52

ARTISTS

Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid
Pencillers: Keith Giffen, Shawn Moll
Inker: Tom Nguyen
Colorist: Alex Sinclair
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher
Editor: Stephen Wacker
Assistant Editors: Jann Jones, Harvey Richards
Cover Artists: J.G. Jones, Alex Sinclair

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CHARACTERS & SETTINGS

Setting: 21st-century Metropolis, DCU, USA

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ISSUE SUMMARY

Cover Description: Supernova is reflected in Booster Gold's cracked goggles.

Synopsis: Booster Gold has a very, very bad day.

Chronology: This is the last appearance of Booster Gold. His funeral is held in 52 Week Eighteen.

Issue Notes: This issue contains the final appearance of Booster Gold.

Reprints: This issue has been collected in 52, Volume 2.

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ISSUE ANNOTATIONS

Page 20, panel 6
SPOILER WARNING!: As reporter Clark Kent watches nearby, Supernova cradles Booster Gold's charred corpse. This corpse, which is actually the mortal remains of Booster Gold, represents the third time-displaced version of Booster Gold to appear in this book, though no more than two time-separated versions of Michael Jon Carter ever appear on panel at the same time. It is exactly these sorts of events that make chronicling the adventures of a time-traveling hero so difficult. Reveal

For more annotations from this issue which occur at different points in Booster Gold's chronology, click here (for Booster Gold) or click here (for Supernova)

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ISSUE REVIEW

Boosterrific Review: Fittingly Booster Gold appears in all but 6 pages of this story advertised as "His Last Battle." The issue features a no-holds-barred battle between Booster and Supernova, during which both combatants let fly verbal jabs almost as punishing as their physical attacks. It is yet another credit to the pacing and storytelling of this series that you don't realize that it has only been 7 weeks since Supernova first appeared, leaving very little time for teh writers to create such believeable animosity between the two characters who are barely even rivals. Events of this issue represent a crucial bit of history for Booster Gold and certainly qualifies as a "must read" issue.

Boosterrific Rating:

• Currently 5.0/5 Stars.

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