Booster Gold #38

Thank goodness there are still a few comics I can read that are fun. I'm not saying that comics should always have the low stakes that Booster's title usually does, but at least it is an enjoyable experience. So many comics are just filled with angst and forced drama, it is wonderful reading a book where the characters are having fun and cracking jokes.

This issue has Booster and Skeets heading into the past to rescue Booster's ward. It seems she stole a time sphere and headed back to WWII to make some changes. Of course, things don't go smoothly, so Booster ends up meeting up with the old JLI character General Glory. He's just as much of a doof as I remember, but I forgot how silly it was seeing Glory trying to pull his youthful sidekick, Ernie, along. I remember Glory talking about Ernie in those JLI issues, but Keith Giffen and JM DeMatteis give us a whole new level of wackiness here. Ernie wants out, badly, and he spends the issue terrified that he's about to be killed.

This is Booster Gold, so things work out, Booster sort of gets to show off, but everyone still piles on anyway.

Chris Batista's bright, shiny style is perfect for this title. Everyone looks a tad cartoony, but it works in the context. This is still one of my favorite comics.

Good