DCU Comic Book Reviews

BOOSTER GOLD #15

Reality Lost, Part One

February 2009

Written by Dan Jurgens

Layouts by Dan Jurgens

Inks by Norm Rapmund

Cover by Dan Jurgens And Norm Rapmund

Synopsis

In the past, Booster Gold searches for authentic Italian food, but finds himself in trouble.  Meanwhile, his sister Michelle (aka Goldstar) is being painted by Leonardi Da Vinci.  Before he can finish, Booster destroys the painting and then takes her away.  Da Vinci finishes the painting from memory to create the Mona Lisa.  In the Time Sphere, something goes wrong.  When they land, Rip Hunter’s lab is missing.  Booster soon learns that time went wrong during his mission in Gotham when a knife was stolen from the museum Booster had been protecting.  Booster and Goldstar return to Gotham, where they encounter Ralph Dibny (aka Elongated Man).  Booster convinces Ralph he is a time traveler sent to retrieve the knife.  Skeets determines the knife has time traveling properties.  So, Booster and Ralph travel back a few minutes in time to when the knife was about to disappear.  They retrieve the knife, but the thief gets away.  Suddenly, the knife is being taken.  Booster grabs for it and finds himself thrown in time to when the Earth has been destroyed. 

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

This issue marks the writing debut of Dan Jurgens, who was not only the original creator of Booster Gold back in the 80s but also was (and still remains) the artist on this book.  Given how closely tied Jurgens is to Booster it seems like this issue would be a slam dunk.  And for the most part, it actually was, despite some things that did not work.  Overall, however, this was very enjoyable and certainly an upturn from the fill-in issues after Johns and Katz left the book.  Jurgens manages to infuse the book with humor (and although the Da Vinci scene took a long time to set up and execute, I liked it) that I think had been missing from the previous issues.  I enjoyed the scenes with Ralph Dibny and the call back to their past/future together.  As I have said before, I think the key to this book is not sending Booster through DC history, but sending Booster through DC publication history, playing off books we have read.  And this does it, with Booster trying to explain what happens to the JLA and not telling Ralph about what happens to his wife.  However, I am torn by the reference to Identity Crisis.  On the one hand, that mini-series is now an integral part of Dibny’s character that I doubt he could appear without it being mentioned, but on the other hand it is such a controversial series and certainly a depressing series that it instantly drags down the plot.  And that is what happens here.  Except for that one part, this issue is fun to read; hopefully, Jurgens can keep this up.  

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