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52 Pick-Up

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens (signed)

Inker(s): Norm Rapmund (signed)

Colorist(s): Brian Miller (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Booster Gold

Character(s): Booster Gold; Skeets; Goldstar; Batman; Question [Vic Sage]; Monarch; Supernova; Mr. Mind; Rip Hunter; Superman; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Jack (of the Royal Flush Gang); Wonder Woman; Robin (Earth-2); Green Lantern [Sinestro]; Flash [Wally West?]; Brainiac 5; Max Lord); Jonah Hex

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Notes: In the original version of the cover, the Carrie Kelley Robin is in the Question's place. Another copy of the Question's card can be seen in its original place, obscured by the right end of the logo. It is unclear if it is Jon Carter (Booster's father) or Daniel Carter (Booster's ancestor) in the Supernova outfit.

The Origin of Booster Gold

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mark Waid

Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens

Inker(s): Andy Lanning

Colorist(s): Alex Sinclair

Letterer(s): Pat Brosseau

Editor(s): Stephen Wacker; Harvey Richards (assistant)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Origin of...

Character(s): Booster Gold; Skeets

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52 Pick-Up, Chapter 1: Secret Origins

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Jeff Katz

Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens (layouts)

Inker(s): Norm Rapmund (finishes)

Colorist(s): Hi-Fi

Letterer(s): Rob Leigh

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Booster Gold

Character(s): Booster Gold; Skeets; Royal Flush Gang [King; Jack; Ace; Queen]; JLI [Mr. Miracle [Scott Free]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]]; Max Lord; Rip Hunter; Justice League of America [Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Red Arrow; Vixen; Black Lightning; Flash [Wally West]; Geo-Force; Hawkgirl]; Supernova [Daniel Carter]; Spectre; Jason Blood?; Flash [Barry Allen]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond]; Martin Stein; JLE [Animal Man; Rocket Red; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Elongated Man; Metamorpho; Power Girl]; New Teen Titans [Nightwing; Cyborg]; Terra; Barbara Gordon; Joker; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad]; Sgt. Rock; Blackhawk; Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Red Ryan; Prof Haley; June Robbins; Corinna Stark?]; Black Adam; Rose Levin; Mera; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Manta; Darkseid; Extant; Atom-Smasher; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Kamandi; Chaaku?; Superman (Earth-2); Doomsday; Katma Tui; Green Lantern [Sinestro]; Supernova [Jon Carter]; Brainiac 5; Fire; Ice; Crimson Fox; Mr. Mind; Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes]; Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]

Synopsis: Booster Gold's plans to make a respectable hero of himself and gain re-admittance into the Justice League of America are derailed when Rip Hunter informs him that Booster is the one hero who can protect the timestream. He agrees to join Hunter on that mission under one condition...they save Ted Kord.

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Notes: There are several visual references to moments throughout DC history, including Max Lord shooting Blue Beetle, Wally West being doused by the chemicals that made him Kid Flash, the cover to Firestorm #1, the cover to JLE #1, Terra betraying the New Teen Titans, the Joker shooting Barbara Gordon, the Legion of Super-Heroes meeting a young Clark Kent, the cover to Shazam! #1, Zero Hour, Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #3, and others.

52 Pick-Up, Chapter 2: Leggo My Ego

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Jeff Katz

Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens (layouts)

Inker(s): Norm Rapmund (finishes)

Colorist(s): Hi-Fi

Letterer(s): Rob Leigh

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Booster Gold

Character(s): Booster Gold; Skeets; Rip Hunter; Black Lightning; Tobias Whale; Deathstroke, the Terminator; New Titans [Phantasm; Red Star; Nightwing; Cyborg]; Aztek; ? (character in red with shoulder pads and helmet in picture with Aztek); Green Lantern [Abin Sur]; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner; also as Warrior]; Damage; Cyborg Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Shaggy Man; Green Lantern [Sinestro]; Green Lantern [Kilowog]; Green Lantern [Salaak]; Green Lantern [Arisia]; Tomar Re (?); Arkillo; Lyssa Drak; Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Luri Hoshid; Traci Thirteen; Andrew Bennett; Infectious Lass; Dr. Thirteen; Anthro; Genius Jones; ? (bearded man in painting?); Sandman; Phantom of the Fair; Amazing Man [Will Everett]; Enemy Ace; Superman; Supernova [Jon Carter]; Jonah Hex

Synopsis: In the past, shortly before Abin Sur is to die, Booster must prevent Sinestro, who was told by Supernova that one day Guy Gardner will be known as the greatest Green Lantern, from confronting Guy. After distracting and diverting Sinestro, Booster has a beer with Guy, and in helping him with a personal problem ensures that Abin Sur chooses Hal Jordan as the next Green Lantern. Meanwhile, Rip Hunter has a mysterious encounter and Supernova drops in on Jonah Hex.

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52 Pick-Up, Chapter 3: Hexed

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Jeff Katz

Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens (layouts)

Inker(s): Norm Rapmund (finishes)

Colorist(s): Hi-Fi

Letterer(s): Jared K. Fletcher

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Booster Gold

Character(s): Booster Gold; Daniel Carter; Skeets; Rip Hunter; Supernova [Jon Carter]; Rose Levin; Young Justice [Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Superboy [Conner Kent]; Secret [Greta Hayes]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Arrowette [Cissie King-Jones]; Impulse [Bart Allen]]; Traci Thirteen; Andrew Bennett; Infectious Lass; Dr. Thirteen; Anthro; Genius Jones; Anti-Monitor; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lionel Luthor; Lex Luthor; Jonah Hex; Jason Thompson; Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes]; Batman; Jeb Westfield; Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]

Synopsis: After learning that Daniel has had the Supernova suit taken from him, Booster, Rip, and Skeets set off to ensure that Jonathan Kent's ancestor survives his birth with the aid of Dr. Jeb Westfield. If they don't, Lionel Luthor will find baby Kal El and his jealous brother Lex will kill him. In the Old West, Booster meets with Jonah Hex but learns that Jonah refused the job, so he goes to Dr. Westfield's himself and protects him from an attack by Supernova. Dr. Westfield decides to move back to Smallville, and Booster rejoins Rip in the time sphere, where they run into two other time travelers.

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52 Pick-Up, Chapter 4: He's Gonna Save Every One of Us!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Jeff Katz

Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens (pencil art)

Inker(s): Norm Rapmund (finished art)

Colorist(s): Hi-Fi

Letterer(s): Rob Leigh

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Booster Gold

Character(s): Booster Gold; Skeets; Rip Hunter; Flash [Barry Allen]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Rex Hunter; Supernova [Jon Carter]; Rex Hunter [Jason Goldstein]; Maximillion; Rose Levin; Daniel Carter; Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]

Synopsis: After crashing into Flash and Kid Flash in the timestream, Rip Hunter traces Supernova to Central City. There, the heroes discover that Supernova is working with a former Time Master. When the Flashes disappear, Rip Hunter figures out that they are in Central City on the night when lightning strikes Barry Allen. As the time masters battle, Booster fights Supernova, and discovers that it is his father using the suit. Booster ensures that Barry Allen becomes the Flash, and Rip and Booster head back into the timestream to their next mission, preventing the crippling of Batgirl.

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52 Pick-Up, Chapter 5: No Joke

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Jeff Katz

Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens (pencil art)

Inker(s): Norm Rapmund (finished art)

Colorist(s): Hi-Fi; Lee Loughridge

Letterer(s): Nick J. Napolitano

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Booster Gold

Character(s): Booster Gold; Skeets; Rip Hunter; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Commissioner James Gordon; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Rex Hunter [Jason Goldstein]; Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes]; Christopher Smith; Ultra-Humanite; Per Degaton; Despero; Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Blue Beetle (from the 27th century)

Synopsis: Rip Hunter pretends to send Booster back in time to prevent the crippling of Barbara Gordon. But, in fact, Rip is trying to teach Booster that some events, like the killing of Ted Kord cannot be changed. Three visitors to Rip's lab, however, have a different point of view.

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Notes: Story re-presents some of the events of and ties into Batman: The Killing Joke (DC, 1988 series).

52 Pick-Up, Chapter 6: Meet the Beetles

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Jeff Katz

Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens (pencil art)

Inker(s): Norm Rapmund (finished art)

Colorist(s): Hi-Fi

Letterer(s): Randy Gentile

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Booster Gold

Character(s): Booster Gold; Skeets; Rip Hunter; Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes]; Blue Beetle (from the 27th century); Jason Todd (?) (cameo); Red Robin (cameo); Elongated Man (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Sherlock Holmes (cameo); Shade [Rac Shade] (cameo); Starman [Jack Knight] (cameo); Madmen (cameo); Max Lord; Mister Miracle (cameo); Dr. Fate (cameo); Green Lantern [Guy Gardner] (cameo); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Bloodwynd (cameo); Doomsday (cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (cameo); Oracle [Barbara Gordon] (cameo); Daniel Carter; Rose Levin; O.M.A.C.

Synopsis: Despite Rip Hunter's warnings, Booster joins the Blue Beetles and travels to the past to save Ted Kord. Meanwhile, Rip recruits Daniel Carter.

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Notes: There are a few The Beatles references, including the story title, which is a play on the title of the first Beatles album released in the US, and the first panel on page 4, which is a visual refence to the album cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road. The Sherlock Holmes panel is taken from the cover to Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #572. Booster's review of Ted Kord's career as Blue Beetle includes scenes of Ted Kord taking over from his predecessor, fighting the Madmen, at one of the Monitor's tuning forks from Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1985 series), a version of the cover of Justice League (DC, 1987 series) #1, the Justice League fighting Doomsday, and working with the Birds of Prey. In the files Ted Kord sees on Booster Gold are pictures from when Booster wore armor towards the end of the Justice League America series, from the Conglomerate series in Justice League Quarterly (DC, 1990 series), and from the cover of Formerly Known as the Justice League (DC, 2003 series) #1.