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Friday, October 28, 2022

DC Greatest Events

Booster booster Logan Peterson works in a bookstore and writes in to tell us that he has spotted our hero in the new book DC Greatest Events coming soon from Stephen Wiacek and DK.

I meandered my way through and can report that Booster makes several visual appearances--mostly in group shots from events like Zero Hour and Heroes in Crisis. He is listed in the index, though, which directs one to this particular page in the Flashpoint entry:

DC Greatest Events by Stephen Wiacek

Golly. At the time, I believed Flashpoint was nothing more than a naked cash grab before the "New 52" launch. Reading that recap description of the "16 interlinked but self-contained three-issue limited series" makes me think my original opinion was too generous.

Thanks for the heads-up, Logan. Now everybody knows what to ask for from Santa this Christmas!

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Friday, June 3, 2022

A History of Crises

When Dark Crisis arrives next week, it will be only the latest nearly-annual DC Universe-threatening event in a series stretching back nearly four decades to the incredibly influential Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985, which also happens to be the same year a young hero named Booster Gold first made the scene.

Therefore, now seems a good opportunity to look back at how each annual mini-series event has affected Booster's career.

  • Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
    Debuting in Booster Gold #1, Booster Gold was the first hero to appear in the new DC Universe following the resolution of the greatest Crisis of all crises.
  • Legends (1986)
    The anti-hero sentiment stirred up by Glorious Godfrey motivates a mob to attack a hospitalized Booster Gold in Booster Gold #13. Booster will flee to the future for medical help and return to the 20th century with his twin sister.
  • Millennium (1988)
    As motivation to force him to join their cause, the Manhunters steal Booster's fortune in Booster Gold #24 and nearly drive him into early retirement. In the aftermath, we learn that Booster is an important link in the future evolution of the human race. He will stop working solo and join the Justice League International full time alongside a fellow hero in a similar situation, Blue Beetle.
  • Invasion! (1989)
    Booster and the rest of the Justice League International join the heroes of the world in striking against the alien alliance in Invasion! #2. Later, as two of the technology-based heroes unaffected by the detonation of the alien gene bomb, Booster Gold and Blue Beetle help keep the peace in New York City. His experiences on the islands of the Pacific Ocean during the invasion will open the door to a series of bad judgements and misfortunes that will ultimately drive Booster to quit the team.
  • Armageddon 2001 (1991)
    Booster takes a temporary leave of absence from leading his new, corporate-sponsored team, the Conglomerate, to aid a Justice League in disarray against Monarch in Armageddon 2001 #2.
  • War of the Gods (1991)
    Once again, the heroes of the world — including Booster Gold — join in another strike force, this time against the gods of New Olympus in War of the Gods #4.
  • Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992)
    Once again, the heroes of the world — including Booster Gold and the recently reformed Justice League International — join in another strike force, this time on the moon against the demigod Eclipso in Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2.
  • Bloodbath (1993)
    Having previously lost his 25th-century technological powers to Doomsday, Booster tests his replacement armor against the powerful alien parasites in Bloodbath #1.
  • Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994)
    The time-manipulating Extant erases Booster from history in Zero Hour #1. When the timeline is restored, Booster Gold and his pal Blue Beetle will join a splinter group of the Justice League dedicated to taking a more proactive, "extreme" approach to defending the world against future threats.
  • Underworld Unleashed (1995)
    Teammates Booster Gold and Blue Beetle help keep the peace in Metropolis during the demon Neron's supernatural famine in Underworld Unleased #3.
  • The Final Night (1996)
    Booster and Beetle are as powerless as everyone else to restart the sun in The Final Night #3.
  • Booster plays no role in Genesis (1997), DC One Million (1998), or Day of Judgement (1999).
  • Our Worlds at War (2001)
    Booster and other former Justice League International members fight a nigh-omnipotent Imperiex Probe to the death in JLA: Our Worlds at War #1.
  • Joker: Last Laugh (2001)
    During the chaos of Joker's attempt to poison the world, Booster Gold is turned into a pig by the witch Circe in Wonder Woman #175.
  • Identity Crisis (2004)
    Booster attends the funeral of Sue Dibny in Identity Crisis #1.
  • Infinite Crisis (2005)
    After his best friend, Blue Beetle, is killed by the villainous Checkmate in Countdown to Infinite Crisis, Booster Gold goes to the future and restores his long-lost armor, then seeks out Beetle's successor and leads him against the evil Brother Eye artificial intelligence. In the crisis's aftermath, Booster will join Time Master Rip Hunter to save the newly reborn multiverse (in 52).
  • Final Crisis (2008)
    Booster attends the funeral of Martian Manhunter in Final Crisis: Requiem #1. In the crisis's aftermath, Booster will join other Time Masters in hunting Batman, who has been lost in history (in Time Masters: Vanishing Point).
  • Blackest Night (2009)
    Possessed by the Black Lantern of Nekron, the deceased Blue Beetle rises from the grave to attack both his successor and Booster Gold in Booster Gold #26. In the crisis's "Brightest Day" aftermath, Booster will rejoin his old Justice League International allies in hunting down Blue Beetle's reanimated killer (in Justice League: Generation Lost).
  • Flashpoint (2011)
    Cut off from his allies, Time Master Booster Gold fights alone to repair the damaged DC Universe timeline in Booster Gold #45. Despite his best efforts, he fails. In the "New 52" timeline established afterwards, Booster will become the leader of a reimagined Justice League International (in Justice League International).
  • Futures End (2014)
    Booster Gold becomes unstuck in time in Booster Gold: Futures End #1 and is manipulated into putting the entire Multiverse in jeopardy.
  • Convergence (2015)
    The Booster Golds of two different universes collide in Convergence Booster Gold #1. One becomes the new Waverider and uses his newfound power to help undo the damage he caused. These newest changes set in motion new events that will eventually lead to the eventual unravelling of the "New 52" timeline and a reunifying "Rebirth" of pre-Flashpoint history.
  • Booster plays no role in Rebirth (2016) or Dark Nights: Metal (2017).
  • Heroes in Crisis (2018)
    After the ramifications of a series of time-travel misadventures drive a traumatized Booster Gold to seek mental help, he is accused of murdering the other patients in his superhero care facility in Heroes in Crisis #1. Booster escapes capture and proves his innocence with the aid of his recently reborn best friend, Blue Beetle.
  • Doomsday Clock (2019)
    In the aftermath of the universal rebirth, once again the heroes of the world — including Booster Gold — join in another strike force, this time against the menace responsible for the "New 52," Doctor Manhattan, on Mars in Doomsday Clock #9.
  • Year of the Villain (2019)
    The Dark Multiverse's The Batman Who Laughs continues his assault on the heroes of Earth by spreading his evil infection to an unsuspecting Booster Gold in Hell Arisen #2. He will eventually be rescued by Lex Luthor.
  • Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020)
    All the heroes and villains of the world — including Booster Gold — join in another strike force, this time against the Batman Who Laughs' multiverse-devouring master, Perpetua, in Dark Nights: Death Metal #5.

That's a lot of drama! Will Dark Crisis be a boon or a bane for Booster Gold? We'll start finding out next week.

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Friday, April 1, 2022

I Warned You About This, Kid

Booster Gold tells us he's from the future, and we believe him because that's the kind of nice, trusting fans we are. But if he was really from the future, he should be able to prove it, right? He could accurately predict an earthquake or tell us who wins next year's World Series or, at the very least, give us a hint about what the popular toy will be far enough in advance of Christmas that we can get one before it sells out.

That said, maybe Booster *has* told us about the future, and we didn't understand. After all, sometimes you don't know what you're looking for until you've already passed it.

Here are five instances from DC Comics where, in retrospect, future-boy Booster Gold prophesized coming events:

1. The True Value of Toilet Paper
Justice League America #89 (1994)

© DC Comics

It seems like a frivolous joke, but if COVID has taught us nothing else, it's that toilet paper is really the first thing to go.


2. Air Rage
Justice League International #9 (1988)

© DC Comics

When I first read this as a kid, I assumed it was one of those adult references that went over my head. Now that I know better, it's funny because it's true.


3. Legends of Tomorrow
Justice League Spectacular #1 (1992)

© DC Comics

What, you were thinking George Clooney? St. Elsewhere is *still* great television.


4. The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens
Booster Gold #1 (1986)

© DC Comics

Internet salesmen want you to think that NFTs are new, but they have definitely been around for a while.


5. Being a Real Man
Justice League #4 (1987)

© DC Comics

In hindsight, this one seems weirdly specific.


The future is a very strange place indeed.

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Monday, June 1, 2020

Dark Times

Plagues and riots? It feels like the country has been turned on its ear.

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This site is devoted to a comic book super hero, a character who tries to do the right thing, to help others and make the world a better place. Most comic book heroes do that by using their unique powers to defend the status quo by force. What happens when the status quo isn't worth defending?

I wish that was a rhetorical question.

I don't have any good answers; I'm just a guy who blogs about comics. All I can say is that I am trying to do the best I can one day at a time, and I hope you are, too.

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Monday, October 24, 2016

This Day in History: Booster Pig

Remember that time Booster Gold was transformed into a pig?

© DC Comics
Wonder Woman #175

Yeah. That was 15 years ago today.

(Panels like this are why I read comic books.)

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