Eclipso
“Big Game”
Volume 1, Issue 17, March 1994
Released January 25, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
Guide Price: $2.25 (as of 2003)
Writer: Robert Loren Fleming
Pencillers: Luke McDonnell, Audwynn Jermaine Newman
Inkers: Agustin Comotto, Bob Fujitani
Colorist: Tom McCraw
Letterer: Steve Haynie
Editor: Paul Kupperberg
Heroes: Bloodwynd II, Booster Gold, Booster Gold, Bruce Gordon, Flash III, Green Arrow I, Guy Gardner, Hourman II, Jade, Martian Manhunter, Metamorpho, Mister Miracle, Nemesis, Obsidian, Orion, Power Girl, Prism, Ray II
Villain: Eclipso
Supporting: Chunk, Johnny Peril
Setting: Parador, DCU, South America, 20th-century
Cover Description: Martian Manhunter, Guy Gardner, and Flash III creep through a jungle, stalked by a lion controlled by Eclipso. (No Booster Gold.)
Brief Synopsis: The assembled heroes of the DC Universe arrive in Parador to defeat Eclipso once-and-for-all.
Booster Gold's role in this story:
Cameo (Booster Gold makes a minor appearance)
Costume Worn: MARK II armored power-suit
Issue Notes: This is the penultimate issue of this series.
Page 12, panel 2
The Eclipso hunting force arrives over the island of Parador. Heroes pictured include Bloodwynd I, Booster Gold, Green Lantern I, Guy Gardner, Jade, Martian Manhunter, Mister Miracle, Obsidian, Orion, Power Girl, and Ray II.
Page 15, panel 1
The flying heroes join the land troops by Bruce Gordon. The ground unit includes Chunk, Flash III, Green Arrow, Hourman I, Johnny Peril, Metamorpho, Nemesis, and Prism.
Page 15, panel 4
The heroes are confronted by a flying Eclipso, initiating the battle that everyone has been anticipating.
Page 22, panel 1
As the heroes face a giant Eclipso, Booster Gold can be seen holding a gun similar to that of Bruce Gordon. Presumably, this gun shoots solar energy, Eclipso's weakness.
Boosterrific Review: Though only one artist, Audwynn Jermaine Newman, received credit for pencils in this issue, there is a clear change in style in the second half of this issue. The art is drastically improved by the change in styles. (There are three inkers credited on the issue, and which pages the three inkers worked on is uncredited.) While the second half of the issue cannot make up for the terrible art or carelessness of the storytelling in the first half, it is a pleasant surprise.
Boosterrific Rating: Tarnished.
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