What I bought this week:
Booster Gold #4
Wonder Woman #14
All-Star Superman #9
Wonder Woman was hmmm. I'm not sold, but I'll probably finish this arc out, at least, and then we'll see where we stand.
ASS was great stuff, but that's par for the course there.
Which brings us to Booster. Get comfy, guys, we'll be here for a while.
I am amused by Booster's towel and coffee. So nice that the drunk thing didn't get dropped between issues. I hate it when things get dropped between issues.
"That whiskey saved Superman." Best excuse for drunkenness ever Y/Y?
As an aside, I hate possessive plurals. How on Earth do you even say "Flashes'"? It's so awkward.
Also, eye color arrrrrrrrrgh.
I kind of get the feeling I'm missing a reference of some sort with the title of this chapter. Hmmm.
Time Spheres are pretty dangerous.
Is Wally restraining Booster from attempting to more or less rip "Rex"'s face off here? I'm not entirely sure.
The question is, is it OK to push Lex into an oncoming train
now? Because man, oh man, would I love to see some repercussions from New Year's in 52. Because just thinking about the look on Boosternova's face in that one scene sends shivers up my spine.
Being the greatest by virtue of being the only is not really a good thing, "Rex".
Getting deleted from time hurts, apparently. Although I'd suppose it would.
Supernova is a dick.
Supernova's robot is also a dick. But Skeets is adorable.
Danny got dressed between issues. );
Oh, Rose, I love you to pieces.
And am somewhat mystified that you're going to end up with a goober like Danny."And we
had a moment, I swear." Can we legitimately call this a Jocasta complex? Does such a thing even exist?
"I'll can only tell you" *Winces*
Question: Since when does Booster keep spare costumes? Since when is it even possibly for Booster to
have spare costumes?
Oh, Danny, Danny, Danny, that was not very wise of you.
Also, your hair is way shorter than Booster's anyway. I dig the cocked eyebrow, though.
Is that The Giant Mummy That Was Not Dead?!
...Is that
Jaime?!
History is crazily specific about this lightning storm, apparently.
"And I shall brag to
all my robot friends." seems to be our required ridiculous moment of the issue. (Compare to Rip's "Friends don't let friends drive drunk!" last issue and Sinestro's mustache twirl in issue 2.)
As an aside, I love the word "fisticuffs." I also kinda love how Rip's attack doesn't really look like he's applying any of those martial arts or fighting techniques he was just bragging about.
Booster's dad (
If this interview is to be believed, his name is Jonar, for the record.) looks incredibly creepy and not at all like how I'd expected him to look. Mostly because I was under the impression that Booster got the vast majority of his looks from his father's side. (Mostly because he doesn't resemble
his mother very much.) The huge scar down the side of his face and blank eye certainly don't help matters any. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. D:
What also doesn't help is that there's this weird red mark on my copy that goes right over Jonar's face.
Stuff. Of. Nightmares!
Bonnie was, if my memory serves, Rip's girlfriend back in the day. Rex is a bastard.
I am relieved to see that relation to Booster is still a requirement for the Supernova suit. It was mentioned in Week 52 when Daniel showed up, and then wasn't mentioned at all in the first 3 issues and I was almost worried about it. I guess mentioning it again would've made it too obvious?
"Or be the hero my son
couldn't." Jonar Carter.
Asshole.
One wonders what the last time Booster refers to was.
"Without guidance, you'll always be a
failure. You'll always be a disappointment." Jonar Carter.
Asshole.
"Tell me something I
don't know." Booster Gold.
Woobie.
Skeets is the littlest Big Damn Hero ever.
Jonar bringing up Shel and blaming Booster for it.
Asshole.And Booster actually
tearing up at that.
Woobie.I really cannot wait to find out the full story here, y'know. I don't have patience, darnnit!
The fact that the Supernova mask keeps disappearing and then reappearing in Booster's hand bothers me.
I like Booster categorizing his dad as a bad guy. Finally! Booster shows evidence of actually having a spine when it comes to his relatives!
Look at Booster's posing on this page and try and tell me it's not unsettlingly Luthoresque.
As an aside, I really love how Booster tends to refer to Skeets in human terms. He says "awake" here, instead of something like "online" that would be more applicable. Even back in Countdown to Infinite Crisis, you've got "kidnapped" and "murdered" instead of "stolen" and "destroyed."
Gawd, Booster's in such a bad mood here. Am I a horrible person for loving it? At least he's focusing it towards a goal.
But man, Rip, you picked the absolute worst person for a time cop.
I kinda totally love Babs/Ted. So I am pleased by this ending.
But horrified by the thought of Booster vs. Joker. No possible way for that to end well.
