Action Comics
“Divide and Conquer”
Volume 1, Issue 675, March 1992
Released February 4, 1992
Cover Price: $1.00
Guide Price: $2.50 (as of 2003)
Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Bob McLeod
Inker: Denis Rodier
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Assistant Editor: Dan Thorsland
Editor: Michael Carlin
Heroes: Agent Liberty, Booster Gold, Deathstroke, Doctor Fate II, Elongated Man, Fire, Flash III, Green Lantern IV, Guardian II, Ice, Metamorpho, Rocket Red 4, Starman V, Valor
Villain: Brainiac
Setting: Warworld, DCU, Space, 20th-century
Cover Description: Braniac is attacked by apparently six-inch tall heroes including, counterclockwise from left, Guy Gardner, Flash III, Fire, Deathstroke, Agent Liberty, Orion, Supergirl II, Superman, and Captain Marvel. (No Booster Gold.)
Brief Synopsis: Brainiac responds to Superman's strike team of heroes by mentally dominating them into combating one another.
Booster Gold's role in this story:
Supporting (Booster Gold plays a lesser role)
Costume Worn: MARK I power-suit
Issue Notes: "Panic in the Sky! Fourth Strike." (Superman diamond chronology "1992:12.")
This story has been reprinted in:
Superman: Panic in the Sky! (1993)
Page 2, panel 1
Booster Gold is shown in a panel with Dr. Fate II and Starman V on the interior of Warworld. Other heroes appear in other areas of Warworld. Notably present is Metamorpho, who has not appeared in any of the previous "Panic in the Sky" story episodes.
Page 22, panel 1
Booster is revealed to be among the heroes who have fallen under Brainiac's control during the battles within Warworld. Booster wears one of Brainiac's thin, white mind-control devices on his head. Since Booster hasn't been seen since the second page, exactly how this has happened to him is unknown. Other heroes pictured in the panel in the thrall of Brainiac include Agent Liberty, Deathstroke, Elongated Man, Fire, Flash III, Guardian, Guy Gardner, Ice, Metamorpho, Rocket Red #4, and Valor.
Boosterrific Review: Earth's heroes defend themselves from an assault by Brainiac and Warworld. The enjoyment of this issue comes more from seeing such disparate DC heroes (and villains) together in action rather than its cliched story of an alien invasion.
Boosterrific Rating: Gold Standard.
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