Action Comics #993 (of 1092)
Booster Shot, Part 1
February 28th, 2018
Synopsis
“BOOSTER SHOT” part one! As Superman struggles to cope with Mr. Oz’s true identity, the Man of Steel turns to the only “hero” he knows who can prove once and for all if Oz’s story is true: Booster Gold! But a massive power doesn’t want our heroes venturing through time, and will do anything it can to sabotage their journey!
Plot Summary
Justice League Watchtower: Booster Gold and Skeet arrive at the Watchtower seconds too late to stop Superman from using the Cosmic Treadmill. While trying to decide what to do next they are blindsided by Flash, who believes that Booster plans to use the treadmill to boost his own career.
Skeet is able to use the tower defenses again the Flash and after the Scarlet Speedster is put out of commission, the time traveling duo take the treadmill aboard the Time Sphere in an attempt to use its data to find Superman.
Meanwhile in the Time Stream: Superman encounters a Chronal Storm and taken to a different timeline's Krypton. There he sees Jol-El and General Zod working together. He also learns that this Krypton has a space armada, and has become a military state.
Superman is then ambushed by Booster and Skeet. The pair got caught in a Time Vortex and were pulled to Superman's location and time on this new Krypton.
Booster attempts to convince Superman that he has broken time and the only way to fix it is to leave back to their time but this is when General Zod's men show up and Superman realizes he has no super-powers under Krypton's red sun.
The Daily Planet: Perry White informs Lois that he father has been captured by Logama rebels and will be executed. Jon over hearing this makes plans to save the grandfather he never met.
Notes
References: The Oz Effect