Justice League Unlimited

Cover Description: Booster Gold and Blue Beetle dream of popularity as valued members of the Justice League.

Brief Synopsis: Booster Gold and Blue Beetle try to assist the Justice League only to get in their way.

Issue Summary: Booster Gold and Blue Beetle observe the Demolition Team in the act of destroying the unfinished Star Towers condominiums. The pair delay their action as they debate the payoff.

When the Justice League intercedes to stop the Demolition Team, Booster and Beetle join in, proving to be more an obstacle to the JLA than a bane to the Demolition Team. The Demolition Team escapes, and Booster Gold and Blue Beetle get a stern talking to from Batman and Green Lantern.

With Booster and Beetle's help, the Justice League track the Demolition Team and join in apprehending them. Batman again lectures Blue and Gold about the appropriate altruistic motivation for heroes, a lecture that the pair promptly ignore. Reveal Potential Spoilers

Booster Gold's role in this story:
Featured (Booster Gold plays a prominent role)

Costume Worn: Justice League Unlimited

Issue Notes: This series is based on the events and characters depicted in Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited television series. Though these characters and events are similar to their comic book counterparts in the Justice League, there are varied and noticeable differences.

Story Notes: This story was originally intended to run in Justice League Adventures, but was withheld from publication until this issue of this series. The full story can be found on penciller Christopher Jones' website, blog.christopherjonesart.com/blue-beetle-and-booster-gold/.

Page 1, panel 1
No book featuring Booster Gold and Blue Beetle would really be complete without a reference to the man who united them: Maxwell Lord. A poster on a fence identifies the setting as "Future Site of Star Towers Luxury Condominiums" being financed by "M. Lord Enterprises."

Page 3, panel 2
Booster Gold and Blue Beetle observe the Demolition Team in action, but before they can intercede...

Page 6, panel 2
...the Justice League (Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman) arrives.

Page 16, panel 1
BUSTER GOLD: Green Lantern calls Booster "Buster" even though he knows better. If it seems odd that Booster would receive so little respect in this issue after proving his worth in earlier issues, that is because this issue was written and drawn 4 years earlier. See Christopher Jones' blog (blog.christopherjonesart.com) for more details.

Page 20, panel 1
The final page of this issue is an advertising flier for the Booster Gold and Blue Beetle adventurer-for-hire business "1-800-SuperDudes!" (The original version of this ad as penciled — plus two additional pages featuring Booster Gold that did make the final publication — can be seen on artist Christopher Jones' website, gallery.christopherjonesart.com.)