Hey, all--

I'm doing something a little insane, and I'm wondering if any of you would like to help me.

I'm working on a project to recognize the end of this BOOSTER GOLD series. Even if it comes back in the new universe, I feel like the last fifty issues (and TMVP) have been something special. I can't go into details, but there are a few things I'd like some help with.

First of all, I don't have all of the floppies. Anyone who has some extra copies I could buy off them for cheap, that'd be great. I tend to give mine away to friends or neighborhood children when the trade comes out in order to help promote the book, so almost all of the Jurgens/Rapmund stuff is long gone. Even the stuff that I still have, I could use a second copy of.

Second, and more important since I can theoretically track down the issues without you all: As the hardcore fans of the series, what is your favorite single image from the Jurgens/Rapmund run on the title?It could be a cover, a splash page or whatever.

Third, and unrelated to the first two but still kind of neat: I may be collecting the roughly 200 pages of Gold Exchange interviews that I've done in the last few years into an ebook, which will then be sold through the Barnes & Noble nookstore for $2.99 as something like The Unofficial Booster Gold Issue Guide. I talked to DC's legal department about it long ago and was given some helpful hints to avoid being sued, but also told that in general they view these projects as free press and I'd probably have to try pretty hard to get them that mad. At any rate, anyone who's interested in a project like that should let me know, either here or by e-mail (russell@comicrelated.com) and I'll keep you posted as to whether I end up doing it and how you can download a copy. If I don't end up doing it, but enough people have expressed interest, maybe I'll just pass a PDF around. I know for me that these interviews have been a pain in the ass to track down when I needed something specific, so I figure that having them all in one place with a table of contents and an index could be handy for the truly obsessive among us.

Already told you in e-mail, but wanted to see if people agreed...

my favorite image is this one: http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/40/445757-goldstar_super.jpg

One of the most touching, wonderful images ever. From Rip standing in the background, with a truly happy smile, to michelle's job, to Booster's shock...it is the reward Booster deserved.

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That is a good choice, I think it shows a lot of joy, twists and secrets (from Rips' POV) the series has. I'm having trouble picking my favorite but that's either it or close enough to it.

I like the one with Booster, Michelle and Skeets in Paris.

Okay I finally picked it.

It was between two images Booster being hung by Ted on the cover of BG #27 and Rip sneaking around in page 3 panel 5 of BG #25. I chose the latter because it had more impact on me. I loved the whole scene with Rip breaking into the Vanishing Point, armed and alert as Black Beetle asks who he really is. It's one of my favorite Rip moments because it really keeps the mysterious feel of these two characters. The panel is pretty striking with Rip moving along a red lit hallway. It was one of the times I truly worried about whether a character would make it out or not and helped create this feeling that Rip really could take care of himself since he went in knowing someone dangerous could be lurking about.

Ruse, if you didn't drop by the front door today, you may have missed my response: Booster Gold and Goldstar stealing the 1966 Batmobile from Alfred in BOOSTER GOLD #12.

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I think the cover of Booster Gold #3 is my favorite. Nothing like sitting in an old west saloon drinking with Jonah Hex while an all out bar brawl is happening in the background.

I do have a few single issues that I also own as TPB from when I started reading BG (and comics in general) and simply did not even know the difference between the two. But it would only be a few from early in the run and since you live in the colonies shipping them will most likely be rather expensive.

I may bug you about it at some point, but it's looking more and more like I might actually just bite the bullet and use trades instead of single issues. They will make the eventual bind less bulky and give a better reading experience for all but the last four issues.

Booster Gold: Day of Death (Booster Gold #4)

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