The Four Color Media Monitor

Or at least talks about it in fluff-coated terms. From the Spartanburg Herald-Journal of South Carolina, here's something that seems to think that turning Booster Gold into a serious character is actually good:

DC Comics' popular and exciting "52" series has come to a close, with a one-time joke of a hero saving the entire universe - more than the entire universe, actually - by throwing a football-shaped robot containing a moth-like menace across the lines of space and time to his ancestor, a man born hundreds of years earlier.

Would that be Skeets they're talking about? I guess so. But from all I've gathered over the past year, it sounded more like they disdained Skeets. Wow. No affection for a delightfully funny robot.

It's been one heck of a ride.

I wouldn't bet on it.

And it has catapulted Booster Gold, a former Justice League member whose only power seemed to be comic relief, to superstardom, proving that - at least for a little while - he was able to fill in during Superman's absence and be a true hero.

In the final installment, Gold and Rip Hunter, the time master, bounce around a series of alternate realities trying to foil a mutated Mr. Mind, who is devouring pockets of space and time.

During the trip, Gold gets to see his best friend, the late Blue Beetle, one last time, one of the many touching scenes from this yearlong piece of comic-book history.

Another is the final fate of Ralph Dibny, whom I hope we'll see more of.

All fluff-coated statements, I'm afraid. I really doubt that even the new series they announced for Booster, or even one they announced for Infinity Inc, which doesn't even involve any of the original members, will do so well, or not for long.

I do hope we'll see more of Ralph, but, I want it to be in the living world, and not as a ghost and a serious character with no real humor involved.

And when they talk about Countdown, they even go so far as to sensationalize the following:

From what we know about "Countdown," it will be steeped in Jack Kirby's "Fourth World," featuring characters like the New Gods.

It will tackle the seduction of Mary Marvel and explain why Jimmy Olsen must die.

Although they may be talking about the new multiverse created by "Mr. Mind", I still find this insulting, mainly because the newspaper seems to think that this is what's newsworthy, and not any characters who've been restored to life, which could include Ice, for example. Now that I think of it, I have yet to see a newspaper article actually saying something about the possible return of Tora Olafsdotter (I hope), and not about negative things like Mary Marvel being seduced by evil insanity and Jimmy Olsen perishing.

Another really dismaying mainstream newspaper article that offers nothing truly inspiring.

Labels: msm propaganda