Justice League: Generation Lost
“The Man Behind the Curtain”
Volume 1, Issue 20, Late April 2011
Released February 23, 2011
Cover Price: $2.99
Estimated Issue Sales: 30,040
Writer: Judd Winick
Penciller: Joe Bennett
Inkers: Jack Jadson, Ruy Jose
Colorist: Hi-Fi Designs
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Assistant Editor: Rex Ogle
Editor: Brian Cunningham
Hero: Booster Gold
Supporting: Maxwell Lord
Setting: New York, NY, USA, 20th-century
Cover Description: There are two covers to this issue, neither of which features Booster Gold. (Standard edition: Max Lord appears in a Checkmate montage. Variant 1:10 edition: Max Lord sits beneath several computer monitors showing various historical moments in the history of the DC Universe.)
Brief Synopsis: Booster Gold and Max Lord discuss the destruction of Coast City.
Booster Gold's role in this story:
Featured (Booster Gold plays a prominent role)
Costume Worn: MARK I power-suit
Issue Notes: Tie-in to Brightest Day. The title of this story is an allusion to the Wizard of Oz.
This story has been reprinted in:
Justice League: Generation Lost Volume 2 (2011)
Page 12, panel 2
Booster Gold and Maxwell Lord discuss the destruction of Coast City (as seen in Superman, Volume 2, #80). Booster is wearing his costume, though its usefulness was destroyed in the battle with Doomsday in Superman, Volume 2, #74. Although not explicitly stated, the pair are presumably meeting in the New York City headquarters of the Justice League International.
Page 13, panel 2
FASHION ALERT: Booster's costume has a star on the back. The star was last seen in Justice League America #51.
Page 14, panel 6
Using his metagene powers of persuasion, Maxwell Lord commands Booster to forget this conversation. So Booster does.
Boosterrific Review: Despite several anacrhonisms and apparently conflicting continuity, this issue is a must read addressing for the first time Maxwell Lord's past and motivation without damaging to the series' quickening pace.
Boosterrific Rating: Boosterrific!
Average Fan Rating: (2 votes)
Well done. Max Lord has entered the pantheon of DC villains and this issue helps flesh him out.
I like this issue because Max Lord needed a more coherent history and what is presented here is a significant improvement. I don't understand why continuity was changed when it seems unnecessary (just use the establish names for his parents... sheesh) but it doesn't really bug me too much.
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