Justice League International

Cover Description: OMAC fights Guy Gardner. (No Booster Gold.)

Brief Synopsis: The fractured JLI struggles simultaneously against terrorist plans and the rampaging OMAC.

Issue Summary: Godiva, August General in Iron, and Guy Gardner fight the irrational OMAC through New York City. Not far away, Booster Gold, Batman, Batwing, and Skeets discuss their plan of action against the villains responsible for a spate of recent bombings. Deciding to head to Paris and investigate a new bombing at the Eiffel Tower, Booster and the Batmen join the fight against OMAC. In the sewers below the streets, OMAC clams down and agrees to join the team on the trip for everyone's safety.

Meanwhile, the super-powered bombers Intersek, Lighweaver, Crosscut, and Breakdown also hold a brief conference on their future strategy before teleporting to an unknown location.

Booster Gold and Godiva discuss their fallen teammates during the flight to Paris. Arriving at the Eiffel Tower, the team is immediately ambushed by a rogue Firestorm. Reveal Potential Spoilers

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

Costume Worn: MARK XIII power-suit

This story has been reprinted in:
Justice League International Volume 2: Breakdown (2013)

Page 5, panel 1
Apparently unaware that teammates August General in Iron, Godiva, and Guy Gardner are in a fight with OMAC just a few blocks away, Batman, Batwing, and Booster Gold have a calm strategy discussion in a New York City street about the motivators behind a recent spate of terrorist attacks.

Page 5, panel 3
HIS STORY: After over-hearing an audio report from Skeets, Batwing acts surprised to learn that Booster Gold is actually from the future. It isn't clear whether this attitude is common among the populace of the DCnU, or if it is just a continuation of Batwing's anti-Booster attitude demonstrated in the previous issue.

Page 6, panel 1
Skeets -- who is heard but not seen in this issue -- notifies Booster that the Eiffel Tower has been bombed in circumstances similar to those of the recent New York bombing. This new terrorist act can be seen in The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men #8.

Page 7, panel 4
POWER UP: Booster Gold, Batman, and Batwing finally join their teammates in the fight against OMAC. Booster Gold's Booster Shots are powerful enough to knock OMAC out of the sky, though they don't appear to be powerful enough to cause him any injury.

Page 10, panel 3
Both Booster Gold and Skeets act as though they have never heard of an OMAC before. Whether their memory of OMACs were erased by the history-changing events of Flashpoint or whether they are pretending ignorant to protect their identities as secret policemen of the time stream remains unclear.

Page 15, panel 3
With OMAC subdued and apologetic for his unexplained rage, the JLI agrees that OMAC should accompany the team to Paris so that the team can keep an eye on him.

Page 19, panel 1
Aboard Guy Gardner's jet construct, Booster Gold and Godiva discuss the fact that the team hasn't taken the time to mourn their fallen comrades. With Batman and Batwing sitting mutely nearby, Booster's excuse is essentially "we're too busy." Which is true: if the no-longer-sanctioned Justice League International doesn't solve Firestorm's problem, who will? The JLA? The Teen Titans? Stormwatch? S.H.A.D.E.? The Blackhawks? French authorities? Clearly, this is a job for the under-staffed not-JLI.

Page 20, panel 1
Arriving at the base of the Eiffel Tower, the JLI is surprised to find several Firestorm Protocol variants flying around the severely damaged Tower.