Justice League America #62 is another one of those cases where it's hard for me to pick a single favorite page, in part because I don't think Jackson Guice's finishes are a good match to Dan Jurgens' pencils or Gene D'Angelo's colors.

That said, the finished art is a reason I'm picking page 16. Pay careful attention to the duplication of the inks for panel 2 reproduced inside panel 3:

"Space babe"?

There comes a time in the life of every fan of comic book super-heroes that you realize that the "costumed" characters are really mostly nudes disguised under garish colors. On this page, that's made extra explicit. In addition to the usual suspects, there's Bloodwynd's white costume and "KiKi" as seen on Guy Gardner's television with her purple coloring removed!

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Justice League America #61 officially kicked off the Dan Jurgens era of the Justice League International. And it has a lot of fun moments, from villains and weapons originally appearing in the Silver Age Justice League of America, to the opening panel callback to the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League #1, to having Booster Gold return to the team full time, to seeing Superman put Maxwell Lord in his place, to reading Blue Beetle accuse Weapons Master of pulling "a big boner."

Choosing a single favorite page in this one was especially difficult because while I enjoyed many of the panels and bits of dialogue, they are pretty evenly distributed, meaning few pages stand out as a whole. So I ultimately settled on page 3, which introduces Maxima, mostly because I like the flow of the art from panel to panel, especially how Maxima's hair meanders through those last two panels.

I also like that Booster Gold comes across as the rational one on this new team. Someone's got to be the adult in the room (at least when Superman isn't around).

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Following the Panic in the Sky, the Justice League reforms (in its fourth incarnation, assuming you don't count the "Detroit" era as the last gasp of the original team) in Justice League Spectacular #1. Most of the core "International" era team is still involved, which means there's plenty of Booster Gold to be had.

Which is a bit of a problem for me, actually, at least when it comes to determining which is my favorite page in the issue.

On the one hand, I love the art and Booster's inner dialogue and interaction with Blue Beetle on page 6 (drawn by Dan Jurgens and Rich Burchett, greatly enhanced by Gene D'Angelo's selective use of colors).

On the other hand, I also really love Booster Gold in action saving his allies on page 21 (drawn by Ron Randall and Randy Elliott in a much brighter but flatter style more reminiscent of Saturday morning television cartoons).

Which one is my favorite? Fortunately, I don't actually have to decide. This is my blog, and I make the rules, so I'll choose both!

Spectacular, indeed.

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"Panic in the Sky" was a storyline running though two month's worth of Superman comics in the spring of 1992. When Brainiac arrived to threaten Metropolis, Superman put together a team of heroes (and a few villains) to stop him.

Booster Gold was one member chosen for this team, and he plays some part in Superman #65, The Adventures of Superman #488, Action Comics #675, Superman: The Man of Steel #10, Superman #66, and The Adventures of Superman #489).

However, because there were so many heroes (and villains), very few got the chance at much of a spotlight, including our hero.

Therefore, rather than pick one favorite page from each of those comics, I'm going to give you just my favorite page for the entire "Panic in the Sky" storyline: page 5 of The Adventures of Superman #488.

Brainiac's skull ship is no match for this super-power collection!

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As a general rule for this series, I skip issues in which Booster Gold appears on only a page or two, but I'm going to make an exception for Justice League Quarterly #6 because, despite its awkward panel layout, I love this page of Blue Beetle and Booster Gold hanging out over a ten-pack of (light) beer:

Buds and suds! Who could ask for more on Valentine's Day?

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