Tim & Trystan Van Bruggen posted on Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:45 PM
I don't mind returning Booster to his media-pitchman ways, as long they keep his growth as a hero. Perhaps this is DCnU's way of getting Booster and Beetle together for a new Blue & Gold series! One can only hope.

Grimmy posted on Jul. 18, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Blue Beetle could certainly use the BOOST "er" in sales ;)

Anonymous posted on Jul. 19, 2012 at 6:29 AM
"in another lifetime", yeah, right... -sigh-

Not ever having had his past adventures with Ted is one thing, but here with Jaime they simply go on the wrong foot altogether. Why's everyone so angry all the time in this New 52?!?
Booster trying to kill a child stuck in an alien armor, really? Not the Booster we knew!

Eyz posted on Jul. 19, 2012 at 6:29 AM
^by the by, that was "me", Eyz. Forgot to log in my name, etc.

MetalWoman posted on Jul. 19, 2012 at 11:28 AM
In all fairness to Booster Eyz, it sounds like he believes that once a Scarab takes control of a victim, not only can it never be removed, but it destroys the person it controls. So in Booster's mind, Scarab Jaime is the equivalent of a zombie/vampire/Black Lantern.

Of course, that makes Booster look even worse for letting Jaime go just because it would have brought him bad media attention. But I like to think it was also because he began to doubt that Jaime was truly a mindless killing machine.

Metal Woman

Grimmy posted on Jul. 19, 2012 at 4:42 PM
ONE guest appearance and we already have a more interesting character dynamic than we've had in 11 issues of JLI. Much as I miss Ted, I'm beginning to hope for a new "Blue and Gold" series to come out of all this.

deusex2 posted on Jul. 20, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Personally, I believe they fragged it up when they blatantly revealed the identity of the Black Beetle(you know, only the greatest super-villain you've never heard of).

And judging by all the recent releases from DC, I'd rather not have Nu52 "Blue and Gold". Although knowing DC, we're probably bound to witness the birth of brooding, seerious Batman wanna-be Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle...And then DC will cancel the series after several unsuccessful runs and we'll be left out again.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Jul. 20, 2012 at 3:15 AM
Personally, I'll take Booster Gold in whatever series DC wants to give him to me in. I think I've demonstrated that if Booster's in it, I'm buying it.

deusex2 posted on Jul. 20, 2012 at 3:56 AM
Well true there about Booster Gold... but not Ted Kord. Ruining such a great character or a duo is just too darn much.

Harry posted on Mar. 14, 2010 at 12:49 AM
The article does bring up one aspect of Johns' opening arc that bothered me... there is no way the Joker beats BG in a fist fight. It is complete inconsistent with BG's powers. That force field has contained a raging Green Lantern before. He has taken punches from Doomsday and lived. The Joker... seriously. The Joker is cool and all, but when stories try to integrate human and superhuman heroes and villains, the results are often silly.

tiggerpete posted on Mar. 14, 2010 at 4:24 AM
well, he is never supposed to beat the Joker since it was solidified time, so I blame destiny more than a power imballance making the Joker stronger.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Mar. 14, 2010 at 3:31 PM
That's fate for you, Harry. I'm not a big Joker fan (I find the continued existence of a mass-murderer of the scale and depravity of the Joker, insane or otherwise, to stretch suspension of disbelief to its breaking point, especially when DC's super heroes have been pushed to kill the likes of lesser maniacs such as Professor Zoom or Prometheus. And that's not even taking into account the existence of the Spectre, the living Wrath of God on Earth, who has apparently never been angry enough with the Joker to have him disemboweled by a school of smiling piranha), but I always saw Booster Gold's inability to defeat the Joker during the Killing Joke as Booster always rolling a critical failure in an RPG: his stats are way better than the Joker, but when the cosmos stacks the dice against him, there's nothing he could do despite his best intentions.

Harry posted on Mar. 14, 2010 at 9:30 PM
You guys make a good point. And that the Joker hasn't been executed by now is a major stretch. I'm just saying the Joker thing shouldn't be held against Booster. All told, I enjoyed issue #5 and have like how the ramifications have played out. I guess that has to be enough. I guess that's why Morrison pushes all that metafiction into his writing... it's easier to suspend disbelief when you emphasize the quality/entertainment value of the story and not how much it makes "sense" logistically.