Think things are bad now? Well, back in the summer of 1992, Eclipso was on the warpath in the "Darkness Within" summer event, and he had his sights set on killing Booster Gold's best bud Ted Kord in Justice League America Annual #6!

See, Eclipso has infiltrated the League and realized that the Blue Beetle's solar powered Flash Gun represents a real threat to his plans for world domination. So he does what any villain worth his black diamonds would do: he sows discord among the heroes.

Which was actually pretty easy considering that this incarnation of the League was never exactly one big happy family. Sometimes bad team chemistry is too much even for Superman to manage.

This story spends a lot of time on the Superman-Wonder Woman-Ice-Maxima love rectangle, but I don't think that's how Ice was expecting Superman to sweep her off her feet.

Speaking of romance, this is the same issue that has Booster Gold unwisely fondling Wonder Woman's hair then later punching her in the face (under Eclipso's control by way of Maxima—it's complicated) before having his equipment destroyed by Maxima (or Eclipso, like I said: complicated).

A lot happens in this one action-packed issue, but for me, nothing tops Superman losing his cool like an overwhelmed preschool teacher. That's good comics!

Footnote tangentially related to the above post: After I had written this post but before I published it, Booster booster J notified me that this issue is included in the Superman and Justice League America reprint collection, which I had been identifying in the Boosterrific Database as "Superman and the Justice League of America." The latter is the copyrighted name of the book in the publishing indicia, but as J reminds me, it is the policy of this site to reflect the name on the cover as the title for each issue, so the entry has been revised. Thank you for your diligence, J.

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