Action Comics #998 (of 1102)
Booster Shot, Conclusion
April 30th, 2018
Synopsis
“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!
Plot Summary
Jekuul, The Future: Superman and Booster Gold have been captured by the House of Zod and are currently being blasted at with the Zod family eye beams and the only thing keeping them from being turned to ash is Booster's force field.
All seems lost but then one of the Eradicator droids turns on Lor-Zod and momentarily take out the General, Ursa and The Eradicator. It appears that when Lor destroyed Skeets earlier, the robot was able to upload himself into a Eradicator droid.
Superman then fights Ursa and Lor, while Skeets hacks all the droids and attacks The Eradicator.
The fight truly turns when Booster takes General Zod hostage and Superman is able to use the distraction to free himself from mother and son holding him back.
Logamba, Present: Booster, Superman and Skeets are able to get to the Time Sphere and return to the present. There Superman hears the distress signal from Lois, who was gunned down seconds earlier.
Booster Gold knowing how important Lois is to Superman so, with out Superman's knowledge, Booster uses the Time Sphere to go back one minute and save Jon, Lois and her father from being gunned down.
Back at the watchtower, Superman speaks to Flash about why Booster stole the Cosmic Treadmill. Then Superman returns to Earth while Booster and Skeets slip back into the Time Stream to see their punishment for changing the past.
Notes
References: Action Comics #996