New Solicits
With Red Hood and Time Masters done with at this stage only a few things caught my attention.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #17-18
Written by JUDD WINICK
Issue #17 art by AARON LOPRESTI
Issue #18 art by JOE BENNETT
Covers by AARON LOPRESTI
1:10 Variant covers by KEVIN MAGUIRE
Max Lord’s plan is coming together in issue #17. The United Nations revokes Checkmate’s charter, Captain Atom is wanted for murder, and the JLI is still viewed as a colossal joke. Now the team will have to gather their wits to face a new enemy - Power Girl!
In issue #18, the JLI takes on former teammate Power Girl, but will they pull their punches? Meanwhile, Max Lord continues his interrogation and torture of Blue Beetle, and Batman’s investigation leads him to a discovery he would never have predicted!
Does Max want to break Checkmate up from within? Can't wait to see how Power Girls' involvement meshes with the stuff going on in her own series. I was starting to wonder if the hint of things to come in Brightest Day would actually happen. Maybe Max won't shake Jaimes' hand while hiding a gun behind his back but he's got an interest in him. The why is a little confusing at this juncture but it might have to do with his robot plans. Although why he didn't just get him at the start makes that idea kinda silly. I would say bringing Booster more Blue Beetle angst is the real reason from a writer stand point. Interrogation/torture suggests he wants something out of him, something he likely could get by pushing him with his mind. Yeah Dick is still involved!
BOOSTER GOLD #40
Written by KEITH GIFFEN & J.M. DEMATTEIS
Art and cover by CHRIS BATISTA & RICH PERROTTA
Coming to grips with reality at last, Booster Gold steps up his game and finally accepts the fact that his best friend, Blue Beetle Ted Kord, is dead. This is bad news for the villain who shows up this month because they're about to face an angry Booster Gold...
......They've read the series before they agreed to write, right? I know DeMatteis said he never bothered with the first run around JLI but I'm pretty sure Giffin said he did read the previous stories arcs. Booster agreed to work with Rip despite not being able to bring Ted back! He literally fought the dead version of Ted Kord and finally gave his eulogy when he reburied him! He gave Jaime his blessing to be his own Blue Beetle saying it was the best way to honor Ted that he could think of! Stop acting like this is still a huge shock!
BATGIRL #17
Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER
Art by PERE PEREZ
Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
Batgirl has been given her first sanctioned Batman Incorporated assignment solving a series of high-profile kidnappings, and she’s thrilled! Well, she was - until Damian Wayne decided to ride shotgun. Can the Dysfunctional Duo stop fighting long enough to save the children of Gotham City’s elite?
Not so much about the plot but in my head canon Booster is so responsible for Bruces' idea to make himself a logo and the making of Batman Incorporated.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #17-18
Written by JUDD WINICK
Issue #17 art by AARON LOPRESTI
Issue #18 art by JOE BENNETT
Covers by AARON LOPRESTI
1:10 Variant covers by KEVIN MAGUIRE
Max Lord’s plan is coming together in issue #17. The United Nations revokes Checkmate’s charter, Captain Atom is wanted for murder, and the JLI is still viewed as a colossal joke. Now the team will have to gather their wits to face a new enemy - Power Girl!
In issue #18, the JLI takes on former teammate Power Girl, but will they pull their punches? Meanwhile, Max Lord continues his interrogation and torture of Blue Beetle, and Batman’s investigation leads him to a discovery he would never have predicted!
Does Max want to break Checkmate up from within? Can't wait to see how Power Girls' involvement meshes with the stuff going on in her own series. I was starting to wonder if the hint of things to come in Brightest Day would actually happen. Maybe Max won't shake Jaimes' hand while hiding a gun behind his back but he's got an interest in him. The why is a little confusing at this juncture but it might have to do with his robot plans. Although why he didn't just get him at the start makes that idea kinda silly. I would say bringing Booster more Blue Beetle angst is the real reason from a writer stand point. Interrogation/torture suggests he wants something out of him, something he likely could get by pushing him with his mind. Yeah Dick is still involved!
BOOSTER GOLD #40
Written by KEITH GIFFEN & J.M. DEMATTEIS
Art and cover by CHRIS BATISTA & RICH PERROTTA
Coming to grips with reality at last, Booster Gold steps up his game and finally accepts the fact that his best friend, Blue Beetle Ted Kord, is dead. This is bad news for the villain who shows up this month because they're about to face an angry Booster Gold...
......They've read the series before they agreed to write, right? I know DeMatteis said he never bothered with the first run around JLI but I'm pretty sure Giffin said he did read the previous stories arcs. Booster agreed to work with Rip despite not being able to bring Ted back! He literally fought the dead version of Ted Kord and finally gave his eulogy when he reburied him! He gave Jaime his blessing to be his own Blue Beetle saying it was the best way to honor Ted that he could think of! Stop acting like this is still a huge shock!
BATGIRL #17
Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER
Art by PERE PEREZ
Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
Batgirl has been given her first sanctioned Batman Incorporated assignment solving a series of high-profile kidnappings, and she’s thrilled! Well, she was - until Damian Wayne decided to ride shotgun. Can the Dysfunctional Duo stop fighting long enough to save the children of Gotham City’s elite?
Not so much about the plot but in my head canon Booster is so responsible for Bruces' idea to make himself a logo and the making of Batman Incorporated.