Time Masters: Vanishing Point

ARTISTS

Writer: Dan Jurgens
Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Norm Rapmund
Colorist: Hi-Fi Designs
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Editor: Michael Carlin

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CHARACTERS & SETTINGS

heroes: Booster Gold, Green Lantern II, Linear Woman, Rip Hunter, Superman, Supernova I
villain: Black Beetle
supportinges: Liri Lee, Matthew Ryder I, Michelle Carter, Mrs. Gold, Skeets II

Settings: Unknown Era, Unknown Location; Last-century Vanishing Point, DCU

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ISSUE SUMMARY

Cover Description: Rip Hunter observers Batman and Darkseid in a Vanishing Point time portal. (No Booster Gold.)

Brief Synopsis: Supernova is defeated by Black Beetle.

Costume Worn: Supernova power-suit

Issue Notes: Tie-in to Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne and lead-in to Flashpoint. Final issues of this mini-series.

Reprints: This mini-series has been collected in Time Masters: Vanishing Point.

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ISSUE ANNOTATIONS

Page 9, panel 1
Supernova emerges from hiding to prevent Black Beetle from absorbing the unique properties of Waverider's corpse for his own nefarious purposes.

Page 9, panel 3
Supernova emerges from hiding to prevent Black Beetle from absorbing the unique properties of Waverider's corpse for his own nefarious purposes.

Page 10, panel 2
For the fourth time in this series, Supernova speaks to the unidentified, disembodied voice first encountered in Time Masters: Vanishing Point #1.

Page 12, panel 3
As Supernova and Black Beetle fight, Liri Lee seizes Waverider's corpse in order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Black Beetle.

Page 14, panel 3
A PAIR OF DOCS?: Booster Gold, Green Lantern, Rip Hunter, Skeets, and Superman trace the Black Beetle to Waverider's Grave. Booster Gold is concerned about the well-being of Supernova, who has just been soundly beaten by the Black Beetle. Superman notes that Booster Gold was temporarily disguised as Supernova during the events of 52, though Rip Hunter calls this Supernova "Daniel," Booster's ancestor and the man who inherited the Supernova costume from Booster.

Page 16, panel 4
Despite the pleas of Rip Hunter, Liri Lee -- now calling herself the Linear Woman -- departs with Matthew Ryder, an alternate timeline version of Waverider and fellow member of the Linear Men.

Page 17, panel 4
ALTERNATE REALITY: Using Supernova's powersuit, Rip Hunter is able to transport the New Time Masters to an alternate Vanishing Point, one that was not destroyed by a hyperfauna during the events of Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #6.

Page 18, panel 3
SPOILER WARNING!: After placing the other New Time Masters in stasis, Supernova reveals his identity to Rip Hunter: Supernova is Booster Gold! It is hard to believe that Black Beetle and Despero both failed to recognize that this Supernova was not the original. Reveal

Page 18, panel 4
SPOILER WARNING!: The disembodied voice is revealed to belong to Rip Hunter's mother, Booster Gold's wife! Mother Gold is seen from behind at the controls of a futuristic computer. She appears to have blond hair and looks to be wearing some variation of the Goldstar costume. She transports the alternate timeline Vanishing Point to the end of time to replace the Vanishing Point that was destroyed in Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #6, restoring Vanishing Point to its familiar place. As Supernova said in Time Masters: Vanishing Point #1, "This is the end of time itself. Anything is possible." Reveal

For more annotations from this issue which occur at a different point in Booster Gold's chronology, click here (for younger Booster Gold) or click here (for older Booster Gold).

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ISSUE REVIEW

Boosterrific Review: I did not enjoy this series much at all until I went back and read its individual plot threads (Rip Hunter, Booster Gold, Supernova) in chronological order rather than publishing order. What initially appeared to me to be a jumbled mass of anti-complementary tales became far, far more satisfying. Yes, this series leaves more questions than it answers as it leaves one confusing time-travel mess (Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne) and prepares for another (Flashpoint). (Why was Professor Zoom even in this series? Or for that matter the Time Stealers, or Black Beetle? Will there be another story filling in the gaps in what happened in this issue?) But in the end, I have to conclude that the rough journey through the previous six issues was ultimate worth the trip.

Boosterrific Rating:

• Currently 4.0/5 Stars.

Average Fan Rating:

• Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

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