BOOSTER GOLD #6Written by Geoff Johns & Jeff Katz
Art by Dan Jurgens
There's no Skeets in this issue, so that makes this at least 60% less entertaining than when he and Booster are together. On top of that, there's a lot of exposition and recap segments where we are given updates on who the Blue Beetles are, who Ted Kord was, how he died, what he did when he was alive, what his favourite colour was and even found out how they get the caramilk into the caramilk bar. To say we weren't beat over the head with mountains of word balloons and text boxes is an understatement.
When we weren't being bombarded with words, this issue found time to retell events from OMAC and Infinite Crisis before finally getting down to the nitty gritty of saving Ted Kord. I think a lot of people let the fact that Ted's death was retconned cloud the fact this is a rather poorly constructed issue. You shouldn't have to sit through all that text and pointless fighting just to see a retcon. Where's the fun and hilarious exchanges between Booster and Skeets that made me love this series? Yes, it's great to see Ted back, but I doubt he'll stick around if Rip has anything to say about it. That retcon is the only saving grace for this issue and there's nothing else present that I found remotely noteworthy from this issue.
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