Halfway through their first arc together as the co-writers of Booster Gold and having completed several Gold Exchange interviews, Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis seem, based on my comments thread alone, to be pretty divisive among the Booster faithful. Comichron.com sales numbers seem to suggest that sales haven’t been affected one way or another by the shift in creative team and tone, but readers seem to have a strong preference, one that may or may not be exacerbated by the presence on the market of Time Masters: Vanishing Point, featuring Booster Gold and done by the title’s previous creators.
I’m hoping to put together a cross-section of reader responses, so I’d love e-mails letting me know whether you think the new direction and creative team is better, worse or no change…and comments explaining your response. I’ll also be talking to some notable Booster fans and friends of the title when I compile my results.
The e-mail is russ@jamesvilleny.com, and feel free to give as much or as little feedback as you’d like.
August 24th, 2010 at 7:38 am
Russ,
I missed Jurgens’ first run with Booster but the JLI series introduced me to him and I liked the character and his interactions with Blue Beetle. I like the Jurgens/Johns recent take much better. I never thought that I’d consider dropping any book by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis but it crossed my mind before they took over. I’m not disappointed with what they’ve done but still prefer Dan Jurgens on the book.
August 24th, 2010 at 9:09 am
They seem naive to disregard continuity, at least insofar as booster seemed to change character slightly. It just seemed that from johns to jurgens there was a plan. I couldn’t see it continue in any form, which can be fine, but I liked it too much i suppose. Shortly after the change I dropped it, but I do like The two guys when reading other things.
August 24th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Overall I prefer Jurgens on Booster Gold, but Giffen/DeMatteis are always fun to read. Also, I feel like the start of their run has been weighed down a bit by the Generation Lost tie-in.