The cover by Ryan Sook features the death of Jason Todd in “A Death in the Family” (1988) storyline that had readers decide his fate. The traumatic events shown on the covers is what led to the Sanctuary refuge. It begins with Booster Gold’s confession. He speaks about an alternate timeline Batman, seen in the current Batman title, killed. This left a smudge on his visor that stays with him. Then, we get a two page spread of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle watching television in a run down apartment. “Blood in the Way” is produced by Tom King and Clay Mann. They try to come up with a plan, but are better friends than planners. Commander Steel’s confession, he admits that he was died many times and was brought back to be used before dying again. Batman descends in light down the Batcave steps to talk to Batgirl about analyzing Booster Gold’s robot Skeets to find him. He mentions Superman and Wonder Woman are going to make a statement.
We get Clark struggling with the fear about the superheroes with the situation. Lois tries to console him, but he still works. Then, we get the confession of Solstice, a superheroine who appeared in Teen Titans and finally her super identity in Wonder Girl #1 (2011). She tries to transform back to her human form as Kiran Singh from her cosmic black shape, but fails. Batgirl has taken Skeeter to a playground and explains that Batman tried to pull Booster Gold’s location from it. We get Batgirl’s secret weapon to get the information… a splash page of Harley Quinn with her hammer! The plan, The Flash is a blur in his lab, Booster Gold crashes through a window, and Flash knocks him down. Booster Gold unleashes his blasts that drops the Flash. Next, we get the confession of The Protector, he was the replacement of Robin in the New Teen Titans drug issues, and he admits that he took drugs, all of them. Superman holds with press conference with Wonder Woman summarizing the incident and that they are looking for Booster Gold and Harley Quinn. Superman’s monologue continues, I’m not certain why Wonder Woman is there, if she doesn’t speak.
We get Blue Devil at a funeral They are busy while Superman continues with his speech analyzing the Flash. Booster notes that he memorized everything about the heroes including their birthdays. He notes that the time police use a subject’s RNA and check it against the birthday. This shifts to superheroes, Adam Strange and Mr. Terrific, which is somehow jarring with the street level reality of the series so far. Batgirl and Harley Quinn race across the rooftops while Batgirl reminds her not to kill Booster Gold. Again, there is a shift with a splash page of the fantasy themed Shining Knight, now Ystina, from Grant Morrison’s Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight #1 (2005). There is a number of characters; Atom, a closeup of Swamp Thing, then Zatanna, Starfire, and Aquaman. It looks like all of these characters are fantastic and may not tie into the theme of recovering superheroes, still it opens up the series to cover the wider DC universe. We get a mysterious rose washed up to the shore of a city river and a shadow appears. Are we getting closer to revealing the mystery? Booster Gold’s revelation of the Flash changes everything. Then, we get the confession of Harley Quinn and her abuse by the Joker. The confessions give insight to characters, but not much with the other characters.
Three Pieces of Peach Pie out of Five!
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