Now this issue? After having just read Titans #14 . . this issue I thought was fantastic. First of all it guest stars Batman. Which is always a plus. Secondly, Dan Jurgens is back in charge of this book this issue. I really like the way the whole story rolled out, and . . I think Dan and Norm Rapmund do a fantastic job complimenting each other with their art and style. Every panel of this book looked fantastic . . from cover to cover. We start out with Rip at Vanishing Point where he finds that the Black Beetle is back. He's still trying to kill Rip. Which leads him to worry about the pictures that Batman has of Booster when he was bouncing back in time trying to save Barbara Gordon. Now that Batman's dead, he's worried about these pictures falling into the wrong hands, and the peripheral evidence that may point towards himself. After all, he's made it his lifes work to hide his identity. There can be no loose ends. So, Booster goes to the Bat-cave to abscond with the evidence . . which he finds is actually a pretty thick file . . but Batman is also there . . Dick Grayson . . and the Black Beetle. It seems that besides Rip, the Black Beetle is also obsessed with ridding the world of the Batman. He's not successful in the cave, but he does learn that the current Batman is Dick, so he quickly vanishes. Soon Dick's gone, and there's 2 Robin costumes in the display case. Now that the Black Beetle has messed with time, it appears that Dick was the first Robin to be killed. Now Michael has to go back in time and save Dick. This issue also marks DC's new marketing campaign. Some of their books have also gone up to $3.99, but . . the one's that have, as is the case here, also offer a back-up story. So, for $3.99 we get 2 stories and 30 pages of art. 20 on the main story, and 10 on the back-up. I know. It's still $3.99 for a book, but . . at least they're trying to do something to soften the blow a bit. Right? This issue's back-up was a Blue Beetle story. It's by the same team as his own book, when it ended, Matthew Sturges and Mike Norton. It's a decent story, part 1 of 3, about a man and his robots. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The Batman story is part 1 of 4, so we'll be seeing him for a while here. That's always a good thing. It looks to me like Dan is back on track here.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Booster Gold #21 - DC
Now this issue? After having just read Titans #14 . . this issue I thought was fantastic. First of all it guest stars Batman. Which is always a plus. Secondly, Dan Jurgens is back in charge of this book this issue. I really like the way the whole story rolled out, and . . I think Dan and Norm Rapmund do a fantastic job complimenting each other with their art and style. Every panel of this book looked fantastic . . from cover to cover. We start out with Rip at Vanishing Point where he finds that the Black Beetle is back. He's still trying to kill Rip. Which leads him to worry about the pictures that Batman has of Booster when he was bouncing back in time trying to save Barbara Gordon. Now that Batman's dead, he's worried about these pictures falling into the wrong hands, and the peripheral evidence that may point towards himself. After all, he's made it his lifes work to hide his identity. There can be no loose ends. So, Booster goes to the Bat-cave to abscond with the evidence . . which he finds is actually a pretty thick file . . but Batman is also there . . Dick Grayson . . and the Black Beetle. It seems that besides Rip, the Black Beetle is also obsessed with ridding the world of the Batman. He's not successful in the cave, but he does learn that the current Batman is Dick, so he quickly vanishes. Soon Dick's gone, and there's 2 Robin costumes in the display case. Now that the Black Beetle has messed with time, it appears that Dick was the first Robin to be killed. Now Michael has to go back in time and save Dick. This issue also marks DC's new marketing campaign. Some of their books have also gone up to $3.99, but . . the one's that have, as is the case here, also offer a back-up story. So, for $3.99 we get 2 stories and 30 pages of art. 20 on the main story, and 10 on the back-up. I know. It's still $3.99 for a book, but . . at least they're trying to do something to soften the blow a bit. Right? This issue's back-up was a Blue Beetle story. It's by the same team as his own book, when it ended, Matthew Sturges and Mike Norton. It's a decent story, part 1 of 3, about a man and his robots. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The Batman story is part 1 of 4, so we'll be seeing him for a while here. That's always a good thing. It looks to me like Dan is back on track here.
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