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sdelmonteTwo reasonably good but somewhat odd purchases today...
Booster Gold #1,000,000 - Remember the DC One Million story from 10 years back? I hope you do, since it was one of DC's best Event Comics. For one month, every DC comic was jumped ahead to its one millionth issue and into the far future. Booster Gold didn't have his own book then, though, so like with Booster Gold 0, we get to revisit the gimmick, and that wacky tomorrow. Briefly.
What makes this comic odd is how all over the place it gets. Booster and Skeets, after the big battle last month and after Ted has returned to his proper place in the timeline (and to his death), bounce to the far future, meeting Peter Platinum, who stole his gimmick from Booster (and his gear from Rip Hunter). Rip retrieves Booster (and his gear) and everything is back to normal. Only Booster is ready to quit his timecop gig. It takes, of all things, a pep talk from Batman to set things right. And what's more, Rip has decided to do a favor for Booster by going back in time and saving Booster's sister (which is doable since she's from the future anyway.) We end with the revelation of who Rip really is, get a glimpse of the future, and get a hint that maybe Ted is alive.
Each of the pieces works. The scene with Batman is very effective. Assuming you can stand to see him smile. As a whole, it's a bit scattered. And while the book is not ending, this is the last issue by Johns and Katz, and feels like an ending. At this point, oddly, DC hasn't announced the new writer for this series. So its future is up in the air. But its past is firmly in place: a very good, entertaining, light-hearted and slightly lightweight series that has the potential to be even more. Never thought anyone would say that about Booster Gold, did you?
Detective Comics 846 - Part one of a five-parter bringing back Hush. The one-time friend of Bruce Wayne turned crazy villain wants to break the Bat before the Black Glove can (thus just barely making this a Batman RIP tie-in). We get a glimpse into his past, see his rather bizarre present, and also see Batman and Catwoman taking on yet another entrant in the Instantly Forgettable Villain Sweepstakes.
To Dini's credit, he writes Hush as well as anyone can, given that he's a one-note bad guy. He has fun with Bats and Cats, and sets up the rest of the story. So on the whole, this is pretty good. But that doesn't mean I wanted Hush back. Or that this is the best time to do a multi-part story. It might be better to let Morrison tell his epic and have Dini stick with the done-in-one formula that's served him so well. But this is what DC is giving us, and it's still Dini writing Batman, so I can't complain.
Booster Gold #1,000,000 - Remember the DC One Million story from 10 years back? I hope you do, since it was one of DC's best Event Comics. For one month, every DC comic was jumped ahead to its one millionth issue and into the far future. Booster Gold didn't have his own book then, though, so like with Booster Gold 0, we get to revisit the gimmick, and that wacky tomorrow. Briefly.
What makes this comic odd is how all over the place it gets. Booster and Skeets, after the big battle last month and after Ted has returned to his proper place in the timeline (and to his death), bounce to the far future, meeting Peter Platinum, who stole his gimmick from Booster (and his gear from Rip Hunter). Rip retrieves Booster (and his gear) and everything is back to normal. Only Booster is ready to quit his timecop gig. It takes, of all things, a pep talk from Batman to set things right. And what's more, Rip has decided to do a favor for Booster by going back in time and saving Booster's sister (which is doable since she's from the future anyway.) We end with the revelation of who Rip really is, get a glimpse of the future, and get a hint that maybe Ted is alive.
Each of the pieces works. The scene with Batman is very effective. Assuming you can stand to see him smile. As a whole, it's a bit scattered. And while the book is not ending, this is the last issue by Johns and Katz, and feels like an ending. At this point, oddly, DC hasn't announced the new writer for this series. So its future is up in the air. But its past is firmly in place: a very good, entertaining, light-hearted and slightly lightweight series that has the potential to be even more. Never thought anyone would say that about Booster Gold, did you?
Detective Comics 846 - Part one of a five-parter bringing back Hush. The one-time friend of Bruce Wayne turned crazy villain wants to break the Bat before the Black Glove can (thus just barely making this a Batman RIP tie-in). We get a glimpse into his past, see his rather bizarre present, and also see Batman and Catwoman taking on yet another entrant in the Instantly Forgettable Villain Sweepstakes.
To Dini's credit, he writes Hush as well as anyone can, given that he's a one-note bad guy. He has fun with Bats and Cats, and sets up the rest of the story. So on the whole, this is pretty good. But that doesn't mean I wanted Hush back. Or that this is the best time to do a multi-part story. It might be better to let Morrison tell his epic and have Dini stick with the done-in-one formula that's served him so well. But this is what DC is giving us, and it's still Dini writing Batman, so I can't complain.
