Dan Jurgens, Ig Guara, and Norm Rapmund
"Turbulence:" Greatest hero you've never heard of Booster Gold spent much of his superhero career in the aim of personal gain, but after his best friend, Ted Kord, was murdered, he cleaned up his act and became serious about his heroics. Now, a force for correcting broken timelines, Booster finds himself amongst the altered world of Flashpoint, hunted by the military, believing him to be Atlantean. Last time, Doomsday, known as Project 6, had broken free of his controller, Capt. Adams, and is now just a beast off the leash.
Summary: Believing that it was Booster's fault that Doomsday malfunctioned, the army, unable to see the ensuing destruction, is helpless as Doomsday begins his rampage. Booster gets beaten up pretty bad, and is able to do little to stop the beast. The military is really upset because they think the creature will just stand there as the Atlanteans just beat it and kill it, completely unaware of the true consciousness in the creature. Booster wakes up miles away with the dark haired woman treating his wounds. We find out that she is also a metahuman who can take people's powers, abilities, and skills just by touching them. So, to summarize in Heroes terms, she's Peter Petrelli (Season 4). Together they find the helmet that controls Doomsday and race to find the creature and reattach it. Meanwhile, Doomsday destroys a bus full of people and heads for Metropolis. The army finally patches back into the helmet, and still believes that Booster is to blame, despite seeing Doomsday rampaging through the city, and think Booster is using Atlantean powers to make Doomsday do this. Booster calls them idiots and finally catches up to Doomsday adn fights him some more, losing for the most part. The beast goes to kill parasite powered woman, and Booster slaps the helmet on the creature just in time. then Capt. Adams takes control and begins beating Booster to death. Our final page reveals Doomsday holding up Booster by the head, apparently dead.
Highs: The art is consistant and the dialogue works really well. Its a well written comic.
Lows: My problem is with the Flashpoint world. Last issue Booster found out that Thomas Wayne was still alive. This issue we get a page of his reaction that Thomas Wayne has casinos in Gotham. It just seems tacked on.
Verdict: A-. Overall, I think its a pretty solid comic and I've always been a big fan of Booster Gold so this goes right with what I like.
"Turbulence:" Greatest hero you've never heard of Booster Gold spent much of his superhero career in the aim of personal gain, but after his best friend, Ted Kord, was murdered, he cleaned up his act and became serious about his heroics. Now, a force for correcting broken timelines, Booster finds himself amongst the altered world of Flashpoint, hunted by the military, believing him to be Atlantean. Last time, Doomsday, known as Project 6, had broken free of his controller, Capt. Adams, and is now just a beast off the leash.
Summary: Believing that it was Booster's fault that Doomsday malfunctioned, the army, unable to see the ensuing destruction, is helpless as Doomsday begins his rampage. Booster gets beaten up pretty bad, and is able to do little to stop the beast. The military is really upset because they think the creature will just stand there as the Atlanteans just beat it and kill it, completely unaware of the true consciousness in the creature. Booster wakes up miles away with the dark haired woman treating his wounds. We find out that she is also a metahuman who can take people's powers, abilities, and skills just by touching them. So, to summarize in Heroes terms, she's Peter Petrelli (Season 4). Together they find the helmet that controls Doomsday and race to find the creature and reattach it. Meanwhile, Doomsday destroys a bus full of people and heads for Metropolis. The army finally patches back into the helmet, and still believes that Booster is to blame, despite seeing Doomsday rampaging through the city, and think Booster is using Atlantean powers to make Doomsday do this. Booster calls them idiots and finally catches up to Doomsday adn fights him some more, losing for the most part. The beast goes to kill parasite powered woman, and Booster slaps the helmet on the creature just in time. then Capt. Adams takes control and begins beating Booster to death. Our final page reveals Doomsday holding up Booster by the head, apparently dead.Highs: The art is consistant and the dialogue works really well. Its a well written comic.
Lows: My problem is with the Flashpoint world. Last issue Booster found out that Thomas Wayne was still alive. This issue we get a page of his reaction that Thomas Wayne has casinos in Gotham. It just seems tacked on.
Verdict: A-. Overall, I think its a pretty solid comic and I've always been a big fan of Booster Gold so this goes right with what I like.
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