"Real random Booster sighting." That's how Rob Snow described this screenshot he sent me taken from an Argentine cartoon titled La Huella Del Oro.

"Random" certainly seems to be the right word.

Although the show is not yet available to American audiences (it debuted in Argentina on April 13), there's a trailer for it on the YouTube channel of HBO Max Latinoamérica and Adult Swim LA, which gives no indication that it has anything to do with DC Comics (other than that HBO Max, Adult Swim, and DC are all sister companies). It seems like Booster and Beetle are just in the crowd as easter eggs for viewers in the know.

I don't speak Spanish, so I have to rely on Google to translate the series plot as described on the Latin America version of cartoonnetwork.fandom.com:

Fafner is a mercenary who arrives in a city under attack as its population is being decimated. Amidst a battle of fire and ice, Fafner relentlessly pursues his reward. On his quest to recover fragments of his past, he crosses the lines between good and evil in encounters with sea monsters, bar fights, and gladiators.

That sounds like more sword-and-sandals fantasy than superheroics to me.

While Booster and Beetle might seem to be an obscure choice for background easter eggs outside the DC Universe, it may be that the animators just like the duo. Several years ago Booster booster Ariel Justel let us know that the Justice League International made a big impression in Argentina, leaving a lasting affinity for Blue and Gold among Argentine comic book fans.

Whatever the reason, it's just another example of how you really never know where Booster Gold might turn up next. Thanks, Rob!

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I quote Scott Snyder, architect of the DC Absolute Universe, from his recent interview with Comic Watchers (Episode 254 via youtube.com/live/7_KXuTodUdU):

My job, just to be clear to everybody out there what my relationship is to DC right now, is that I got a writing contract to write a certain amount of books over the next couple years. It was really just kind of one flagship book and then books that involve the meta story, the All-In number one special. We're planning, without giving too much away, but big spoiler, we're planning a second beat of that meta story, a big event, towards the end of this year. Really excited about that. So I'll be involved in that, and then I reup again. I'm reupping now for another year to sort of get to the big finale of that story in '26-'27.

So will we see the resolution of Booster Gold's disappearance story "towards the end" of 2025, or will we have to wait until 2027?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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Over the weekend, I got the following message:

Hi, I made a song about Booster Gold called "The Kind Of World We're Living In"... I thought you might be interested ! It's available on most streaming platforms and my artist name is Namoratron. Your website is very cool, love Booster.

I'm a sucker for compliments, so I went looking and found Namoratron's song on youtube.com. Guess which hero was the inspiration for the album cover art?

Thanks for being a Booster Gold fan, Namoratron!

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The title of the most recent Happy Sad Confused podcast is "James Gunn talks SUPERMAN, CREATURE COMMANDOS, BATMAN, LANTERNS, Marvel," so it might surprise you that at the 22:08 mark, host Josh Horowitz directly questions guest James Gunn about the state of the Booster Gold television show.

Josh Horowitz: When Booster Gold came on the scene, that initial twenty-five comic book run is one my favorites ever. So, are we getting close? Because there's been… I'll just ask you point blank: there's a lot of rumors that Kumail [Nanjiani] is going to be your Booster Gold. Can you comment either way?

James Gunn: I mean, we're not quite there yet in terms of Booster Gold. … We're just not quite there. In terms of the scripts aren't quite where I want them to be. You know, from the beginning, you know, I've made it clear that the one thing that we're going to do at DC is no matter what, we're going to wait until the screenplays and the teleplays are ready before we shoot them. And I'm not going to shoot anything until I'm happy with it. … There's other things out there that we're moving. But other things aren't quite there yet. Booster Gold is not quite there.

Note how Gunn carefully doesn't confirm or deny anything while he explains that there is not currently a Booster Gold series ready for production (despite the fact that people have been working on developing Booster Gold scripts for the past 13 years). Make of that what you will.

You can see the whole interview at YouTube.com.

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Booster Gold is a character in the Teen Titans GO Figure! mobile video game. How do I know? (I mean, other than from the 2018 press release, obviously, because who doesn't read press releases?)

Answer: Because of Internet videos like this (cued to start at 2:48).

EpicToyChannel (YouTube)

Also: this Reddit post.

Now we're all experts in what the kids are doing were doing six years ago. You're welcome.

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