Dark Nights: Death Metal
“An Anti-Crisis Part III, Pick Up Styx”
Volume 1, Issue 3, October 2020
Released August 11, 2020
Cover Price: $4.99
Writer: Scott Snyder
Penciller: Greg Capullo
Inker: Jonathan Glapion
Colorist: FCO Plascencia
Assistant Editor: Andrew Marino
Editor: Marie Javins
Heroes: Animal Man, Batgirl I, Batman, Beast Boy, Black Canary II, Black Lightning, Blue Beetle II, Booster Gold, Donna Troy, Firestorm V, Green Arrow I, Green Lantern II, Green Lantern III, Green Lantern IV, Green Lantern V, Harley Quinn, Hawkgirl II, Ice, Jarro, Jessica Cruz, Jonah Hex, Martian Manhunter, Metamorpho, Miss Martian, Mister Miracle, Mister Terrific II, Nightwing II, Plastic Man, Raven VI, Steel III, Supergirl V, Superman, Vixen, Wonder Woman
Setting: Apokolips, DCU, Space, 21st-century
Cover Description: A Superman flies. (No Booster Gold.)
Brief Synopsis: The fight to save the multiverse from Perpetua continues.
Booster Gold's role in this story:
Cameo (Booster Gold makes a minor appearance)
Costume Worn: MARK I.v2 power-suit
This story has been reprinted in:
Dark Nights: Death Metal (2021)
Absolute Dark Nights Death Metal (2023)
Page 23, panel 2
In the wake of Perpetua's revision of reality to suit the Batman Who Laughs, Booster Gold is one of many heroes being held prisoner in the Super Prison on Apokolips. Booster and pals are freed by the arrival of Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman. (Booster appears in only 2 panels in this issue, and like most of the heroes, he has no lines of dialogue.)
Boosterrific Review: "No one wants this," says Wonder Woman, and I'm inclined to agree. The story is chock full of crazy ideas, too many, in fact. In addition to a million riffs on Who's Who entries, there are whole pages devoted to elements that don't seem to have anything to do with anything else. The chaos destroys any narrative clarity, and the result is just so much noise. An aptly named series, indeed.
Boosterrific Rating: Tarnished.
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