Happy Birthday, Dan Jurgens!

Happy Birthday, Dan Jurgens! 

Today is the birthday of super-talented comic-book artist and writer and Legion fan extraorinary Dan Jurgens, born on this date in 1959.

Booster Gold #8-9 "Time Bridge"

Hey Legionnaires! It’s your pal, the Kord Kid, back to cover some Legion periphery! After my recent coverage of “Convergence: Booster Gold”, our mutual friend and fellow member of the Legion of Super-Bloggers, Bilingual Boy, asked me to take a look at another Booster/Legion team-up. The story is called “Time Bridge” from 1986. So without further ado, let’s dive right into “Booster Gold” #’s 8&9, by Dan Jurgens and Mike DeCarlo.

In the year 2986, Brainiac-5, Ultra Boy, and Chameleon Boy have been summoned to the Time Institute by Chronarch and Dr. Manning. It seems a time machine has been unearthed. Not just any time machine either, one that belonged to Rip Hunter and was stolen by Michael Carter, aka Booster Gold in 2462. That’s not all…inside was a force shield belt belonging to none other than Brainiac-5! 

Convergence: Booster Gold

Hey Legionnaires! It’s your pal, the Kord Kid, back again to cover “Convergence: Booster Gold”. Why? Well for starters, it features Superboy and the Legion…but it also has a healthy pinch of Blue Beetle thrown in for good measure, so who better to bring it to you than me? Well to be fair, it’s really being brought to you by Dan Jurgens (writer), Alvaro Martinez (penciller) and Raul Fernandez (inker). I’m just here to provide the witty recap and commentary.

Futures End: Booster Gold...spoilers ahead!

Spoilers ahead...you have been warned!

Today, DC released the Futures End: Booster Gold one-shot. "But this is a Legion blog," you say, "besides stealing a flight ring what does he have to do with the Legion?" Well...time travel is my first answer. In fact the entire issue is basically Booster Gold being bounced around from time to time, and Earth to Earth. My second response is the image below...

Yup! A Steve Lightle drawn Legion appearance! The issue also featured appearances by Blue Beetles, past and present (shameless plug for my other blog here!) What does it all mean? That remains to be seen, but in my opinion it's good to see Booster, the Legion, and Blue Beetle back in action!