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Booster Gold, Vol. 1: 52 Pick-Up by Norm Rapmund, Jeff Katz, Dan Jurgens, Geoff Johns
3.0

I've been hearing I really have to pick this up so I finally did. Any good? Let's talk about it.

Booster Gold is a royal fuck up. Like, he's a cool guy, but he's also kind of a asshole and plays too much. Ever since we lost Ted though Booster trying to be better. He trying to take his superhero role a bit more serious. On top of that he gets a chance to visit very big moments in other heroes lives and try to change it for the better or fix things. Usually he can, sometimes not so lucky, but this is now his life.

Good: I enjoyed the start, it was campy fun and joyful superhero time. I also liked the Barbara issue a lot, a good lesson to teach someone like Booster. How great is Skeet? Funny little asshole robot worth the lolz.

Bad: The time jumping stuff can get a little too much. I also thought the whole father twist stuff was just a tad boring. Really issue 3-4 were issues with the idea and pacing for me.

Overall pretty fun little comic. I can see why he has such a cult following. I'll def be trying the next volume out hoping it stays entertaining.