don't remember how that played out because I dropped the book before it ended. For some reason, even when Jurgens' plots sound like they would interest me, the result always leaves me cold.
2 comments:
Yeah, the Jurgens plot line became so convoluted, bringing in Despero and Per Degaton as well as the villain Black Beetle. I honestly don't think it was wrapped up at all before Giffen and DeMatteis took over and, from memory, pretty much ignored that whole storyline.
The Johns/Katz issues were probably the best out of this series, in terms of writing, but I've long been a fan of Jurgens' art.
Jurgens' art is usually fine by me. I don't think he does anything flashy, he's just one of those solid artists who knows how to draw a story so it's easy to follow. Plus, he can actually stick to a monthly schedule, or close to it at least.
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