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The following list represents the 254 villains that Booster Gold has encountered. Notes about reading the entries can be found here.

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Agent Orange

Agent Orange. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
DC Universe #0, 2008

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Blackest Night, #8, 2010

Agent Orange is the leader and usually the sole living member of the Orange Lantern Corps which utilizes the orange light of avarice in an unending attempt to consume all he sees.

Booster Gold joined the united spectrum of lantern corps (Agent Orange, BLUE LANTERN CORPS, GREEN LANTERN CORPS, INDIGO TRIBE, RED LANTERN CORPS, Sinestro Corps [see SINESTRO], and the STAR SAPPHIRES) in a desperate bid to save all living things from the BLACK LANTERN CORPS.

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Alien Alliance

Alien Alliance. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Invasion! Book One, 1989

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International, #22, 1988

Membership: Membership: Citadelians, Daxamites, Dominators, Durlans, Gil'Dishpan, Psions, Khunds, Thanagarians (see HAWKMAN), Warlords of Okaara

Concerned that the inhabitants of the planet Earth were growing too powerful as a result of their adaptability, several aggressive alien races banded together to annihilate the threat of the human species.

As the rest of the JUSTICE LEAGUE confronted the alien threat directly, Booster Gold is relegated to monitor duty at the New York City branch of the JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL EMBASSIES. The unsuspecting Booster is ambushed by miniaturized Khundians, the only members of the Alien Alliance that Booster will meet face-to-face at the time of the invasion. (Much later, Booster will encounter Dominators while visiting their home world, and the Dominators will ironically consider Booster the leader of a human-led invasion against the Dominator race.) In the global chaos spawned in the wake of the detonation of the Alien Alliance's gene bomb, an unaffected Booster Gold will be one of the few heroes defending the world while a cure is sought for those heroes affected by the bomb. In this capacity, Booster will encounter villains such as Strobe and Two-Face.

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Amazo

Amazo. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
The Brave and the Bold, Vol. 1, #30, 1960

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
JLA, #27, 1999

Also called Professor Ivo's Amazing Android in honor of his creator, Amazo is a artificial intelligence capable of replicating the powers of members of the JUSTICE LEAGUE. There are several different incarnations of the Amazo android known to exist, though rarely is more than one ever active at a time.

Booster Gold joined the Justice League reserves to combat a titanic version of the android in their first meeting. This is the second time that Booster Gold had fought an android built by Professor Ivo, the first being android duplicates of Professor Ivo himself that attacked him during an autograph session with MISTER MIRACLE. Booster Gold has never actually met Professor Ivo.

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Ballostro

Ballostro. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
52 Week Fifteen, Vol. 1, 2006

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
52, #15, 2006

Ballostro is a rare example of mythical gigantic undersea creatures that capture seagoing vessels.

Booster Gold's first encounter with a nuclear submarine-toting Ballostro was disastrous both for the city of Metropolis and for Booster Gold personally.

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Criminal Expatriates of Bialya

Criminal Expatriates of Bialya. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
JLA: Incarnations, Vol. 1, #6, 2001

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
JLA: Incarnations, #6, 2001

Membership: Brain, Deadline, Doctor Double-X, Doctor Sivana, Killer Croc, Monsieur Mallah, Overthrow, Penguin

In an attempt to enrich his impoverished country, RUMAAN HARJAVTI invited the world's super criminals to launder their assets through Bialya under the watchful eye of his trusted Security Officer Geoffrey Ffoukes.

After manipulating the villains into rioting against Harjavti (see BLOODSPOT), Booster Gold and the JUSTICE LEAGUE were invited into Bialya to capture the rogue criminals. Booster's first encounter with several criminals is during the League's mop-up procedure.

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Black Beetle

Black Beetle. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #4, 2008

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #5, 2008

The goals and powers of the mysterious figure known as Black Beetle remain unknown, though he is in some way connected to the Blue Beetles (see BLUE BEETLE II and BLUE BEETLE III).

Black Beetle first presented himself to Booster Gold as an ally from the future. However, Booster soon learned that Black Beetle was actually working with the TIME STEALERS against RIP HUNTER.

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Black Lantern Corps

Black Lantern Corps. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Green Lantern, Vol. 4, #43, 2009

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Blackest Night, #8, 2010

Membership: Anti-Monitor, Black Hand, Evil Star, Nekron

In an attempt to eliminate all life in the Universe, Nekron, the personification of Death, formed the Black Lantern Corps comprised entirely of the physical remains of deceased heroes and villains throughout the Universe.

Booster Gold joined the united spectrum of lantern corps (AGENT ORANGE, BLUE LANTERN CORPS, GREEN LANTERN CORPS, INDIGO TRIBE, RED LANTERN CORPS, Sinestro Corps [see SINESTRO], and STAR SAPPHIRES) in a desperate bid to save all living things from the Black Lantern Corps.

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Blake & Corbett

Blake & Corbett. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League America, Vol. 1, #80, 1993

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #80, 1993

Partners Blake & Corbett were escaped prisoners from an alien planet who sought sanctuary with the JUSTICE LEAGUE to avoid recapture by the Kerrilian alien M'Bal. Despite being hunted by the PEACEKEEPERS, the pair seemed to meet an untimely end at the hands of GUY GARDNER.

Booster Gold met Blake and Corbett during the shakedown run of his first armored costume. His new armor was easily disabled by the duo's alien weapons.

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Bloodspot

Bloodspot. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
JLA: Incarnations, Vol. 1, #6, 2001

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
JLA: Incarnations, #6, 2001

In an attempt to infiltrate the Middle Eastern nation of Bialya to thwart its state-sponsored sanction of super powered villains (see CRIMINAL EXPATRIATES OF BIALYA), Booster Gold adopted the fictitious persona of Bloodspot, a super villain so rich and terrible that he was actively hunted by the United States government.

To disguise himself as Bloodspot, Booster Gold wore a muscle costume designed by Booster Gold's friend, teammate, and frequent business partner, BLUE BEETLE II (who disguised himself as the armored thug Deathmetal).

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Brainiac

Brainiac. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Action Comics #242, 1958

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Superman, Vol. 2, #65, 1992

Vril Dox's mind was too powerful to be destroyed when his body died, and he has plagued the cosmos ever since by inhabiting a number of mechanical androids collectively known as the villainous Brainiac.

When Brainiac took over Mongul's Warworld in an attempt to dominate Earth, Booster Gold joined the SUPERMAN led HEROES OF THE PANIC IN THE SKY to take the fight to Brainiac.

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Brigadoom

Brigadoom. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #33

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #33, 2010

Little is known about the Scottish giant Brigadoom.

Booster Gold battled and defeated Brigadoom, but not before the giant had damaged millions of dollars of property.

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Broderick

Broderick. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 1, #14, 1987

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, #14, 1987

Broderick is an agent of the federal government of the United States in the 25th century.

Taking over the case from Gotham policemen Bill & Ferrell, Broderick was charged with bringing Booster Gold to justice for his crime of unauthorized time travel. Broderick employed a mutant tracker called Animal in pursuit of his prey. When Booster Gold escaped the 25th century (again), Broderick pursued him into the past.

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Brother Eye

Brother Eye. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Countdown to Infinite Crisis, Vol. 1, #1, 2005

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Countdown to Infinite Crisis, #1, 2005

Concerned about the abuse of powers of the Earth's super powered defenders, BATMAN created an autonomous observation dubbed Brother Eye (alternately referred to as Brother One) satellite that was corrupted by the Checkmate organization (see SARGE STEEL).

Brother Eye launched an attack on the residence of the BLUE BEETLE II that severely injured Booster Gold. In revenge, Booster recruited BLUE BEETLE III to seek out and destroy the hidden satellite.

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Caitiff

Caitiff. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Action Comics #577, 1986

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International, #25, 1989

Caitiff is the last of a line of creatures who have evolved as cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers.

Booster Gold and BLUE BEETLE II encountered Caitiff while working on an assignment to recover the creature for a laboratory.

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Chaq

Chaq. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League America, Vol. 1, #67, 1992

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #67, 1992

Chaq is an alien life form who, long before the human race developed civilization, purchased the galactic deed for the planet Earth.

Booster Gold and the JUSTICE LEAGUE confronted Chaq when he arrived to take possession of his property.

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Cheshire

Cheshire. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
New Teen Titans Annual, Vol. 1, #2, 1983

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, #17, 1987

Jade Nguyen, better known as Cheshire, is a mercenary and assassin of the highest caliber who has long been a thorn in the sides of the heroes of the world.

Booster Gold and Cheshire crossed paths when Cheshire and her Soviet employer Chordonov were tracking the hero Hawk (see TEEN TITANS) and Doctor Pete Babich, an American scientist determined to unleash a deadly biological agent on the world.

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Chiller

Chiller. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 1, #9, 1986

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, #9, 1986

Chiller is an assassin-for-hire with the ability to sculpt his own face to impersonate other people.

Chiller was the first villain that Booster Gold encountered. In his heroic debut, Booster Gold foiled the villain's attempted assassination of United States President RONALD REAGAN during a visit to Metropolis.

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Clockwatchers

Clockwatchers. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Chase, Vol. 1, #4, 1998

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Chase, #4, 1998

Membership: Acidia, Crackle, Radiant, Sharpe

Tired of playing second fiddle to other villains, the Clock King (see INJUSTICE LEAGUE) formed his own team of super powered villains, dubbing them the Clockwatchers.

Booster Gold assisted the TEEN TITANS and CAMERON CHASE against the Clockwatchers in their debut appearance.

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Conglomerate II

Conglomerate II. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League Quarterly, Vol. 1, #8, 1992

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League Quarterly, #8, 1992

Membership: Deadeye, Elasti-Man, Element-Man, Fiero, Frostbite, Scarab, Slipstream

After MAXWELL LORD manipulated the dissolution of the original CONGLOMERATE, CLAIRE MONTGOMERY and NORMAN THE DOORMAN unwittingly enlisted super powered criminals from the anti-matter universe of Qward to replace the departed heroes.

Booster Gold's first experience with beings from Qward was supposed to be a charity competition between the JUSTICE LEAGUE and the second Conglomerate.

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Construct

Construct. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League of America, Vol. 1, #142, 1977

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International, #11, 1988

The Construct is an artificial intelligence that gained self awareness. It has long pursued the destruction of mankind.

When Booster Gold and the JUSTICE LEAGUE battled the Construct, little did they know at the time that the Construct was working under the command of KILG%RE.

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Crime Syndicate

Crime Syndicate. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League of America, Vol. 1, #29, 1964

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
52, #52, 2007

Membership: Johnny Quick V, Owlman III, Power Ring III, Superwoman III, Ultraman III, Earth-3 Manhunter

On the alternate universe world of Earth-5, the familiar heroes of Earth were instead villains. On this world, the villainous counterparts of the JUSTICE LEAGUE were called the Crime Syndicate.

As Booster Gold and RIP HUNTER transported between the worlds of the newly formed multiverse following the Infinite Crisis, they briefly encountered the latest incarnation of the Crime Syndicate.

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Cyborg Superman

Cyborg Superman. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Adventures of Superman #466, 1990

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #28, 2010

Hank Henshaw was the lone survivor of the crew of the Space Shuttle Excalibur's encounter with solar radiation. Henshaw blamed SUPERMAN for his transition into a bodyless mind, and poses as the Cyborg Superman in an ongoing attempt at revenge.

Booster Gold met Hank Henshaw, Terri Henshaw, and Jim Garrison & Steven while investigating an attempt to alter the history of the ill-fated flight of the U.S.S. Excalibur Space Shuttle. It would not be until the midst of the destruction of Coast City by the villainous Mongul that Booster Gold would actually confront Henshaw as Cyborg Superman.

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Note that villains whose names begin with the letter "d" have long been a particular concern for Booster Gold. Booster's first major foe was the Director of the 1000, who managed to corrupt Skeets I (with the aid of Doctor Shocker) and damage Booster's power-suit. The aliens of Dimension X kidnapped his sister, resulting in her death. Doomsday effortlessly destroyed his first power-suit. Devastator severed his arm (in a story fittingly titled "D-Day"). If Booster were superstitious, I suspect that he'd leave the "d"s to other heroes from now on.

Darkseid

Darkseid. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134, 1970

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International, #21, 1988

Iron-fisted ruler of Apokolips and opponent of Highfather's NEW GODS of New Genesis, Darkseid is ruthless in his pursuit of the Anti-Life Equation, which will grant him dominion over all life in the universe.

Booster Gold came face-to-face with Darkseid on the planet of Apokolips while trying to save MISTER MIRACLE from the Cluster (see MANGA KHAN) and Darkseid's stormtroopers, the Para-Demons.

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Despero

Despero. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League of America, Vol. 1, #1, 1960

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #58, 1992

One of the earliest foes of the JUSTICE LEAGUE, Despero soon became filled with hatred for the League and would stop at nothing to eradicate all Leaguers from the universe.

Booster Gold led the CONGLOMERATE to a rescue of the Justice League as Despero ran roughshod through New York City.

Much later (from Booster Gold's point of view, but not necessarily Despero's), Booster works against the schemes of a time-displaced Desporo as a member of the TIME STEALERS.

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Devastator

Devastator. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League America, Vol. 1, #86, 1994

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #89, 1994

The OVERMASTER recruited death row inmate Jack Snyder to join his second Cadre heralding the destruction of Earth.

In Booster Gold's first and only meeting with Devastator, the villain used his powerful axe to slice through Booster's armor, severing Booster's right arm and fatally wounding him.

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Dimension X Aliens

Dimension X Aliens. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Teen Titans, Vol. 1, #16, 1968

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, #21, 1987

Membership: Ajan & T'Ndor, Destructo Agent, Rangor

The aliens from a region named Dimension X by the TEEN TITANS have tried several times to dominate the Earth.

Booster Gold stumbled into plans by the Dimension X aliens when they kidnapped his sister, MICHELLE CARTER, mistaking her for a super powered defender of Earth.

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Director of Death

Director of Death. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 1, #1, 1987 (as Senator Henry Ballard)

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, #1, 1986

The Director of Death (often called simply "Director") was the mastermind behind the high-tech criminal organization 1000.

When Booster Gold foiled Senator Ballard's plans to become President of the United States (see CHILLER), the Director turned all of the resources of the 1000 into destroying the hero. In essence, the Director was Booster Gold's arch-nemesis. The Director was often accompanied by an unnamed android that responded to his commands telepathically.

The Director employed a number of agents in an attempt to destory Booster Gold. Senator Ballard's aide Myron launched a tax evasion crusade against Booster Gold. The armored Blackguard (Richard Hertz) and psychic Mindancer were hired by the 1000 to defeat Booster Gold in combat. The 1000 freed Clarence Schiffel from prison so that he cold don his Shockwave armor and assault on Booster Gold's headquarters, REILLEAU TOWERS. Doctor Shocker hacked into the programming of SKEETS to turn Booster Gold's robot sidekick against him.

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Doctor Destiny

Doctor Destiny. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League of America, Vol. 1,#5, 1961

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #75, 1993

A frequently recurring foe of the JUSTICE LEAGUE, John Dee uses the power of his Materioptikon to become Doctor Destiny and turn dreams into reality.

Shortly after losing his original power suit to Doomsday, Booster Gold was powerless to stop the crazed Doctor Destiny from manipulating the dreams of the comatose BLUE BEETLE II when Destiny used the latent desires of Atom II against the Justice League.

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Doomsday

Doomsday. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Superman: The Man of Steel #17, 1992

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #69, 1992

The creature they call Doomsday is a bio-engineered creature filled only with madness and hatred, especially of all things Kryptonian in nature. The name "Doomsday" frequently used to refer to the mute monster was coined by Booster Gold.

Booster Gold and the JUSTICE LEAGUE intercepted Doomsday on its way toward Metropolis. Despite the combined power of the League, Doomsday's progress was barely even slowed. Several Leaguers, including Booster Gold and most notably SUPERMAN, suffered terrible injuries and loss of powers that would take years to restore.

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Eclipso

Eclipso. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
House of Secrets #61, 1963

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America Annual, #6, 1992

Before the SEPCTRE was the personification of the Spirit of Vengeance, Eclipso held that title. Reawakened centuries later by Bruce Gordon (see SHADOW FIGHTERS), Eclipso returned to regain the power that had once been his to wield.

Booster Gold first encountered Eclipso when he dominated JUSTICE LEAGUE member Maxima. Later Booster would join the other HEROES UNITED AGAINST ECLIPSO in an ill-fated assault on Eclipso's moon stronghold.

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Emerald Empress

Emerald Empress. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Adventure Comics #352, 1967

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #32, 2010

Emerald Emerald is a long-time foe of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Often allied with the Fatal Five, Emerald Empress utilizes the powerful Emerald Eye of Ekron in her crusade against order.

Booster Gold struggled to defend a busload of ill-fated, including Earthling Jennaux Riel, from Emerald Empress' bloodlust during their first encounter on the planet Daxam during the Great Darkness War.

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Enemy Ace

Enemy Ace. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Our Army At War #151, 1965

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #16, 2009

The pride of the German Flying Corps of the first Great War, Hans von Hammer would become the legendary Enemy Ace, greatest flying ace in military history.

Booster Gold was captured by Enemy Ace during an unintended visit to the battlefields of World War I, at which time Booster was impressed by von Hammer's honor and virtue despite his fearsome reputation.

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Eurocrime

Eurocrime. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Elongated Man, Vol. 1, #1, 1992

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League Europe, #50, 1993

Membership: Brautwurst, Gyro, Il Calimari, LEscargot, Lutefisk, Toad-in-the-Hole

Eurocrime is a criminal organization composed of members from throughout Europe, each with a food motif.

Booster Gold and the JUSTICE LEAGUE confronted Eurocrime when the criminals were employed by SONAR.

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Ewald

Ewald. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League America, Vol. 1, #80, 1993

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #84, 1994

Ewald is the brother of JUSTICE LEAGUE member Ice (see FIRE & ICE) and the heir to the throne of their ice kingdom.

When Ewald, corrupted by the influence of the OVERMASTER, overthrew his father and imprisoned Ice, the Booster Gold and the Justice League responded to the plea of Ice's mother, Queen Olaf, and rushed to Ice's aid.

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Ruling Council of Exor

Ruling Council of Exor. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Extreme Justice, Vol. 1, #15, 1996

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Extreme Justice, #15, 1996

The Ruling Council of Exor, made up entirely of sets of twins native to the planet Exor, were willing to sacrifice their citizens to slavery in order to obtain powerful technology from the Slavelord.

Booster Gold and EXTREME JUSTICE sided with rogue Exorians Zan and Jayna (see WONDER TWINS) against the Ruling Council in order to wrest control of the powerful Flesh Driver armor away from the corrupt Ruling Council.

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Extant

Extant. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Zero Hour #4, 1994

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #0, 2008

Determined to manipulate history to his own fiendish desires, Hank Hall (formerly known as Hawk, member of the TEEN TITANS) abandoned his role as MONARCH to assume the alter ego of the villainous Extant.

Extant's meddling with history initiated the crisis known as Zero Hour. As one of the HEROES OF ZERO HOUR, Booster Gold was affected by Extant's plans when he battled a displaced city from his native 25th century. Booster would later encounter Extant and another Zero Hour villain, Parallax, during a trip through the timestream with RIP HUNTER.

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Extremists

Extremists. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League Europe #15, 1990

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #89, 1994

Membership: Doctor Diehard, Dreamslayer, Gorgon, Lord Havok, Tracer

The Extremists were the preeminent team of super villains of the alternate universe world of Angor. Following the destruction of their world, the ethereal Dreamslayer traveled to Earth and continued his rampage with robotic duplicates of his deceased teammates. The robots were constructed by the idiosyncratic Mitch Wacky, along with the ASSEMBLERS, one of the few survivors of the destroyed world of Angor.

While the European branch of the JUSTICE LEAGUE often found themselves at odds with the Extremists and anecdotal evidence indicates that Booster Gold may have battled the Extremists in the past, Booster Gold did not directly combat Dreamslayer until he commanded the NEW EXTREMISTS.

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Villains of Gotham City

Villains of Gotham City. Image © DC ComicsFirst Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #11, 2008

Membership: Blockbuster I, Clayface II, Wiley Dalbert

Gotham City, home of the BATMAN, attracts more than its fair share of super powerful villains, who alone or in groups always find a way to challenge the Dark Knight Defender of Gotham.

Although Booster Gold has encountered many of Batman's more prominent foes over the years, it was not until a time anomaly created when Wiley Dalbert erased Batman from existence that Booster met, however briefly, either the original Blockbuster or Clayface. (Both criminals had their criminal careers and lives end around the time that Booster Gold first made the scene in the 20th Century.)

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Gray Man

Gray Man. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League, Vol. 1, #2, 1987

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League, #6, 1987

Once a sorcerer determined to learn the secrets of the cosmos, the Gray Man was punished for his hubris by the Lords of Order (see Lords of Chaos & Order), condemning him to gather the lingering life essence from dead souls.

When the Gray Man devised a plan to gather power for his own attack on the world in revenge for his imprisonment, Booster Gold and the JUSTICE LEAGUE opposed him.

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Rumaan Harjavti

Rumaan Harjavti. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League, Vol. 1, #2, 1987

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International, #9, 1988

Colonel Rumaan Harjavti was the dictator of the Middle Eastern nation of Bialya, enemy of the West.

The JUSTICE LEAGUE found themselves in frequent opposition to Harjavti, who often flaunted international law in order to further his own ends. Booster Gold met Harjavti personally on several occasions.

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Hieronymous

Hieronymous. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
boo234

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #34, 2010

Hieronymous, the Under-Achiever, is an interstellar magician and thief with a very high tolerance for personal failure.

Booster Gold and the Justice League pursued Hieronymous after his right hand demon, P'Upik stole a facsimile of the Book of Destiny from a Catholic monastery and used it to subjugate the planet of Queen Artemis.

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Rex Hunter

Rex Hunter. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #4, 2007

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #4, 2008

Jason Goldstein joined RIP HUNTER's Time Masters to make the world a better place. When he attempted to murder a young LEX LUTHOR, Rip Hunter kicked him off the team. Adopting the name Rex Hunter, Goldstein aligned himself with the TIME STEALERS and traveled through time in a quest to make the world better for his own profit.

Rip Hunter and Booster Gold combined forces in order to save the JUSTICE LEAGUE from Rex Hunter's time-twisting plans.

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I.Q.

I.Q.. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Mystery in Space #87, 1963

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League Quarterly, #9, 1992

Ira Quimby adopted his initials, I.Q., as his codename when he assumed a life of crime, using his mad genius to confound the JUSTICE LEAGUE.

Booster Gold and several other members of the Justice League were exposed to a potentially deadly I.Q. engineered virus. Quimby took much pleasure in taunting the potentially infected heroes.

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Imperiex

Imperiex. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Superman, Vol. 2, #153, 2000

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
JLA: Our Worlds At War, #1, 2001

Imperiex, also known as the Devourer of Galaxies, is the personification of universal entropy.

When Imperiex threatened the existence of Earth, the heroes of Earth untied to oppose him. Alongside fellow members of the JUSTICE LEAGUE, Booster Gold fought an Imperiex Probe, a remote version of Imperiex Prime, in Russia.

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Injustice League

Injustice League. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League International, Vol. 1, #23, 1989

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International, #23, 1989

Membership: Big Sir, Clock King, Cluemaster, Major Disaster, Mighty Bruce, Multi-Man

In an attempt to fuel his own schemes for power, Major Disaster formed his own team of super villains. His mostly inept team would eventually reform their ways and with MAXWELL LORD's blessing join the JUSTICE LEAGUE as the Antarctica branch.

Booster Gold and the Justice League were present to ruin the very first schemes of the Injustice League before the team of evil doers could ever properly get off the ground.

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Joker

Joker. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Batman #1, 1940

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International Annual, #2, 1988

Dubbed the "Clown Prince of Crime," the Joker is a homicidal maniac who often thinks that murder is a good punch line. He has long been a foe of the BATMAN.

Booster Gold first attracted the attention of the Joker when RUMAAN HARJAVTI hired the madman to assassinate the JUSTICE LEAGUE.

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Kilg%re

Kilg%re. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
The Flash, Vol. 2, #3, 1987

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America Annual, #9, 1995

Kilg%re is an alien technological sentient being determined to dominate the Earth.

Though he was unaware of it at the time, MAXWELL LORD was manipulated by Kilg%re into forming the JUSTICE LEAGUE and recruiting Booster Gold. Kilg%re hid behind an anonymous computer interface, hoping to misdirect the League by employing the CONSTRUCT. Booster finally met Kilg%re directly when it overpowered the NEW GODS technology employed by METRON.

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Killer Moth

Killer Moth. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Batman #63, 1951

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #11, 2008

Determined to provide protection for the criminals of Gotham City, Cameron Van Cleer, aka Drury Walker, adopted the identity of Killer Moth and emulated the methods of his perceived arch-foe, the BATMAN.

Ironically, perennial-loser Killer Moth gained his greatest notoriety when he was impersonated by Booster Gold, who is himself often seen as a second-class hero.

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Lady Chronos

Lady Chronos. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
The All new Atom, Vol. 1, #9, 2007

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
All New Atom, The, #24, 2008

Once in a relationship with a young Ryan Choi (later the ATOM IV), the woman formerly known as Jia would eventually become Lady Chronos with the goal of total history domination.

Booster Gold interceded when Lady Chronos used the time-traveling powers of the first Chronos (see STARRO THE CONQUEROR) to torture the fourth Atom.

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Legion of Doom

Legion of Doom. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Extreme Justice, Vol. 1, #14, 1996

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Extreme Justice, #17, 1996

Membership: Gorilla Grodd Robot, Houngan, Killer Frost II, Major Force, and the Madmen

Driven mad by the memories of his criminal father, Brainwave II (see INFINITY INC.) formed a team of criminals (mostly older foes of members of individual EXTREME JUSTICE and JUSTICE LEAGUE members) with plans to dominate the world.

Booster Gold and Extreme Justice fought the Legion of Doom in a swamp in Florida.

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Linear Man

Linear Man. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
The Adventures of Superman, Vol. 1, #476, 1991

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Adventures of Superman, The, #476, 1991

The Linear Man is one of several operatives, including Liri Lee, WAVERIDER, and RIP HUNTER, collectively known as the Linear Men who patrol time and ensure that the events that caused their creation are allowed to happen. The base of the Linear Men is at the end of time, a location known as Vanishing Point.

The Linear Man damaged SKEETS in order to lure Booster Gold into a trap, planning to take him to justice for crimes against time. Booster was saved from capture by the intervention of SUPERMAN, who was accidentally trapped in Booster's place.

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Lord Havok III

Lord Havok III. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League America, Vol. 1, #100, 1995

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #100, 1995

MAXWELL LORD was saved from a life-threatening disease when KILG%RE placed his consciousness into the mechanical body of the second Lord Havok (see EXTREMISTS).

For reasons which remain unrevealed, while posing as Lord Havok III, Maxwell Lord launched an attack against the JUSTICE LEAGUE, including Booster Gold.

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Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Action Comics #23, 1940

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, #23, 1987

Criminal mastermind Lex Luthor presents to the public the image of an upstanding businessman, owner and president of the conglomerate LexCorp.

Lex Luthor hates all competition, and while Booster Gold was the owner of the thriving BOOSTER GOLD INTERNATIONAL business, LexCorp was amongst its chief rivals. Luthor eventually hired an employee of BGI to attack Booster Gold as the villain Attack Dog One in order to damage both BGI's and Booster's public image, a plan foiled by Booster Gold with the aid of SUPERMAN. No doubt enjoying having a former rival on his leash, Luthor would later sponsor Booster Gold's CONGLOMERATE.

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Mammoth

Mammoth. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
New Teen Titans, Vol. 1, #3, 1981

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
52, #1, 2006

A founding member of the Fearsome Five, Mammoth possesses super human strength and stamina.

Booster Gold used SKEETS' knowledge of 20th-century crimes to prevent Mammoth from an impromptu jewelry store robbery.

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Manga Khan

Manga Khan. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League International, Vol. 1, #14, 1988

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International, #14, 1988

Lord Manga Khan is the absolute ruler of the Cluster, an intergalactic merchant organization that employs its own sets of rules in dealing with merchandise. He is often surrounded by robotic assistants such as L-Ron (see JUSTICE LEAGUE), who appear to make up the majority of the Cluster.

Booster Gold first encountered the Cluster when it launched an attack on Earth in search of marketable goods. It was some time later before Booster met Manga Khan face-to-face on the plant of Apokolips.

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Manhunters

Manhunters. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
First Issue Special #5, 1975

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International, #9, 1988

The Manhunters were created by the GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSE as predecessors to the GREEN LANTERN CORPS. When the Oans triggered the Millennium evolution of the human race, the Manhunters opposed the project.

The Manhunters used extortion to force Booster Gold to turn traitor on the JUSTICE LEAGUE and join the Manhunters against the HEROES OF THE MILLENNIUM.

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Manthrax

Manthrax. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
52 Week Six, Vol. 1, 2006

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
52, #6, 2006

Bill "Bob" Castell was an actor who agreed to play the part of the super terrorist Manthrax for pay.

Manthrax threatened a Metropolis subway until Booster Gold opposed him. There was little danger for Booster in the encounter, as he was the one who paid Manthrax to attack the subway in the first place.

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Maximillion

Maximillion. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #4, 2006

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #4, 2008

Maximillion is a Security Droid Model 97.8, long descended from the Model 2.0 Security Droids like Skeets II (see SKEETS). Maximillion is to SUPERNOVA III as Skeets is to Booster Gold.

Much to Skeets' dismay, he discovers that he has an arch-enemy when he and Booster Gold confronted Supernova III to save the history of the second FLASH.

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Metallo

Metallo. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Action Comics #252, 1959

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Superman, Vol. 2, #124, 1997

John Corben is a nigh-indestructible cyborg called Metallo, "The Man with the Kryptonite Heart."

While searching for Superman, Booster Gold passed an incapacitated Metallo following his defeat to the combined might of Scorn (see SUPERMAN) and Superman.

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Mister Mind

Mister Mind. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Power of Shazam #12, 1996

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Superman, Vol. 2, #124, 1997

Mister Mind is a criminal mastermind from the planet Venus. He has opposed the heroes of Earth, most notably Captain Marvel (see JUSTICE LEAGUE).

Although he was completely unaware of it at the time, Booster Gold met Mister Mind long before Mind revealed himself as a threat to the new multiverse following the Infinite Crisis.

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Mister Twister

Mister Twister. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 1, #5, 1986

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, #5, 1986

Very little is known about the man who calls himself Mister Twister, other than the fact that he once used a very large bomb to threaten the citizens of Metropolis.

When Mister Twister interrupted a hockey game with a bomb, Booster Gold arrived on the scene to defuse the situation. This earned Booster the admiration of Detective Stone of the Metropolis Police Department.

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Monarch

Monarch. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Armageddon 2001, Vol. 1, #1, 1991 (Monarch I)
Extreme Justice, Vol. 1, #0, 1995 (Monarch II)

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Armageddon 2001, #2, 1991

Monarch I was a dictator from ten years in the future when he first arrived to threaten the world. Returning to the present, he triggered his own creation by interacting with Hank Hall, better known as the hero Hawk (see TEEN TITANS). When Earth's heroes defeated him, changing his history, Monarch changed his plans and motif (see EXTANT) and passed his technologically advanced suit of armor to his successor, Nathaniel Adam. The armor allowed Monarch II, an alternate universe version of CAPTAIN ATOM, to escape his interdimensional prison and travel to Earth.

Booster Gold joined the HEROES OF ARMAGEDDON 2001 in opposing the first Monarch. Though Booster was initially willing to aid Captain Atom in opposing the second Monarch, his desire to escape the life-support prison of his Mark IV armor led to his acceptance of the second Monarch's offer of prosthetic limbs. Trusting the second Monarch proved to be a poor decision on Booster's part.

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Thomas Oscar Morrow

Thomas Oscar Morrow. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
The Flash, Vol. 1, #143, 1964

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
52, #50, 2007

Scientist T.O. Morrow, aka Thomas Oscar Morrow, invented a device that allows him to view television broadcasts from the future. Using the technology of tomorrow, Morrow has embarked on a life of crime to fund his research. Morrow is most famous as the creator of the android Red Tornado, member of the JUSTICE LEAGUE.

RIP HUNTER and Booster Gold enlist T.O. Morrow to help trap the rogue second SKEETS.

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New Extremists

New Extremists. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League America, Vol. 1, #78, 1993

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #88, 1994

Membership: Brute, Cloudburst, Death Angel, Gunshot, Meanstreak

Seemingly returned from the dead, Dreamslayer (see EXTREMISTS) assembled a new team of Extremists to oppose the JUSTICE LEAGUE.

Booster Gold and the Justice League battled the New Extremists multiple times, both in America and abroad, before it was revealed that they had joined the OVERMASTER as members of his second Cadre.

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OMAC Units

OMAC Units . Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
The OMAC Project, Vol. 1, #5, 2005

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
OMAC Project, The, #5, 2005

OMAC, or "Observational Meta-human Activity Construct," units were designed to be the remote agents of Checkmate (see SARGE STEEL) and the BROTHER EYE satellite. They are created by exposing human beings to a nanite virus. Infected humans become carriers of the nanites, which at the command of the Brother Eye, can transform the infected human into a powerful device to perform directed tasks.

Booster Gold and several other former members JUSTICE LEAGUE battled OMACs to save their companions MARTIAN MANHUNTER and Rocket Red #4 (see HEROES OF THE SOVIET UNION).

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Operation Freedom Rings

Operation Freedom Rings. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Extreme Justice, Vol. 1, #0, 1995

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Extreme Justice, #0, 1995

Membership: Kill Unit, Pulse Unit I, Pulse Unit II, Synapse

Led by highly-decorated General Synge, Operation Freedom Rings was an organization of rogue elements of the United States Air Force that were determined to save the world from Communist oppression through the implementation of bio-engineered super soldiers.

When the EXTREME JUSTICE team selected MOUNT THUNDER, Nevada as their base of operations, they inadvertently crossed paths with operatives of Operation Freedom Rings.

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Overmaster

Overmaster. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League of America, Vol. 1, #235, 1985

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #89, 1994

The Overmaster traveled through the galaxies, passing judgment and destroying planets that failed that judgment.

The Overmaster is one of the foes that Booster Gold believed that he had clear future knowledge about. Booster led the JUSTICE LEAGUE against the Overmaster (for the second time) only to fall to the Overmaster's Cadre, made primarily from members of the Cadre of the Immortal (Mushasi), NEW EXTREMISTS and Aryan Brigade (Backlash, Heatmonger, Iron Cross) and the Overmaster's right hand man, Shatterfist. Osiris and Seneca were associates of the Cadre of the Immortal that turned against the Overmaster and joined the Justice League in the fight against the villain.

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Power Posse

Power Posse. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
JLA: Classified, Vol. 1, #8, 2005

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
JLA Classified, #8, 2005

Membership: Evil Booster Gold, Evil G'Nort, Evil Maxwell Lord, Evil Metamorpho, Evil Oberon, Evil Sue Dibny, Tiffany

The Power Posse is the evil, alternate-universe counterpart of the SUPER BUDDIES.

After accidentally transporting his fellow Super Buddies to Hell, Booster Gold and the rest of his team arrive on an alternate-Earth, where all of their counterparts are very unpleasant people.

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Queen Bee

Queen Bee. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League International, Vol. 1, #16, 1988

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League International, #17, 1988

With the assistance of several brainwashed heroes, including former members of the GLOBAL GUARDIANS, Queen Bee II overthrew Bialyan dictator RUMAAN HARJAVTI to take command of the country.

Booster Gold encountered the Queen Bee, quite against his wishes, shortly before she sprung her coup for rulership of Bialya. She brainwashed both Booster and BLUE BEETLE II into attacking their fellow JUSTICE LEAGUE members.

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Rainbow Raider

Rainbow Raider. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
The Flash, Vol. 1, #286, 1980

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, #19, 1987

Roy G. Bivalo was a colorblind artist who turned to a life of crime as the Rainbow Raider out of jealousy of people who could see color. He was a frequent foe of the second FLASH.

Booster Gold was publicly embarrassed by the Rainbow Raider during one of the Raider's few excursions outside of his hometown of Central City. The Raider was extracting personal revenge against artist Paul Morris.

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Red Lantern Corps

Red Lantern Corps. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Green Lantern, Vol. 4, #25, 2007

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Blackest Night, #8, 2010

Membership: Atrocitus, Bleez, Ratchet, Skallox, Zilius Zox

Furious over the treatment his native planet Ysmault received from the GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSE, Atrocitus murders his fellow Five Inversions (Kultonius, Qull, Qurr, Worz) and uses their essence to form the Red Lantern Corps, channeling his rage into the power to extract revenge upon the universe.

Booster Gold joined the united spectrum of lantern corps (AGENT ORANGE, BLUE LANTERN CORPS, GREEN LANTERN CORPS, INDIGO TRIBE, Red Lantern Corps, Sinestro Corps [see SINESTRO], and the STAR SAPPHIRES) in a desperate bid to save all living things from the BLACK LANTERN CORPS.

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Rogues Gallery

Rogues Gallery. Image © DC ComicsFirst Meeting with Booster Gold:
Secret Origins, Vol. 2, #41, 1989

Membership: Heatwave, Pied Piper, Trickster, Weather Wizard

Foes of the FLASH ally themselves into a loose-knit group of villains calling themselves the Rogues Gallery, or Rogues.

Booster Gold has encountered individual members of the Rogues' Gallery on several occasions. Ironically, Booster's first meeting with multiple Rogues working as a team was with Heatwave and Pied Piper, two former Rogues who had been at the time acting as heroes.

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Roulette

Roulette. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
JSA Secret Files #2, 2001

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Formerly Known as the Justice League, #3, 2003

Roulette is the mysterious owner of the House, an underworld gladiatorial arena pitting super powered opponents against one another. She may have ties to the original Mr. Terrific (see JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA).

Booster Gold and his fellow SUPER BUDDIES were abducted by Roulette for the purpose of an organized melee of brainwashed superheroes. Roulette was careful to ensure that none of the heroes she abducted were ever aware of her identity.

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Royal Flush Gang

Royal Flush Gang. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League of America, Vol. 1, #43, 1966

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League, #4, 1987

The card-themed Royal Flush Gang have gone through many members in their long, infamous criminal career, but they almost always include a Ten, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace in their ranks at any given time.

MAXWELL LORD surreptitiously arranged for the Royal Flush Gang to be Booster Gold's rather public audition for JUSTICE LEAGUE membership.

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Rubenico Syndicate

Rubenico Syndicate . Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League of America, Vol. 1, #43, 1966 (behind the scenes)

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League Quarterly, #10, 1993

Membership: Rubenico, Miss Rubenico, Berganza

Founded in the 20th century, the Rubenico Gambling Syndicate will be among the most influential criminal organizations in the world by the 25th century.

When Michael Jon Carter needs money for his mother's medical treatment in the 25th century, he will turn to Snake Eyes, a local representative of the Rubenico Syndicate. As a hero in the 20th century, Booster Gold will attempt to topple the Syndicate's founder, crippling the criminal empire before it can gain momentum. The 20th-century Rubenico Syndicate was brought to Booster's attention when they threatened the lives of the computer hackers Jack Marshall (Hacker) and Toby Kwimper (Doctor Demosthenes).

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Vandal Savage

Vandal Savage. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Green Lantern, Vol. 1, #10, 1943

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #88, 1994

The energy of a meteorite striking the Earth turned caveman Vandar Adg II into the immortal Vandal Savage. Savage has long operated behind the scenes, secretly steering the course of human history.

Booster Gold's interaction with Vandal Savage has been extremely limited, only meeting the man face-to-face twice. Each time Savage delivered a message of impending disaster or significant changes to history.

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Shaggy Man

Shaggy Man. Image © DC ComicsFirst Meeting with Booster Gold:
DC Universe Holiday Special, #1, 2009

Membership: Rubenico, Miss Rubenico, Berganza

Over the years several different creatures have challenged the JUSTICE LEAGUE as the Shaggy Man. Each has been defeated, but their indestructible nature has allowed them to return time and again.

Booster Gold came face-to-face with a heavily tranquilized Shaggy Man III during a holiday party thrown by Vixen (see SUICIDE SQUAD) aboard the Justice League's satellite. They sang songs together.

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Sinestro

Sinestro. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Green Lantern, Vol. 2, #7, 1961

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #2, 2007

Sinestro was once considered among the best members of the GREEN LANTERN CORPS until it was discovered that he had abused his power to dominate his homeworld of Korugar. Expelled from the Corps, Sinestro has proven to be a powerful foe of the Green Lantern Corps, going so far as founding his own Sinestro Corps to oppose them.

Though a time-traveling Booster Gold met Sinestro before he went rogue, the two still ended up fighting. Booster just has that effect on people.

Booster Gold joined Sinestro Corps members Akrillo, Bedovan, Karu-Sil, Kayb, Maash, Murr the Melting Man, Romat Ru, Slushh, Tekik, and Tri-Eye when the united spectrum of lantern corps (AGENT ORANGE, BLUE LANTERN CORPS, Green Lantern Corps, INDIGO TRIBE, RED LANTERN CORPS, Sinestro Corps, and the Star Sapphires [see STAR SAPPHIRE]) in a desperate bid to save all living things from the BLACK LANTERN CORPS.

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Skull

Skull. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Superman, Vol. 1, #301, 1976

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #31, 2010

Skull is a criminal organization utilizing the latest in stolen advanced technology. Founded in Metropolis, the organization and its former leader Atomic Skull have often fun afoul of SUPERMAN.

Booster Gold's first encounter with Skull ended disastrously in the death of Chrissy, an innocent bystander.

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Sonar

Sonar. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Green Lantern, Vol. 2, #14, 1961

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League Europe, #50, 1993

Modora native Bito Wladon used his Tuning-Fork Gun to battle many of Earth's heroes in his quest for world domination as the villainous Sonar. Eventually he developed the power to use sound to brainwash his opponents, and his schemes became much grander.

Booster Gold's first adventure after losing his powers to DOOMSDAY was alongside the JUSTICE LEAGUE against Sonar, who had taken over Russia. Sonar used his mind control powers to manipulate Baron Bedlam, Copperhead, Crime Tailor, EUROCRIME, the GLOBAL GUARDIANS, the Rocket Red Brigade (see HEROES OF THE SOVIET UNION), and members of the Justice League Europe and the JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA into an army powerful enough to dominate the Soviet Union.

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Space Parasites

Space Parasites. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Lobo Annual #1, 1993

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Bloodbath, #1, 1993

Membership: Angon, Gemir, Glonth, Lissik, Pritor, Taker, Venev

The alien parasites that plagued Earth were refugees from an alternate dimension. Their ultimate goal was the awakening of their powerful offspring.

Booster Gold used his positive public image to reassure the citizens of the world that the HEROES OF THE BLOODBATH were doing all that they could to oppose the alien menace.

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Starbreaker

Starbreaker. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League of America, Vol. 1, #96, 1972

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #63, 1992

Starbreaker is an immensely powerful creature which thrives off of absorbed cosmic energy, usually destroying planets in the process. He is often referred to as a "cosmic vampire."

After Starbreaker escaped from the GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSE, he headed to the planet of Almerac, home planet of JUSTICE LEAGUE member Maxima (see HEROES OF THE PANIC IN THE SKY), where he was opposed by Booster Gold and the rest of the Justice League.

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Starro the Conqueror

Starro the Conqueror. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
The Brave and the Bold, Vol. 1, #28, 1960

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #13, 2008

Starro the Conqueror was among the first villains to battle the JUSTICE LEAGUE. Through his ability to create miniature face-hugging, mind-controlling clones of himself, Starro has repeatedly threatened to dominate the minds of all humanity and take control of the entire Earth.

When a Starro clone is accidentally displaced through time, it takes control of RIP HUNTER and eventually the world. Booster Gold is forced to fight Starro's new minions, including Chemo, Chronos I, Gorilla Grodd, and Solomon Grundy, and later Bane and Black Adam.

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Superman Prime

Superman Prime. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
DC Comics Presents #87, 1985

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime, #1, 2007

The SUPERMAN of an alternate Earth drawn into the DC Universe through the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Superboy Prime spent years trapped in a pocket dimension where his loneliness and self-pity eventually led him to madness. After escaping from the GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSE, Superboy Prime renamed himself Superman Prime and joined the Sinestro Corps (see SINESTRO) in their war against the GREEN LANTERN CORPS.

Booster Gold confronted Superman Prime alongside the HEROES UNITED AGAINST SUPERMAN PRIME when the Sinestro Corps War threatened to destroy the Earth.

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Supernova III

Supernova III. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #1, 2007

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #2, 2007

The SUPERNOVA suit, designed by RIP HUNTER and used by multiple heroes, can only be used by individuals sharing the DNA of Booster Gold. After Booster gives the suit to his ancestor DANIEL CARTER, it is stolen by Booster's own father for use as Supernova III in his quest for personal power with the TIME STEALERS.

Booster Gold spent years living in the shadow of his absent father before finally confronting him in battle in the skies above Central City.

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Supplier

Supplier. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Green Lantern, Vol. 3, #116, 1999

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Green Lantern, Vol. 3, #116, 1999

The Supplier is an intergalactic merchant willing to sell anything to anyone for a fair price.

The Supplier was an early client of Blue and Gold Express, and their error in delivering a package led to a confrontation between the Supplier and Booster Gold, Green Lantern V, (see GREEN LANTERN CORPS), and Plastic Man (see CHRISTMAS PARTY GUESTS).

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Tattooed Man

Tattooed Man. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Green Lantern, Vol. 2, #23, 1963

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League Quarterly, #10, 1993

Abel Tarrant used his ability to create tattoos that could come to life to participate in a life of crime as the Tattooed Man I. He was often opposed by Green Lantern II (see GREEN LANTERN CORPS).

Booster Gold encountered the Tattooed Man in a bar where he and several fellow JUSTICE LEAGUE members were eavesdropping on Ted Kord's (see BLUE BEETLE II) blind date.

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Time Stealers

Time Stealers. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #5, 2008 (as a group)

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #9, 2008

Membership: Per Degaton, Ultra-Humanite

The Time Stealers are a band of time-traveling villains determined to take advantage of the new universe of 52 alternate Earths in the wake of the Infinite Crisis.

RIP HUNTER enlisted Booster Gold to save history from the malicious machinations of the Time Stealers.

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Trigon

Trigon. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
The New Teen Titans, Vol. 1, #2

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #23, 2009

Trigon the Terrible is a demon from an alternate dimension who is determined to crush all opposition and rule the multiverse.

Booster Gold confronted Trigon in an alternate reality where Trigon had killed the JUSTICE LEAGUE after Booster failed to save the lives of the TEEN TITANS from the schemes of the BLACK BEETLE.

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Weapons Master

Weapons Master. Image © DC ComicsFirst Appearance:
Justice League Spectacular, Vol. 1, #1, 1992

First Meeting with Booster Gold:
Justice League America, #61, 1992

The Weapons Master has access to an interdimensional portal where he stores weapons and armor from across the galaxy. He uses and barters these tools as a cosmic weapons dealer.

The Dominators (see ALIEN ALLIANCE) hired Weapons Master to acquire a Green Lantern ring (see GREEN LANTERN CORPS). When the Weapons Master attempted to steal a ring from GUY GARDNER, he was opposed by Booster Gold and the JUSTICE LEAGUE.

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Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers. Image © DC ComicsFirst Meeting with Booster Gold:
Green Arrow and Black Canary Wedding Special, #1, 2007

Membership: Black Spider III, Clayface V, Double Dare, Effigy, Girder, Hyena II, Jewelee, Lady Vic, Mister Freeze, Mister Terrible, Prankster, Rag Doll III, Shrapnel, Body Doubles (Bonny Hoffman, Carmen Leno), Brotherhood of Evil (Phobia, Warp), and the Fearsome Five (Jinx, Psimon, Shimmer).

When the wedding of Black Canary II (see JUSTICE LEAGUE) and Green Arrow (see HEROES OF THE MILLENNIUM) is crashed by Deathstroke (see HEROES OF THE PANIC IN THE SKY) and company, Booster Gold joins the heroic guests in combating the uninvited wedding crashers.

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