Booster Gold 0

The DC Universe is Geoff Johns' plaything.

Johns' ability to write surprisingly compelling characters, balance years of continuity and still keep a book fun and exciting is almost frightening.

Johns does it consistently across 4+ books each month! The man is a comics writing machine.

Who is Booster Gold, seriously?

Don't get me wrong, I love Booster & Beetle hanging out in JLI. Booster's bits in 52 were enjoyable. And none can hate a guy who stages an elaborate publicity stunts involving toothpaste, am I right?

But Booster Gold as a viable character- in his own series? Come on.

Well, God bless Geoff Johns.

Bless him, for I would love comic books a lot less if not for him. Johns saw the potential in a character that was intended to be a joke; in what could have easily been a throwaway series, and spun it into one of the best books being published right now.

An official Zero Hour tie-in! Brilliant!

I was nearly in tears at the various Blue Beetles acknowledging their legacies as they departed. The easy rapport of Booster Gold & Blue Beetle quickly recalls that old “Blue & Gold� magic. Or Booster questioning Extant's (aka Hawk, aka Monarch) sudden change of heart. It all works in terms of plotting, character and is just...fun.

This isn't good comics. This is great comics.