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BOOSTER GOLD #10

Blue & Gold, Chapter 5:  Mindgames

August 2008

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 Lab, Rip Hunter realizes that time sphere has been shattered, which means Booster Gold may be erased from history.  Hunter tells Skeets to find Booster while he retrieves another time sphere to reset the correct timeline.  Elsewhen, Booster Gold and the Justice League International battle the Time Stealers.  In the middle of the fight, Booster starts to fade away, being erased from time.  Booster also realizes that Supernova is not his father; it is Mr. Mind controlling his actions.  In the 31st Century, Rip Hunter steals a time sphere.  Meanwhile, Booster and Blue Beetle are able to rip Mr. Mind from Booster’s father.  Then Blue Beetle steps on him.  Blue Beetle realizes that he must sacrifice himself to set the timeline right.    

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

The cover states:  “One of these men will kill Blue Beetle...and it’s not who think it is!”  The choices are Supernova, Max Lord, Booster Gold, ????, and Blue Beetle.  Even before I saw this cover, I had a feeling that Ted would willingly sacrifice himself in order to re-set the timelines.   So it is exactly who I thought it was.

What I was not expecting, however, was the return of Mr. Mind.  And it was a great surprise.  It was perfectly executed; in hindsight it actually made sense that Booster’s dad was being controlled by someone else.  After all, it doesn’t quite follow that someone with so much abilities to do what he has done would sire someone like booster.  More importantly, the follow through was also great with Ted’s surprise at Mr. Mind’s transformation followed by the startling decision to squish him.  It seems a little callous that Ted would take a life that quickly, but, hey, come on, it is only a bug, after all. 

This series is still fun and entertaining and anyone who does not find humor in Skeets defecating all over Maximillion needs to check out their laugh center.  Yes, this particular storyline has been fairly predictable (well, except for Mr. Mind), but if the story is done well and executed with brilliance, I can forgive a little predictability.  And this story (and book) so far has been excellent to read.  This is some really good stuff. 

I am curious about the Black Beetle portion of this book and how this may (or may not) relate to the current Blue Beetle book.  Is there a plan to follow up on what the Black Beetle (and it would be hoot if he were Paco) said or is Johns just tossing stuff into the wind, regardless what DC might do with the Jaime Reyes character?  I would love if some of the things were to happen, but by the same token it is still too early in the Blue Beetle book to start adding so much melodrama. 

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