Action Comics #998 is everything you could want from a Superman comic--action, adventure, humor, and it hits all the right emotional notes for a story about people and their fathers. The art and writing are first tier and in a perfect world, this team would continuing telling Superman stories forever. As it is, they put a fitting cap on a storyline that could have went either way, but managed to soar, like a bird. Or a plane. Or a certain Kryptonian. Read Full Review

An excellent climactic issue to an arc that probably didn't need to be so long. Read Full Review

All in all, Action Comics #998 was a fun read and provided a satisfying conclusion to this current arc. Like previous issues, it was well written by Dan Jurgens and beautifully illustrated by Will Conrad who was born to draw the Man of Steel. So with the end of this chapter of Superman almost over, a new chapter is about to begin but before that, we still have Action Comics #999 to come! Read Full Review

Great finale to a great arc, knocked a couple points off for the aforementioned complaints, but definitely worth a read for a fan of Time's Finest duo! It will definitely make for an interesting trade with all the different artists, I'm sure it'll be fine. Read Full Review

Booster Shot has been a well deserved conclusion to some of the Action Comics stories he's been writing for the last few months and a Booster Gold that reaffirms why he's the Hero of the hour. Jurgens gives the two a push and pull dynamic and moments of levity as the prolonged issues of time travel began to affect their journey and their hope to undo it all. With an art team that covered the bigger, more set piece moments with the character building and makes everything look great in the process. With Booster Shot now in the record books, it's only one issue standing in the way of Action Comics #1000. Read Full Review

All in all, a satisfying conclusion to the "Booster Shot" story arc. Despite feeling just a little hurried, the issue wrapped up all the dangling plot lines and gave Booster Gold some well deserved moments. Action Comics #1000 and a new era is just around the corner. The past couple years have introduced a lot of changes to the Superman mythos in both Action Comics and Superman. And, it's not over yet". Read Full Review

And it's just brilliant, because it is laugh out loud, almost shocking, can't quite believe they said or did that, and somehow made this… thing canon. Read Full Review

The conclusion of Superman and Booster's trip through time In Superman: Action Comics #998, (only a month before Batman and Booster have their own similar adventure) ends with an action-packed, emotional issue with a few surprising twists. Read Full Review

It is a shame that General Lane is back just as Jurgens is leaving. We know that in 2 issues, Action Comics #1000 will be on the shelves and that means Jurgens will be off the book. So we have a number of subplots that hopefully will be wrapped up or moved forward. And this arc showcasing family and loyalty was pretty good. Lovely art as well. Read Full Review

Action Comics #998 brings a long-overdue yet still enjoyable finale to the Booster Shot story. Theres action, heart, decent artwork, and an answer to the Oz mystery. Its a good read, and I can give it a recommendation. Check it out. Read Full Review

Our Booster Shot arc comes to a close with this issue and like the previous one, it's pretty damn satisfying.  The art in this issue is amazing and the time travel concept was used perfectly to give us a wrap around that makes everything from this arc come together nicely, while opening doors to future stories. Read Full Review

It feels like this character is treading water until May when Bendis takes over. Read Full Review

The story seems to conclude, which is fine by me, though I was expecting Superman to return to a timeline different than the one he left " yet another re-set in the DC Universe, to coincide with Action Comics #1,000. Thankfully, that didn't happen, so far as we know. Read Full Review

"BOOSTER SHOT" part six! Escape from Planet Zod! Superman and Booster Gold must escape to travel back to the present, where the life of the captured Sam Lane hangs in the balance! Read Full Review

It's amazing that Action Comics keeps playing up the consequences of Booster Gold's time travel decisions and yet feels completely inconsequential. That's why it doesn't seem meaningful when Booster actually does something selfless for the Man of Steel, because it's hard to believe that he's really going to pay a price for it. Read Full Review

It's another disappointing chapter before the big shake up. Read Full Review

Pretty much about the best of what one can expect from an Action Comics issue. A satisfying end to the "Booster Shot" storyline, fun action between Superman and Booster Gold, nice action for Skeets as well, fantastic Will Conrad art with the help of Ivan Nunes and Rob Leigh, and a few fun quips about Booster's role in the Multiverse.

To be honest, when this arc started, I was disappointed. I wanted more answers about Mr Oz. I thought that's what we were going to get.

Then it turned into Bill and Teds excellent adventure. And honestly, I liked Bill and Ted! Thank goodness it didn't turn into their bogus journey. And for as disappointed as I was to not really get answers about Mr Oz, the arc was fun and nicely done with great art!

I honestly didn't know how they were going to escape from the last issue and finding Skeets transporting himself into a cyborg eradicator surprised me and made a great twist and a way for them to escape! Loved that!

I loved the Lor part when he was willing to let his dad die and called him a "buzzard". That was great too!

But the best part of the entire arc was the end of this issue. Superman watches his mom die, which was heart breaking. Jor el is literally zapped away and she dies alone while her son watches. Wow...

Booster saves the day and breaks his rule of fixing time to save Lois... and does it before Superman finds out. This tied together the side story well.

It's Boosters M.O. He comes off as a hack but saves people without taking the credit or them even knowing. He's awesome! But who better to write Booster than Jurgens.

Lastly, the sly humor in the issue, matched with the art, made this issue, as well as the arc, truly a pleasant twist. I also hope this issue ties into Hal Jordan. They set it up for Superman to pop in and help out so he can stop the Zod planet and future from happening.

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This was a great issue. I have really been enjoying Jurgens run on Action. Superman Reborn, Mr. Oz and now Booster Shot have all been great story arcs. I am going to miss Jurgens writing Superman and in my opinion Bendis has a hard act to follow. Here’s hoping for a Jurgens ongoing Booster Gold series!!

Satisfying conclusion to a really good and fun arc. Great dialogue and very pleasant for the eye art by Will Conrad.

Very good ending, but this arc was way too stretched. I'm wondering if that one thing that Booster did in this issue will have any consequences in the 1000th issue.

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Dispatchdcu - Feb 28, 2018

Maybe not 1000 but I agree something will come from it

mrDovydas - Feb 28, 2018

I'm thinking this way since Jurgens is leaving the title afterwards, and I doubt that Bendis will pick this up

Dispatchdcu - Mar 1, 2018

It may be BUT I listened to word Balloon, the podcast, and it was an interview with Bendis. He said he wants to continue Jurgens and Tomasi's runs. He loved elements of them and doesn't want to move on from everything they did. So it's still possible that he comes back to it. Question: do we get Jurgens to write some Booster now that he's back? I'd read the heck out of that!

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good issue. loses points just on the title of next issue. don't they have ANY other ideas? is this the only Superman villain they have the rights to or something? wth? I'm sick of it already.

Booster’s explanation of time travel made no sense, especially since he is from the future and changes his past all the time,

That story is a disappointment but I end it with a smile. I find the writer a little quick to free his character from a certain death.
And I wonder Why Ursa cease to target their prisoner. Skeet only succeed to target Zod Father & Son & the Eradicator(S).
But Ursa may have been enough to kill the heroes.
The end of this story was not bad with some rebellion coursing in the people's spirit.
We also (Thanks to Booster) have the assurance Mr Oz didn't lie. But this part is awful for Sup mother.
Then the fact Booster go in time saving Lois & her father (And maybe Jon) didn't convince me. Just after he explain what happen are not to be change. I would prefer than Jon shield Lois & his grandfather. After all he would have superman durability.
The end with flash is funny.

Cover - The variant is nice but not link to the story. 1/2
Writing - Not bad, but I come only for Booster & didn't have enough ^^ 2/3
Arts - I like the art even if I have a issue with the face of some character sometime. But maybe that maybe because of the coloring. 2/3
Feeling - Not a unforgettable story. 0/2 more