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Booster Gold (collected editions) #9
Blue & Gold
Desperate to regain the spotlight, Booster Gold looks to attract the public’s (and Justice League’s) attention the same way any washed-up, second-rate hero would-social media. The not-so-tech-savvy hero from the 25th century enlists the help of his best friend, Blue Beetle, who possesses both the money and the brains to help his old pal navigate the scary world of internet influencers. Watch out, evildoers, our heroes are live and online! Don’t miss Dan Jurgens’s triumphant return to Booster Gold with the help of all-star artist Ryan Sook (Legion of Super-Heroes), telling a tale filled with heart and maybe even redemption for DC’s two favorite underdogs!
Collects Blue & Gold #1-8.
Collects Blue & Gold #1-8.
189 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 27, 2022
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Dan Jurgens
2,230 books285 followersDan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw, and Booster Gold. Jurgens had a lengthy run on the Superman comic books including The Adventures of Superman, Superman vol. 2 and Action Comics. At Marvel, Jurgens worked on series such as Captain America, The Sensational Spider-Man and was the writer on Thor for six years. He also had a brief run as writer and artist on Solar for Valiant Comics in 1995.
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July 22, 2022
This was fun. Jurgens did a good job of carrying the relationship between Booster Gold and Blue Beetle forward to modern times while still referencing the past. Elements of the previous Booster Gold series by Geoff Johns and Jurgens are brought to the forefront without having to have read that series. Jurgens smartly plays up Booster using social media to further his fame which makes complete sense. Ryan Sook's art is always welcome in my house.
It's taken 30+ years for us to finally get a Blue & Gold series. I hope DC is smart enough to give us the next one much sooner.
It's taken 30+ years for us to finally get a Blue & Gold series. I hope DC is smart enough to give us the next one much sooner.
November 16, 2022
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.
December 5, 2024
Pretty darn fun.
Then again, Booster Gold has always been a fun character. Ever since I saw him in an episode of Justice League Unlimited, I've always meant to seek out some of his books. 52 by Geoff Johns was good, but I really enjoyed John's post-52 Booster Gold series, that was later penned by his creator Dan Jurgens after the first couple volumes.
That was/is probably my favorite Booster Gold series. This is still an excellent read for fans of Blue and Gold, though, full of humor, action and some twists I didn't see coming.
Recommended.
Then again, Booster Gold has always been a fun character. Ever since I saw him in an episode of Justice League Unlimited, I've always meant to seek out some of his books. 52 by Geoff Johns was good, but I really enjoyed John's post-52 Booster Gold series, that was later penned by his creator Dan Jurgens after the first couple volumes.
That was/is probably my favorite Booster Gold series. This is still an excellent read for fans of Blue and Gold, though, full of humor, action and some twists I didn't see coming.
Recommended.
September 11, 2025
O Besouro Azul, seja ele o Jaime Reyes ou o Ted Kord, é um dos meus heróis favoritos da DC, e como essa minissérie é focada nele e em sua amizade com o Gladiador Dourado - uma das melhores dos quadrinhos- eu não pensei duas vezes para adquirir o material, porém, confesso que fiquei decepcionado com as histórias. Eu não estava ansioso nada revolucionário ou excelente, mas ao menos histórias cativantes e engraçadas, remetendo as aventuras dos dois personagens na Liguinha, mas o que eu encontrei foram histórias simples, com roteiro monótono e com comedia/piadas sem graça.
Na HQ, nos acompanhamos o Gladiador Dourado, como sempre, tendo suas ideias brilhantes para conseguir captar dinheiro em cima de sua imagem, e convida o Besouro Azul para embarcar nessa aventura. O Ted aceita, mas logo tudo começa a dar errado e os 2 estão falidos - como sempre.
A premissa de ambos criarem uma empresa de super heróis gratuita, para ajudar pessoas comuns com problemas complexos e bizarros é interessante, porém mal desenvolvida. Toda a HQ gira em torno de ambos buscarem soluções para conseguirem recursos, ignorando as aventuras que eles poderiam ter vivido com a empresa.
Eu sei que não é legal avaliar uma HQ pelo que ela poderia ter sido, mas não consigo ignorar que a trama focou ao menos 3 edições para contar uma grama generica envolvendo alienígenas, do que focar na empresa que ambos criaram que foi a abertura da HQ.
Embora a trama da alienígena tenha menções interessantes a figura do Gladiador Dourado, ela nao passa de uma trama genérica e que não empolga.
Ademais, destaco que durante toda HQ, por conta do Gladiador transmitir tudo da vida dos personagens, é legal ver a escolha de roteiro em que espécies de balões de chat com os comentários dos "telespectadores "ficam aparecendo durante a história.
Na HQ, nos acompanhamos o Gladiador Dourado, como sempre, tendo suas ideias brilhantes para conseguir captar dinheiro em cima de sua imagem, e convida o Besouro Azul para embarcar nessa aventura. O Ted aceita, mas logo tudo começa a dar errado e os 2 estão falidos - como sempre.
A premissa de ambos criarem uma empresa de super heróis gratuita, para ajudar pessoas comuns com problemas complexos e bizarros é interessante, porém mal desenvolvida. Toda a HQ gira em torno de ambos buscarem soluções para conseguirem recursos, ignorando as aventuras que eles poderiam ter vivido com a empresa.
Eu sei que não é legal avaliar uma HQ pelo que ela poderia ter sido, mas não consigo ignorar que a trama focou ao menos 3 edições para contar uma grama generica envolvendo alienígenas, do que focar na empresa que ambos criaram que foi a abertura da HQ.
Embora a trama da alienígena tenha menções interessantes a figura do Gladiador Dourado, ela nao passa de uma trama genérica e que não empolga.
Ademais, destaco que durante toda HQ, por conta do Gladiador transmitir tudo da vida dos personagens, é legal ver a escolha de roteiro em que espécies de balões de chat com os comentários dos "telespectadores "ficam aparecendo durante a história.
December 6, 2022
Blue and Gold collects issues 1-8 of the DC Comics series written by Dan Jurgens with art by Ryan Sook, Cully Hammer, Kevin Maguire, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Paul Pelletier, Norm Rapmund, and Wade Von Grawbadger.
Booster Gold and Blue Beetle return to team up by creating a company called Blue & Gold Restoration - a crowdfunded superhero agency which will help everyday people with whatever they need assistance with. Along the way they will do battle with Omnizon (an alien warrior princess), Nullifex (a demon creature from the future), and the mysterious Black Beetle.
I absolutely love the combo of Blue Beetle and Booster Gold but it seems nothing will be able to top their exploits from the good ol’ Justice League International days. Jurgens does a great job of updating Booster Gold to more modern times with him being obsessed with social media, live streaming, and crowdfunding. It makes perfect sense. But, unfortunately, I believe the book buries its lead. It comes up with the awesome premise of the duo helping people solve random issues. They quickly tease a lot of hooks that would have made such fun stories, but they all happen off page. These would include helping an old cowboy get back to 1842, assisting a pirate to find his lost treasure, locating a robot’s human inventor, dealing with microscopic people living in a guy’s glove box, hunting ghosts, and aiding a wizard fix his wand. The possibilities would have been endless and highly entertaining with the two heroes stumbling through these cases. Instead we get some rather generic battles against alien warriors and time displaced baddies.
The classic Booster and Beetle bickering and blundering are all here and there is a great issue with them each remembering a scenario differently and getting each hero’s take on the story (with classic artists returning to draw these flashbacks). The art in the book is largely drawn by Ryan Sook and it is fantastic. I’m actually surprised DC got such a detailed artist for this book and didn’t just make it very cartoony. While the book is good, I was left wanting more. In the end it all feels incredibly generic which is shame to these two wildly entertaining characters.
Booster Gold and Blue Beetle return to team up by creating a company called Blue & Gold Restoration - a crowdfunded superhero agency which will help everyday people with whatever they need assistance with. Along the way they will do battle with Omnizon (an alien warrior princess), Nullifex (a demon creature from the future), and the mysterious Black Beetle.
I absolutely love the combo of Blue Beetle and Booster Gold but it seems nothing will be able to top their exploits from the good ol’ Justice League International days. Jurgens does a great job of updating Booster Gold to more modern times with him being obsessed with social media, live streaming, and crowdfunding. It makes perfect sense. But, unfortunately, I believe the book buries its lead. It comes up with the awesome premise of the duo helping people solve random issues. They quickly tease a lot of hooks that would have made such fun stories, but they all happen off page. These would include helping an old cowboy get back to 1842, assisting a pirate to find his lost treasure, locating a robot’s human inventor, dealing with microscopic people living in a guy’s glove box, hunting ghosts, and aiding a wizard fix his wand. The possibilities would have been endless and highly entertaining with the two heroes stumbling through these cases. Instead we get some rather generic battles against alien warriors and time displaced baddies.
The classic Booster and Beetle bickering and blundering are all here and there is a great issue with them each remembering a scenario differently and getting each hero’s take on the story (with classic artists returning to draw these flashbacks). The art in the book is largely drawn by Ryan Sook and it is fantastic. I’m actually surprised DC got such a detailed artist for this book and didn’t just make it very cartoony. While the book is good, I was left wanting more. In the end it all feels incredibly generic which is shame to these two wildly entertaining characters.
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January 7, 2023Obviously, the main audience for this is people with fond memories of Blue Beetle and Booster Gold from Giffen & deMatteis' Justice League and its successors. And equally obviously, Dan Jurgens, while he may have created Booster, can't write like Giffen & deMatteis. So the crucial interplay between the two can often come across less like loveable bickering, and more like the two of them should genuinely take a break from each other. Not always, granted – at its best we get something like this:
"Let's get that tech back and show people we're Batman and Robin good. Maybe even Superman and Supergirl good!"
"Those two aren't really a team, are they? And hasn't Batman gone through about fifty Robins?"
"We aren't supposed to talk about that."
Too often, though, the story seems entirely to lose sight of the character development entailed by Booster's work as guardian of the timestream – though I suppose it's also skipping over the 'development' in which Beetle was killed off to buy some cheap shock value for a garbage event at the beginning of the DCU's downward slope, so swings and roundabouts. It does still fuck him over too, mind, removing his wealth and even his Bug. But what really gives the annoying elements the edge is that Booster, regrettably plausibly for Booster Gold in the present day, is livestreaming his superheroics in an effort to build his brand. And the comic includes the comments, which are precisely as fun to read as real comments on real livestreams, so half the time the pages have marginalia which is about as entertaining as ants in your eyes. There's also a big alien invasion plot which gets far too much prominence, not least because the points it's making about colonialism, which could have landed quite nicely in a newer superhero setting, make very little sense when space is already as crowded as it is in the DCU. The bigger problem, though, is that while that's stealing so much room, the stuff about Booster and Beetle establishing a bureau for people who need superhero assistance but can't get the League is far better suited to bringing out what works best with these characters, and yet here feels like it's almost been pushed out of its own story.
There's also one spectacularly unfortunate sound effect – unless it's a sly dig at Steve Ditko – when the sound effect for Beetle's light-gun is 'FASH'.
All of which said, this is still a comic about Blue Beetle and Booster Gold clowning around together and occasionally saving the world. Sometimes it even has Kevin Maguire drawing them. Which means that by definition it's better than the vast majority of other recent DC output.
"Let's get that tech back and show people we're Batman and Robin good. Maybe even Superman and Supergirl good!"
"Those two aren't really a team, are they? And hasn't Batman gone through about fifty Robins?"
"We aren't supposed to talk about that."
Too often, though, the story seems entirely to lose sight of the character development entailed by Booster's work as guardian of the timestream – though I suppose it's also skipping over the 'development' in which Beetle was killed off to buy some cheap shock value for a garbage event at the beginning of the DCU's downward slope, so swings and roundabouts. It does still fuck him over too, mind, removing his wealth and even his Bug. But what really gives the annoying elements the edge is that Booster, regrettably plausibly for Booster Gold in the present day, is livestreaming his superheroics in an effort to build his brand. And the comic includes the comments, which are precisely as fun to read as real comments on real livestreams, so half the time the pages have marginalia which is about as entertaining as ants in your eyes. There's also a big alien invasion plot which gets far too much prominence, not least because the points it's making about colonialism, which could have landed quite nicely in a newer superhero setting, make very little sense when space is already as crowded as it is in the DCU. The bigger problem, though, is that while that's stealing so much room, the stuff about Booster and Beetle establishing a bureau for people who need superhero assistance but can't get the League is far better suited to bringing out what works best with these characters, and yet here feels like it's almost been pushed out of its own story.
There's also one spectacularly unfortunate sound effect – unless it's a sly dig at Steve Ditko – when the sound effect for Beetle's light-gun is 'FASH'.
All of which said, this is still a comic about Blue Beetle and Booster Gold clowning around together and occasionally saving the world. Sometimes it even has Kevin Maguire drawing them. Which means that by definition it's better than the vast majority of other recent DC output.
January 16, 2026
*3.5/5
This was a quick fun read but it probably could’ve been better if it had been an ongoing series instead of a limited. I would have loved to have seen more adventures of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle trying to find ways to help people through their superhero business instead of the focus mostly being on them fighting an alien princess. Besides some of the series’ faults, it’s still somewhat enjoyable and I hope to definitely see more of them in the future.
This was a quick fun read but it probably could’ve been better if it had been an ongoing series instead of a limited. I would have loved to have seen more adventures of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle trying to find ways to help people through their superhero business instead of the focus mostly being on them fighting an alien princess. Besides some of the series’ faults, it’s still somewhat enjoyable and I hope to definitely see more of them in the future.
January 6, 2024
Às vésperas do lançamento do filme do Besouro Azul (Jaime Reyes e não Ted Kord), a Panini Comics Brasil lançou esse encadernado capa dura com o título em oito edições da dupla bwahahaha Gladiador Dourado e Besouro Azul. A proposta é que eles querem enriquecer com um serviço super-heróico mantido por financiamento coletivo. Mas claro que tudo isso dá errado e eles se metem em um problema de proporções cósmico espaciais, além, também de dar de cara com Rip Hunter, o Mestre do Tempo e de uma encarnação sombria do Besouro Negro. Este encadernado é escrito por Dan Jurgens, que não tem a vibe comédia dos responsáveis pela Liga da Justiça Internacionais, mas tem uma arte muito boa capitaneada por Ryan Sook e outros desenhistas. Contudo, arte boa não segura uma história meia-boca, não é mesmo. E essa publicação é bem meia-boca e não merecia ter ganhado uma capa dura, mas, como sempre a Panini Comics Brasil cresce o olhão sobre o dinheirinho suado dos fãs de super-heróis...
January 1, 2023
Seeing as Jurgens created Booster, his writing feels right at home with this duo. The art is mostly consistent but there are some spots where additional folks are brought in for the duties (some with some wonderfully nostalgic results). The use of “live streaming” gives it a more modern gimmick that younger readers will relate (I found it tolerable).
May 10, 2024
This was a fun and simple story. While not particularly high-stakes, there were still some interesting situations that the two main characters found themselves in. Overall, it was an entertaining read that left me laughing throughout.
October 11, 2024
got this in 2022 and just now finished. a decent read, one of my first introductions to some of these characters. interested in their backstories
July 6, 2025
a fun read
Booster and Beetle are doing their version of Hero for Hire
Booster and Beetle are doing their version of Hero for Hire
July 25, 2025
It was entertaining. Dumb and Dumber Duo trying to be heroes.
September 9, 2023
Dumb stupid idiot heads
October 10, 2024
Booster Gold and the Ted Kord Blue Beetle have been my favorite DC characters for many years. I do like BG better when he is a bit more on the serious side as opposed to his very early days where he was overly self-centered. At the start of this story I was afraid that original Booster Gold had become the new DC Reborn standard, but fortunately he is still focused on being a good hero first, and the fame and fortune is just gravy.
The story has the unsuperhero like banter between Booster and the Beetle that makes them so fun, but doesn’t get too silly to still be a good superhero comic.
Would have been nice if the art was more consistent as 9 artists for 8 issues seems a bit extreme, especially when the art was so different.
I liked the book, and hope DC does more.
The story has the unsuperhero like banter between Booster and the Beetle that makes them so fun, but doesn’t get too silly to still be a good superhero comic.
Would have been nice if the art was more consistent as 9 artists for 8 issues seems a bit extreme, especially when the art was so different.
I liked the book, and hope DC does more.
November 26, 2022
Spinning out of the Infinite Frontier reboot is this return to the classic Booster/Beetle team-up. The series most resembles the 2000s Booster comic in tone, but the addition of Ted Kord and a modern social-media angle make for some interesting new spins. The conclusion - which addresses a dangling plot thread from the 2000s Booster comic - seems kind of abrupt, but if you're a fan of either character, this is still a worthwhile read. (B+)
September 16, 2022
Booster Gold and Blue Beetle are back, back, back again, and there's no stopping them this time! Oh, they're out of money. Never mind!
Sometimes (more often than I'd like) mini-series don't have enough story to support the amount of issues that they're given. That's the issue with Blue & Gold, which is 8 issues, but only really has enough story for about 3.
The opening and closing acts of the story are fun, whereas the middle stuff is all one and done stories that hardly link together and just have Booster and Beetle repeating the same arguments over and over. Dan Jurgens is no stranger to these characters, but he doesn't nail their banter was well as he usually does here. I don't know if it's because of the premise, that puts Booster and Beetle on uneven footing so the power dynamic is off, or something else, but it's...just not as fun as it should be.
On art is Ryan Sook, who actually contributes to 6 of the 8 issues, with Cully Hamner pencilling all of one, Phil Hester and Paul Pelletier on another, and Kevin Maguire stepping in to help one a third. The fact that Sook does as much as he does surprised me to be honest, the man's not known for his quickness on interiors, but the fill-ins chosen are good fits as well - seeing Maguire on a Booster/Beetle book again will always make me smile.
Despite some pacing problems and a weird dynamic between the main characters, Blue & Gold is still fun for the most part, if you turn off your brain for the middle few issues.
Sometimes (more often than I'd like) mini-series don't have enough story to support the amount of issues that they're given. That's the issue with Blue & Gold, which is 8 issues, but only really has enough story for about 3.
The opening and closing acts of the story are fun, whereas the middle stuff is all one and done stories that hardly link together and just have Booster and Beetle repeating the same arguments over and over. Dan Jurgens is no stranger to these characters, but he doesn't nail their banter was well as he usually does here. I don't know if it's because of the premise, that puts Booster and Beetle on uneven footing so the power dynamic is off, or something else, but it's...just not as fun as it should be.
On art is Ryan Sook, who actually contributes to 6 of the 8 issues, with Cully Hamner pencilling all of one, Phil Hester and Paul Pelletier on another, and Kevin Maguire stepping in to help one a third. The fact that Sook does as much as he does surprised me to be honest, the man's not known for his quickness on interiors, but the fill-ins chosen are good fits as well - seeing Maguire on a Booster/Beetle book again will always make me smile.
Despite some pacing problems and a weird dynamic between the main characters, Blue & Gold is still fun for the most part, if you turn off your brain for the middle few issues.
January 5, 2023
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 Kevin Maguire nos desvela la verdad: que aunque Dan Jurgens es un autor competente y Booster Gold es su proyecto personal, lo que esta serie necesitaría es a Keith Giffen y J.M. DeMatteis 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 Kevin Maguire nos desvela la verdad: que aunque Dan Jurgens es un autor competente y Booster Gold es su proyecto personal, lo que esta serie necesitaría es a Keith Giffen y J.M. DeMatteis al guión.
Para nostálgicos.
June 23, 2023
Probably more like 3.5 stars, but I gave it that extra half because, honestly... I'd like comic writers to see that fans enjoy these more "fun" stories. It doesn't always have to be universe-ending, or politically or socially-minded... sometimes, we can just watch heroes doing fun things. In this case: Starting their own donation-based organization to help with all the weird things the Justice League can't. It's a cute idea that also has a lot of heart behind it. Booster could be a little annoying at times, but for all his obsession over social media views and branding... he actually does wan to be a hero. Ted Kord acts as a great straight-man counterpoint to Booster, and honestly, I just had a blast watching their friendships. The social media comments were, at first, a little annoying, but after a while, I kind of appreciated the "now-ness" of this book (even if that will date and make it less timeless later). (Though that will also make it nostalgic in a cheesy, charming way in about a decade or so, lol.) I also loved seeing Jaime Reyes and, my favorite GL, Guy Gardner. All in all, I would love to see more comics like this one!
December 21, 2022
Blue Beetle and Booster Gold are back! Everyone’s favorite duo in comics had a fun little series. I enjoyed this a lot, Dan Jurgens is a great writer and Ryan Sook is an absolute amazing artists. Seriously Blue and Gold have never looked this good. It was fun seeing them be a duo and start a hero charity where they help people with odd problems for free. They saved the justice league fought and alien and laughed all the way. It had a fun little plot line that was a decent commentary on social media in the modern day too. This book follows up on plot threads from the last several Booster and Beetle solo series, and in true fashion, left threads dangling for the next time they get a chance at a book. I will say, although this was always said it was a limited series it felt like it wanted to be an ongoing. It had a six issue arc followed by a two issue side story, but they set up so much that needs a direct follow up and not a reunion book a decade later when the characters have moved on. Hopefully the creative team comes back for a sequel, or even an ongoing!
March 10, 2024
The original "Blue & Gold" came together in the late 80s in Justice League International. The new character of Booster Gold and the second Blue Beetle (recently acquired from the defunct Charlton Comics) became a great comedy duo that has appeared on-and-off for about 35 years, though sometimes they've been split apart or been "killed" or disappeared or whatever.
This lets Dan Jurgens (creator of Booster) bring them back together for a fun series. Having not been accepted in the Justice League, they decide to form their own "hero for hire" business. But it gets complicated when an alien princess lays claim to Earth and Black Beetle shows up. There are cameos by the Justice League, Guy Gardner, Rip Hunter, and Batman.
For anyone who wants a fun superhero comic, this is good reading. It's funny and light without being stupid. I'd read more if that was possible. The art is mostly pretty standard DC though it's lower quality (more like Marvel) for issue 7. I'm not sure why.
That is all.
This lets Dan Jurgens (creator of Booster) bring them back together for a fun series. Having not been accepted in the Justice League, they decide to form their own "hero for hire" business. But it gets complicated when an alien princess lays claim to Earth and Black Beetle shows up. There are cameos by the Justice League, Guy Gardner, Rip Hunter, and Batman.
For anyone who wants a fun superhero comic, this is good reading. It's funny and light without being stupid. I'd read more if that was possible. The art is mostly pretty standard DC though it's lower quality (more like Marvel) for issue 7. I'm not sure why.
That is all.
January 6, 2023
The combination of Booster Gold and Dan Jurgens is almost always spectacular. He's known for more high profile books, but his work on Booster is, to me, his best. Booster is always so fun, engaging, and straight forward. You always know where Booster's head is. Add Ted Kord to the mix and you get a funny tale of adventure and one-upmanship. The idea of Blue & Gold Restoration is solid and makes sense in the DCU. Readers get some secrets revealed, new characters introduced, and an extremely fun time. I wished the book contained less of the online posts from "fans". They were less funny/interesting and more annoying. The art by Ryan Sook was great. Overall, another delightful entry in Jurgens' love affair with Booster Gold.
January 14, 2023
Ich war skeptisch & so riiiiichtig konnten mich die beiden C- oder D-Heldenfiguren nicht überzeugen. Das war ein bisschen wie Dschungelcamp schauen: Trash pur, aber wenn der stringent und mit Liebe erzählt wird, ist es eben wenigstens schöner Trash und das verdient Respekt. Dan Jurgens wirft hier allen in den Topf: Social Media, Crowdfunding, eitle Influencer, dazu Action und Buddyhumor. Keine Ahnung, wie alt Jurgens jetzt ist, aber sein Hoch hatte er, als er den Tod von Superman inszenierte, der es damals sogar in die ehrwürdige Tagesschau schaffte. Wikipedia sei dank: er ist 63 Jahre alt und kennt sich nicht nur gut genug mit dem ganzen neuen Kram aus, sondern trifft irgendwie auch den Ton der Generation, die im Netz aktiv ist. Erstaunlich.
March 21, 2023
A solid superhero yarn - I like what Jurgens did with their streaming/online-chatter/public-funding profile. The best aspect of Booster Gold has always been when creators (usually Dan) use him to reflect celebrity culture (forget that timestream protector stuff). The plotting was solid, although it was a bit disappointing that the finale of their big first arc was solved through no particular agency of Booster nor Beetle - odd choice to have Rip Hunter swoop in and get that save.
The artwork felt a bit off, which is odd, as Ryan Sook is such a pro. Partly, the coloring was substandard- too plastic, too bright, too computer-tweaked. Sook's storytelling was solid, as always, but the figures seemed a little malleable, but maybe that was the coloring.
The artwork felt a bit off, which is odd, as Ryan Sook is such a pro. Partly, the coloring was substandard- too plastic, too bright, too computer-tweaked. Sook's storytelling was solid, as always, but the figures seemed a little malleable, but maybe that was the coloring.
November 27, 2022
This is a fun, light-hearted adventure. I don't know why, but Booster Gold has always held a soft spot for me, even if he is kind of a jerk. In this mini-series he is not quite as vapid as in some of his earliest appearances, but there's still plenty of humor. The series uses social media and crowdfunding as background which I think is a nice modern touch. There are some interesting cameos and some continuity connections with other characters that will affect our two heroes, especially Booster, in future stories. The main artwork by Ryan Sook is very good, and he gets some assistance from a few other artists, using their stylistic differences to good use.
September 24, 2023
É ruim.
Se tu já leu um gibi qualquer com a dupla de patetas da DC nada vai te surpreender.
O Dourado é um picareta que parece incapaz de aprender qualquer coisa.
O Azul é a babá do picareta e também totalmente incapaz de aprender algo com o que acontece.
Porém esse é o esquema do gibi, a total inconsequência e incapacidade de mudar o status de qualquer personagem.
Eu entendo, mas aqui o humor vira aquela vergonha alheia, os dias da Liguinha já foram faz tempo e continua essa mesma pasmaceira; se fosse algo como monstro da semana até rolava, mas revelações sobre o multiverso e o Besouro Negro? Sério.
Se tu já leu um gibi qualquer com a dupla de patetas da DC nada vai te surpreender.
O Dourado é um picareta que parece incapaz de aprender qualquer coisa.
O Azul é a babá do picareta e também totalmente incapaz de aprender algo com o que acontece.
Porém esse é o esquema do gibi, a total inconsequência e incapacidade de mudar o status de qualquer personagem.
Eu entendo, mas aqui o humor vira aquela vergonha alheia, os dias da Liguinha já foram faz tempo e continua essa mesma pasmaceira; se fosse algo como monstro da semana até rolava, mas revelações sobre o multiverso e o Besouro Negro? Sério.
October 17, 2023
I'm always down for some Blue & Gold, as a select few of my friends on here know very well (for context I have a Ted Kord Blue Beetle pfp on Discord atm and there's a running joke in my friend group that I'm the Ted to another friend's Booster) and while this was fun, it wasn't anything too special and felt a bit disjointed at times. The Guy Gardner appearance was a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one, and while the social media bits did make me cringe a bit, I can't truly call them inaccurate because the woman whose account was used mostly to thirst over Ted was pretty much just a PG version of things I've said about him in my friends' Discord.
October 5, 2024
*Do not recommend*
This might be the worst DC TPB I've ever read. Picked it up because there are so few collected volumes featuring Ted Kord/Blue Beetle. But the character was poorly written and played second fiddle to the highly annoying Booster Gold. I hated Booster. I hated the social media tie-in (I just straight up quit reading the "viewer comments" in the margins after the first issue). The villains were lazily written. The Jaime Reyes tie-in didn't capture any of that character's personality. The art was bland too. All around just a bad comic book run. Which is sad because Ted Kord has a lot of potential.
This might be the worst DC TPB I've ever read. Picked it up because there are so few collected volumes featuring Ted Kord/Blue Beetle. But the character was poorly written and played second fiddle to the highly annoying Booster Gold. I hated Booster. I hated the social media tie-in (I just straight up quit reading the "viewer comments" in the margins after the first issue). The villains were lazily written. The Jaime Reyes tie-in didn't capture any of that character's personality. The art was bland too. All around just a bad comic book run. Which is sad because Ted Kord has a lot of potential.
April 10, 2023
Blue and Gold features fun characters but fails to take them in any direction that feels life-altering or genre-defining. Booster Gold and Blue Beetle are well-written as characters but they lack a dimensionality that would make me think this book would be anyone's favorite even with the book's humor, such as Jurgens's own self-referential jab at his work on the death of Superman back in the early 1990s.
September 21, 2023
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
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