Total Justice

Cover Description: Batman, Flash III, and Green Lantern Kyle Rayner wear armor as they investigate a darkened cave filled with ominously silhouetted figures. (No Booster Gold.)

Brief Synopsis: Things go from bad to worse on an island that may be a trap for the Justice League.

Issue Summary: Flash, Green Lantern, and Robin are trapped on an island that negates super powers. Most of the rest of the Justice League is powerless to rescue them. Therefore, Blue Beetle and Gypsy will use a new "fractal armor" to attempt a rescue.

On the island, Batman arrives in time to save Robin from a fight with parademon. Meanwhile Aquaman has discovered that his telepathy no longer works (although he still has his strength and imperviousness).

Robin refuses to be rescued without his family, therefore Blue Beetle gives the others the fractal armor and leaves with Green Lantern and Gypsy. Before he gets far, a parademon destroys the Beetle's Bug.

The fractal armor succeeds in restoring Flash's powers. Unfortunately, he succumbs to an hallucination and, like Aquaman, is tricked into removing his armor. Robin realizes that the hallucinations are a trick, but things go from bad to worse when Darkseid arrives. Reveal Potential Spoilers

Booster Gold's role in this story:
Cameo (Booster Gold makes a minor appearance)

Costume Worn: MARK X armored power-suit

Issue Notes: This series was created to serve two purposes: promote an upcoming Kenner toy line, and bridge the gap between the canceled Justice League titles and the relaunch of the Justice League franchise by writer Grant Morrison in the series JLA. The Total Justice toy line was ultimately unsuccessful and was canceled before the fourth wave of toys was released. No Booster Gold figure was planned for the toy line.

Page 2, panel 1
Assembled Justice League members Amazing Man II, Blue Beetle II, Booster Gold (with built-in Skeets), Captain Atom, Firestorm V, Glenn Gammeron, Gypsy, Maxima, Ray II, Zan and Jayna listen as Martian Manhunter delivers the news of which longtime Justice League foe is behind the mysterious island Aquaman, Batman, Flash III, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, and Robin III are investigating. The Flash is included in this group scene in error: he is supposed to be powerless on the island at the time, as shown on page 4.

Page 2, panel 4
Blue Beetle demonstrates his new fractal armor that "asserts itself according to the specific needs of its wearer." This is exactly the sort of armor that Booster could have used before gaining his alien Flesh-Driver armor.

Page 7, panel 3
Blue Beetle flies to the mysterious island in his Bug skyship. If both the Bug and the fractal armor technology work on the island, wouldn't Booster Gold's power suit also work here? In any event, Booster doesn't come out and play for the rest of this series.