Brandon posted on May. 10, 2024 at 8:20 PM
I always thought it was odd that Ivo was treated like another joke-y villain during the JLI era when he had recently (recent back then) just murdered two leaguers in cold blood.

I would have thought they'd save Ivo for one of their rare "serious" battles like they did with despero or starro

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 10, 2024 at 9:41 PM
The JLI rarely fought established Justice League villains. (If I had to guess, I'd say it was probably because Giffen/DeMatteis were just trying to establish their own team with their villains, but it could have something to do with the same sort of internal DC Editorial politics that kept the heavy-hitters off the roster post-CRISIS.) It is kind of weird that Booster Gold fought Ivo androids here but didn't face Amazo until much later, after the JLI were disbanded, in the JLA "Magnificent Seven" era.

Brandon posted on May. 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM
I always thought it was odd that Ivo was treated like another joke-y villain during the JLI era when he had recently (recent back then) just murdered two leaguers in cold blood.

I would have thought they'd save Ivo for one of their rare "serious" battles like they did with despero or starro

Brandon posted on Apr. 5, 2024 at 1:36 PM
How was the Trickster able to lift that anvil?

And it seems writers tend to forget Boosters suit gives him a degree of super-strength

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
The super strength granted by Booster's power suit is irrelevant in this situation. If Booster picks up a boulder and flies, the Legion Flight Ring has to be able to lift the combined mass of Booster plus the boulder. The upper limit of mass that can be carried aloft by the ring is unclear, but it is probably tied to its wearer's willpower and concentration. In this case, Booster is clearly surprised by what he's suddenly carrying, so his concentration may temporarily lapse.

A better question is how does Trickster carry a 10 ton weight? The Trickster's shoes (which in the 80s were powered by anti-gravity tech, not air) were only able to lift his body weight plus some extra. You would think 10 tons should be too much. And he has no super strength, so how would he hold/manipulate such a heavy bag in his hands as he was airwalking? (The shoes are gravity defying, not the wearer.) And just how strong is that bag?

What I think really happens here is that it's all just a trick. The anvil doesn't really weigh 10 tons, it just says it does. Booster can read and is surprised by the reveal, so his concentration slips and he falls, buying Trickster time to escape.

Morgenstern posted on Apr. 6, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Since it is from ACME, I woluld assume that gravity only affects the anvil once Booster made the mistake of looking at it.

Brandon posted on Mar. 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Hawk's probably still unhappy with Booster for leaving him in the desert with Cheshire back toward the end of his (Booster's) solo series. That would have been a relatively recent memory back when Hawk and Dove #1 was published.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Mar. 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Booster comes across as slimy pick-up artist in Dove's retelling of these events, but a more sympathetic eye may consider Booster's motivation here as being to heroically "rescue" Dove from a monster like Hawk. (I'm sure that's how Booster would describe it, anyway.)