Booster Gold #0

This issue kicks off the "Blue & Gold" arc. I was happy to see that Blue Beetle returned last issue and it seems that Johns & Katz intend to utilize Ted much in the same vein as Booster. For all of the Jaime haters out there. Johns & Katz go out of their way to show that Jaime is a part of the long history for the Blue Beetle moniker and go so far as to have Ted give Jaime his blessing. For those of you who have refused to check out Jaime's "Blue Beetle" monthly - now is a good time to shed the chip on your shoulder and try it out.

I have to hand it to the art team of Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund. The art in "Booster Gold" is consistently out standing. The crisp clean characters really pop off of the page. The "Zero Hour" tie-in here is really just for fun and the reaction of Extant and Parallax to the team's flyby is quite funny. "The Secret Origin of Booster Gold" covered here and we get to see the pain that Booster has to deal with. Johns & Katz keep the story moving a quick pace as our heroes jump from frying pan to frying pan.

This book still sits atop my pile as one of the best monthly reads going. If you haven't jumped on board, this issue is as good a point as any.