On-Time Review: Booster Gold #3

Another fine issue from the pens of Johns and Katz. No surprise here, and plenty of roffles.

We open with Danny in his boxers. I approve. And Booster's trying to punch him out for getting the Supernova suit stolen. Of course. Nothing seems to frustrate Booster quite as much as Danny does. Though I'm not sure I can really entirely blame him for his frustration.

I already love Rose, too. Also, she is totally checking Danny out in that last panel here. Not that I blame her.

"A fight between Booster Gold and the 100" is a reference to Booster's original series, by the by. Though, granted, Booster was fighting the 1,000. It's close enough.

Another random cameo by Team 13! Love it! :D

Go figure that if the Kents don't get wee Kal, then the Luthors do. How very meta. And that Lex and "Lionel, Jr." would be bestest pals.... right up until Lex finds out that Lionel's Superman. It vaguely amuses me in the worst way that it takes Lex less than a year to kill him. Hardcore. Booster is, naturally, horrified by this, considering how very much he idolizes Supes. I really love how he's all business after that.

In case you had managed to fail to catch on, Jonah Hex is hardcore.

Can we have Booster in various states of changing his clothes in every issue? Please?

I had to look up who Ennid Morricone and Frankie Laine were on Wikipedia. Does that make me a bad person?

Considering Booster's family/personal history of gambling problems, how very quickly he accepts Jonah's bet is both very in character and slightly worrisome.

Y'know, if you can't see the messed-up half of his face, Jonah's pretty handsome. I like this scene. It's kind of gratuitous, but it totally fits. And the woobie's strong with the discussion of friends, of course.

Random page of inexplicably Caucasian Jaime Reyes!

I love these two pages here to pieces. Booster's very drunk here, and it's somehow very endearing. And what's really endearing is the story of his cape. It is 100% true that Booster used to have a cape in his original series. The cape was mostly for PR purposes, and Booster was usually in the habit of taking it off for any actual fighting. So this story, while new, does fit, and, well, it hurts in the best way. Like I said earlier, Booster idolizes Superman. It's such a pity that Superman doesn't care much for him.

Booster has fought both Mammoth and Blackguard on-panel, for the record. Mammoth in the very first week of 52, and Blackguard in the very first issue (along with the next 3) of his original series. Although Blackguard reformed before Booster's cape disappeared, so I doubt he's the one in the story.

And I love that Booster forgot to eat. Because he would. And then he drank all that whiskey on an empty stomach. Amazing!

And Supernova calls Booster Michael, which, as I noted in my review of issue #1, calling Booster by his given name is not something you just do.

And then Booster's suit appears out of nowhere. I am mystified.

Supernova has very good mastery over the suit's capabilities. And he's definitely a very clever strategist. (Because it's so hard to beat a drunk guy up, right? :P) And buffalo. Wow.

And this last scene is definitely a winner. Rip declaring that "Friends don't let friends drive drunk!" is one of the most amazing/ridiculous things ever. Kind of like Sinestro's mustache twirl last issue. And then Booster just has to go and tempt fate. And his guilty face when Rip calls him on it afterwards is just so adorable. A great note to end on. :D

Except for one little thing. Barry's and Wally's eyes are both colored brown here, when they ought to be blue and green, respectively. I could kind of understand accidentally coloring them both blue, since I see people screw up and make Wally's eyes blue all the time, but brown? Seriously? Way to drop the ball, Hi-Fi!

Overall a most excellent issue, not that this is surprising, of course.