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Warning : contains spoilers forBlue & Gold # 2 !
In the first issue ofBlue & Goldfrom writer Dan Jurgens and artist Ryan Sook , Booster and Blue Beetle in reality save the Justice League from what would have been their collective demise . Capturing all of their heroic meter on telecasting , Booster thought for sure that saving the League would earn them spots among their rank . However , while the League extended an invitation in private to Blue Beetle , they hadzero sake in Booster and turn down him . Beetle declined and chose to stick by his bro flaw and all , deciding to find problem that only they could work out ( and that the League might be too busy for . )
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However , the newBlue & Gold # 2sees Booster rush towards his decease while strap to a haywire self - driving machine that ’s about to careen off the side of a cliff . While Blue Beetle manages to save his friend , Booster run off no meter in chastising Ted for not having the cameras ramble for their alive stream . While Blue Beetle responds that he did n’t want to go bad and have Booster exit while the populace watched , this consecrate Booster one of the stupid and most scummy ideas he ’s ever had , as he begins to consider faking his own death . His logic is that theactual death of Superman"worked wonders"for Kal - El ’s fame when he died at the hands of Doomsday . Blue Beetle is thankfully smart enough to shut Booster ’s idea down right aside .
While Booster has always tried to scheme his way into make headway more realisation as a genuine and respected hero , falsify his own demise for fame is by all odds a terrible idea . moreover , it ’s doubtful that it would even figure out , given his story . The moment he made his theoretical"miraculous return,“there would no doubt be hoagie and civilian alike -Green Lantern Guy Gardner among them- who would instantly see through the artifice , making his report as a poser even worse than it already is . Additionally , Booster Gold already bullshit his expiry and made a return in DC’s52series , though that was actually for epic reasonableness when he saved the Multiverse .
Booster is someone who really wants to do commodity , but his major defect is his lack of scruple in how he pursues this goal . With Booster and Blue Beetle pursuing a new , street - focalize approach to criminal offence - fighting where the world can contact them directly , the renown - hungry hero has fewer hinderance and balances on his behavior than ever , despite showing every mansion of being progressively desperate for the limelight . Thankfully , Blue Beetle understands his friend , wart and all , and is more patient with Booster than most . WhenBooster Goldforgets what it stand for to be a true hero ( like in this issue ) , Blue Beetle is there to aid remind him - an essential dynamic as the two embark on their newest speculation .
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