Booster Gold #6
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For all the details! So Booster Gold huh? Well even though the banner touts him as “The Greatest Hero You’ve Never Heard Of,” or something to that effect–I have heard of him. In the eighties and the flood of superheros in the market he was a flash in the pan. I wasn’t excited to read this issue, I’ve never been a fan of washed up has beens, but I’m glad I did. DC is on a roll this month. This issue, while not exactly a work of genius was enjoyable. I liked the lack of ego that Booster Gold had in this issue as he travels back in time to save Ted Kord, Blue Beetle. I have to confess I missed most of the events of 52 (hoping they will eventually be collected) but it was intriguing that another minor character of the late eighties/early nineties, Checkmate played a pivotal role as one of the Masterminds. As for as the writing goes it was solid throughout and the art…fantastic. Reading a Dan Jurgens comic is always a pleasure because he can be counted on for consistency in detail, line work, pacing, and his storyboards are always smooth. He knows how to lay out a page, and delivers on every issue he works on. He also can draw him some pretty blonde hunks too, that’s a big plus for me. On a whole, this issue gets a solid six of ten, readable, fun, but no masterpiece.
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