Blue Beetle
“Scarab War, Chapter One”
Volume 5, Issue 1, November 2023
Released September 5, 2023
Cover Price: $3.99
Writer: Josh Trujillo
Artist: Adrian Gutierrez
Colorist: Wil Quintana
Letterer: Lucas Gattoni
Editors: Katie Kubert, Andrew Marino
Cover Description: This book has multiple covers. Booster Gold appears on none of them.
Booster Gold's role in this story:
Cameo (Booster Gold makes a minor appearance)
Costume Worn: MARK I power-suit
This story has been reprinted in:
Blue Beetle Volume 1: Scarab War (2024)
Page 1, panel 4
Booster Gold appears alongside (clockwise) Fire, Green Lantern Guy Gardner, an unidentified Rocket Red, Ice, and Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) in a flashback to their time in the Justice League International. The pose is evocative of the cover to Justice League #1 (1987), although only Beetle and Gardner were members of the team at that time. Booster joined the team in issue #4, Rocket Red 7 was added when the title was changed to Justice League International #7 and was replaced by Rocket Red 4 in Justice League International #11, and Fire and Ice joined officially in Justice League International #14. All of them would remain on the active roster until the International team was broken into American and European divisions following Justice League International #24. This is Booster's only appearance in this issue.
Page 18, panel 3
Ted Kord activates a "temporal lock" which is "a trick I picked up from a good friend!" Given that temporal is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as "of or relating to time," in all likelihood that friend is Booster Gold.
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