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Monday, August 9, 2010
As promised on Friday, I've uploaded my Q&A with Dan Jurgens covering the behind-the-scenes creation of Booster Gold. You can now find it as a permanent addition to at Boosterrific.com/booster/origin.php. Jurgens was incredibly helpful and informative, providing unique illumination into the character's earliest developments. I offer him my most sincere appreciation for his contribution to Boosterrific.com.
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Erin posted on Aug. 10, 2010 at 12:58 AM
Great interview. Very informative. The only thing I could add was that Boosters' dad was named during the John/Katz run. There was an interview with "Booster", "Skeets" and "Rip Hunter" on Newsarama that Johns wrote where Booster revealed his middle name was after his father. Skeets claimed that Jon was short for the 25th century name Jonar which means "he who tries and fails." I think he was only called Jon once during their run but I can't remember where. I think it's Rip that says it.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 10, 2010 at 1:52 AM
Neither of Booster's parents have been named in canon (i.e., in the comic books themselves). I do not consider anything that takes place outside of officially sanctioned DC Comics publications to be "official." Booster's father's name in continuity may very well be Jonar, but he hasn't demonstrated such yet in any comic book.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 10, 2010 at 2:25 AM
My apologies, Erin. You were quite right. In a narration box on page 1 of BOOSTER GOLD v2 #10, Rip Hunter calls "Booster's deranged father" Jon Carter. That's no Jonar, but it appears that he does indeed have a name in continuity. Thanks for setting me straight. I've given you credit for pointing that out in the Q&A.
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