Steel
“Showdown”
Volume 1, Issue 12, February 1995
Released December 27, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
Guide Price: $2.50 (as of 2003)
Writer: Louise Simonson
Penciller: Chris Batista
Inker: Rich Faber
Colorist: David Grafe
Letterer: Pat Brousseau
Editor: Frank Pittarese
Heroes: Amazing Man II, Blue Beetle II, Booster Gold, Captain Atom
Setting: Mount Thunder, DCU, USA, 20th-century
Cover Description: Steel fights B'Aad while an imprisoned Maxima watches. (No Booster Gold.)
Brief Synopsis: Steel seeks help from the Justice League in tracking his enemy Hazard into space.
Booster Gold's role in this story:
Cameo (Booster Gold makes a minor appearance)
Costume Worn: MARK IV armored power-suit
Issue Notes: This is the second part of the three chapter "Maximum Orbit" story. Booster Gold does not appear in the story's final issue.
Boosterrific Review: This issue's primary villain is a 4-armed space cowboy with giant, spiked shoulder pads. If not for the fine art provided by Chris Batista, this issue would be everything that you would expect from the 1990s DC Universe.
Boosterrific Rating: Gold Standard.
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