Booster Gold #1 - DC

In my opinion, this book has a ton of potential. But . . they need to get Geoff Johns to stay on board long enough to give it a good solid foundation. Right now it's written by Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz. The first issue . . . is fantastic. The artistic work is done by Norm Rapmund over Dan Jurgens layouts. They really make a good solid team together. The book starts out in normal Booster Gold fashion. He's just thinking about himself. He assisted Rip Hunter in saving the Multi-verses, so he thinks he deserves his life back. In his typical egotistic leaps of logic, he thinks that this makes him a candidate for the Justice League. They pretty much all but fillet him. It's actually Batman that sticks up for him. The final verdict is, "For Blue Beetle . . let's give him a week. We watch him. We see what he does. And if . . if . . it's a unanimous vote after that . . . we'll flip a coin." But Rip Hunter has his own job offer for him, "I mean this in all sincerity. You've proven yourself to me. You're one of the bravest men I've met in any century. But maybe your destiny isn't what you think it is . . . . . you'll go down in history as an ineffectual and incompetent fraud when in reality you'll be the greatest hero history has never known." I guess that's the hard sell, because he didn't pull his punches. But Booster has his heart set on the League. When his week is up, he goes to the Hall of Justice. To his surprise they welcome him . . . with open arms. However when they give him his plaque, he and Skeets see a death certificate for Hal Jordan. So he knows what he has to do. As much as it pains him, he has to pass on the League and go back and help Rip. Basically what's happening is that when the Multiverse Crisis was wrapped up, between Mr Mind's manipulation, and Superboy Prime's tantrums, there have been worm-holes created all through history. Rip has determined that someone is using those holes to target the personal histories of the members of the League. So with Booster's help, they're going to stop all the attempts to change history, and then seal up the holes while they're there. But no-one will ever know, or be aware, of all the hard work that they're going to accomplish. While they're talking, someone is targeting Sinestro in his past. And they've already attacked Michael's Great, Great, Great, Great, (whatever) Grandfather, Daniel. He was a temporary replacement for Booster when Rip thought he lost him in the time stream. To help him survive there, he gave him the Supernova costume. Well whoever attacked Daniel took that costume. But Rip and Michael don't know that yet. Like I said, as long as this series gets a good foundation going, I think it'll do just fine. It's got some really great ideas to work off of. I just hope they use everything to it's potential, without getting to confusing. You know how those time stories can get sometimes. I for one, would really like to see it do well. So now . . . it's up to our creators. Please, Please, Please . . . hit a home run!