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colindalaska's review
4.0
Blue & Gold Are Back Briefly
It's great to see Blue Beetle and Booster Gold back in action in their own book, and the knowing nods to DC and Marvel continuity are great.
But the artwork is a bit all over the place and the final epilogue is one of the cheesiest things outside the silver age.
It's great to see Blue Beetle and Booster Gold back in action in their own book, and the knowing nods to DC and Marvel continuity are great.
But the artwork is a bit all over the place and the final epilogue is one of the cheesiest things outside the silver age.
wwwgretareads's review against another edition
4.0
four stars might be a little high but i just feel like the direction makes so much sense for the characters and it’s a good starting point, even if i don’t feel like it really did anything spectacular.
dantastic's review against another edition
3.0
This collects Blue & Gold #1-8.
I like Booster Gold and Blue Beetle quite a bit so I was all set to grab this when it came out in trade.
So this was a fun read but nothing too deep or anything I'll remember for a while. Beetle and Booster are trying to make a go of things and make money at the super hero game. That part doesn't go all that great for the better part of the book. The book mostly highlights the relationship between Beetle and Booster as the go up against various menaces, notably Omnizon, a woman warrior from another world, Nullifex, who looks like a forgotten Jack Kirby character, and finally reveals who Black Beetle from the post-52 Booster Gold run was.
Jurgens created Booster so he has a handle on the character. His Blue Beetle is fairly well written too, although should probably be more confident since he's gone up against Doomsday in the past. The creative team is in a state of flux through part of the book but an effort is made to give the book a uniform look. Ryan Sook, Cully Hamner, Kevin MaGuire, Dan Jurgens, Phil Hester, Norm Rapmund, Wade Von Grawbadger, Paul Pelletier, and Eric Gapstur are listed as the art team but you'd never know there were that many hands in the pot.
It's a fun book but like I said, I don't think I'll spend a lot of time pondering it now that I've read it. It makes me want to read the post-52 Booster Gold run again, though. 3 out of 5 stars. It may or may not wind up at Half Price Books at a future date.
I like Booster Gold and Blue Beetle quite a bit so I was all set to grab this when it came out in trade.
So this was a fun read but nothing too deep or anything I'll remember for a while. Beetle and Booster are trying to make a go of things and make money at the super hero game. That part doesn't go all that great for the better part of the book. The book mostly highlights the relationship between Beetle and Booster as the go up against various menaces, notably Omnizon, a woman warrior from another world, Nullifex, who looks like a forgotten Jack Kirby character, and finally reveals who Black Beetle from the post-52 Booster Gold run was.
Jurgens created Booster so he has a handle on the character. His Blue Beetle is fairly well written too, although should probably be more confident since he's gone up against Doomsday in the past. The creative team is in a state of flux through part of the book but an effort is made to give the book a uniform look. Ryan Sook, Cully Hamner, Kevin MaGuire, Dan Jurgens, Phil Hester, Norm Rapmund, Wade Von Grawbadger, Paul Pelletier, and Eric Gapstur are listed as the art team but you'd never know there were that many hands in the pot.
It's a fun book but like I said, I don't think I'll spend a lot of time pondering it now that I've read it. It makes me want to read the post-52 Booster Gold run again, though. 3 out of 5 stars. It may or may not wind up at Half Price Books at a future date.
raul3893's review against another edition
3.0
A perfectly fine book.
I really wanted to love it but I just thought it was fine, maybe I needed to read more of them before I read this so I could fall in love with the characters and have a blast reading but that didn’t happen, my favorite was the last 3 issues (aka the second arc) even tho it was really rushed and I didn’t know they had faced black beetle before, so in conclusion a perfectly fine read that while never boring it never made me want to read it outside school
I really wanted to love it but I just thought it was fine, maybe I needed to read more of them before I read this so I could fall in love with the characters and have a blast reading but that didn’t happen, my favorite was the last 3 issues (aka the second arc) even tho it was really rushed and I didn’t know they had faced black beetle before, so in conclusion a perfectly fine read that while never boring it never made me want to read it outside school
jhouses's review against another edition
2.0
Tras los múltiples reinicios que ha sufrido el universo DC y a pesar de que la muerte de Ted Kord había quedado establecida como un evento fundamental en el universo que no podía ser cambiado sin horribles consecuencias para la continuidad, de alguna manera la línea temporal se ha reseteado y Dan Jurgens nos ofrece la serie que la Crisis Final nos quitó: The Blue & The Gold.
Una trama super heroica clásica con guiños a « la JLI de B-listers », mamporros, invasores cósmicos, viajes temporales, universos paralelos y superhéroes invitados. Algún simpatico homenaje a traves de los dibujos de [a:Kevin Maguire|26016|Kevin Maguire|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1609941889p2/26016.jpg] nos desvela la verdad: que aunque [a:Dan Jurgens|2688|Dan Jurgens|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1551760162p2/2688.jpg] es un autor competente y Booster Gold es su proyecto personal, lo que esta serie necesitaría es a [a:Keith Giffen|32598|Keith Giffen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1249308668p2/32598.jpg] y [a:J.M. DeMatteis|50040|J.M. DeMatteis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1309677909p2/50040.jpg] al guión.
Para nostálgicos.
Una trama super heroica clásica con guiños a « la JLI de B-listers », mamporros, invasores cósmicos, viajes temporales, universos paralelos y superhéroes invitados. Algún simpatico homenaje a traves de los dibujos de [a:Kevin Maguire|26016|Kevin Maguire|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1609941889p2/26016.jpg] nos desvela la verdad: que aunque [a:Dan Jurgens|2688|Dan Jurgens|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1551760162p2/2688.jpg] es un autor competente y Booster Gold es su proyecto personal, lo que esta serie necesitaría es a [a:Keith Giffen|32598|Keith Giffen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1249308668p2/32598.jpg] y [a:J.M. DeMatteis|50040|J.M. DeMatteis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1309677909p2/50040.jpg] al guión.
Para nostálgicos.
eideticmoose's review against another edition
3.0
Was super excited for it, but unfortunately it’s pretty average. I mainly stayed for the characters, however the plot was sluggish.
Also I got confused because the main villain’s design changed between artists and I thought they were two different characters
Also I got confused because the main villain’s design changed between artists and I thought they were two different characters
philippmk's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
cryptidtinkerer's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0