DCU Comic Book Reviews

BOOSTER GOLD #2

52 Pick-Up, Part 2:  Leggo My Ego

November 2007

Written by Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz

Layouts by Dan Jurgens

Inks by Norm Rapmund

Cover by Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund

Synopsis

In the time stream, Rip Hunter detects an abnormal wormhole that causes time to shift so that Sinestro interacts with Guy Gardner long before he should’ve, changing the course of history:  Sinestro rules of the universe, including Earth.  While Booster goes to make sure Sinestro and Guy never meet, Rip goes time diving to check an abnormal chronal energy.  In 1939, Dan Garrett finds the Blue Beetle scarab.  In California, Booster locates Sinestro and stops him from contacting Guy Gardner, thus restoring the proper timeline.  When Booster returns to Rip Hunter’s ship, he finds Rip, battered and beaten, courtesy of Supernova.  Then Supernova flies into the time stream to the Old West, where he meets up with Jonah Hex.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

For the second issue of the new series, I think Johns and Katz made the wise choice in mixing together elements of the overall mythology for the story along with a done-in-one tale that shows how Booster is affecting time.  There is a danger with a series like this that it could resemble old tv shows like Quantum Leap or Sliders or even the upcoming Journeyman in which each week the heroes travel to another time and are forced to make it correct before going onward.  By delving into a larger mythology (or a series-spanning plot, if you will) Johns and Katz has expanded the basic concept so that it won’t get dull.  But if he were to dive right in with it, I could see him losing readers who are more interested in the time travel and not whatever Supernova might be doing. 

What I really liked about this issue is the manner in which Johns and Katz had Booster Gold avail.  By talking to Sinestro, by showing Booster’s smarts and ingenuity in outwitting Sinestro.  The dialogue is fantastic and shows just how much Booster understands about the people around him, a sure sign that he has grown and changed over the years.  Before, Booster was only interested in himself.  The conversation with Sinestro, and then later with Guy, shows a different Booster, the one no one will know about (which happens to be the premise of the book). 

One thing I am curious to see what may happen is the effects of changing time.  Essentially in this issue Booster makes sure that the past as he knows it (and, as reader, we know it as well) remains the same:  Hal becomes Green Lantern and Guy is relegated to second best.  In essence, nothing changes.  Yet, this series could provide change to the DCU.  Or to put it another way, this series could easily erase past continuity mistakes, if they so desired.  If a character had something happened that makes his/her continuity fouled up, they always get Booster and Rip to fix it.  This series could be the equivalent of Superboy Prime’s punch.

 

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