Warning : Spoilers for Batman : The Brave and the Bold # 14
Summary
It ’s easy to dismissBooster Goldas theJustice League’sperennial clown : arrogant and buffoonish , he frequently require saving from his own harebrained schemes , and his admittance to time - travelling technology makes him a walking disaster . But there ’s always been something rich to the character , and the prison term he accidentally wiped out humanity is an excellent example of why I keep coming back to Booster Gold fourth dimension and clock time again : his attempts to cope are amazingly relatable to anyone who ’s struggled with depression .
Split betweenBatman : The Brave and the Bold#13–14 , the first two parts of Mark Russell and Jon Mikel ’s account " Time Jerks " plenty withBooster Gold incidentally deviate the asteroid that shoot down the dinosaur , which leads to a next dinosaur Zion where humanity died out instead . Rather than fix the trouble , Booster buys an flat and hides .
Booster ’s response , however , discover a deep depressive disorder inside him : admit that he ’s always felt like " a misplaced comma butterfly the universe somehow block to erase , " it ’s only the simple delight of a promised cheeseburger that gets him to try and set story right-hand .
Booster Gold ’s latest risky venture , " Time Jerks , " conclude inBatman : The Brave and the Bold#15 , usable July 24th from DC Comics .
The Jurrasic League has officially return , impart dinosaur - themed redesigns for various Italian sandwich . However , one hero ’s redesign stand out above all .
In Booster Gold, I See My Depression
Created by Dan Jurgens, Booster Gold First Appeared in 1985’sBooster Gold#1 by Jurgens, Mike DeCarlo, Tom Ziuko, and Agustin Más
Like many in my generation , my first experience with Booster Gold was through the animated seriesJustice League limitless — specifically sequence 7 , " The Greatest Story Never Told . " There , I sawBooster ’s every boastful attempt at getting the League to take him seriously backfire , only for him to quietly and singlehandedly economize the world when no one is watching — and in a way that no one will trust . This story cementedBooster atomic number 79 in my heartas someone who urgently wants the world to see him , but also as someone who will still do the correct thing when it is demanded of him .
I ensure my own struggle with depression echoed in Booster ’s attempts to adjust to the timeline and softly fade aside , win over everyone is better without him .
Let’sput a bowling pin in Booster Goldfor a bit and talk about depression . Depression is an insidious beastthat is unbelievably difficult to deal with even in the best of times ; my battle with depression during the COVID-19 pandemic all upended my liveliness . It was only through the concern of mob and my healer that I was capable to take that I merit good things in life story , and that way started with accepting that it was okay to indulge in simple pleasures like a undecomposed meal or a LEGO set ( my personal vice ) .
In Booster Gold, I See Honesty
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Booster Gold ’s behavior in " Time Jerks " reveals his depression . I saw my own struggle with depression echoed in Booster ’s endeavor to adjust to the timeline and quietly fade aside , win over everyone is better without him . To me , it ’s very telling that it is n’t any howling heroic motion that helps get Booster out of his blue funk : it ’s the simple , relatable pleasure of a cheeseburger . save the universe is too big of a venture to tackle all at once when you ’re feeling like a cosmic afterthought , but a cheeseburger trial ? Yeah , that you’re able to maybe do .
Too often , shinny with depression and genial trauma in the superhero landscape take the shape of " stern and gritty " brooding : striking inner monologues about the nature of might and its gist . By dividing line , Booster Gold ’s quiet resolve to inhabit out his biography in a foreign timeline is a much more relatable vision of clinical depression that truly speaks to me . In the death , Booster Gold still does the right thing — he is a hero , after all — but watching him deal with his depression and add up out the other side convinced me that theJustice Leaguereally needs to throwBooster Golda off-white .
Batman : The Brave and the Bold#14is useable now from DC Comics .
BATMAN : THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD # 14 ( 2024 )
