I've spent liberally during the first wave of these Convergence minis, but I've been keeping a list of which titles I'll be buying a second issue to. It's a very short list.

Last week's poll question: Has the price of the Convergence tie-ins influenced how many of them you are buying? (44 votes)

DC is in love with the variant cover these days. It must work to bring in higher sales numbers, otherwise why go through the trouble?

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Don't forget that the first issue of the Convergence: Booster Gold comes out today.

The issue has two covers (count 'em: two!) that retailers could order separately. While this theoretically means that there could be an even distribution of each, it's more likely that one will turn out to be a little rarer than the other.

Skeets demands that you drop what you are doing and go buy two copies of Convergence: Booster Gold #1 right now. (You can read one and seal the other in a time capsule to be opened in the 25th century!)

UPDATE 2015-04-30: SuperPat posted this notification in the comments below, but I've received enough emails about it that I should put this on the front page where everyone can see it: Booster Gold also appears in Convergence Blue Beetle #1.

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Every Friday for the past ten years, Brian Cronin has run a regular "Comic Book Legends Revealed" post that clarifies some common misconceptions about comic book history. This past Friday, Booster Gold got a turn. Specifically, Superman's appearance in Booster Gold #6.

COMIC LEGEND: The first comic book appearance of the Post-Crisis Superman was in the pages of Booster Gold!

STATUS: I'm Going With True

[I]n the pages of Booster Gold #6 (by Dan Jurgens and Mike DeCarlo), Booster met Superman for the first time. ... Superman doesn't recognize the Legion of Superheroes flight ring, because THAT's the Post-Crisis Superman!

They essentially confirm it in the letter pages of Booster Gold #10, when people wrote in asking why Superman didn't recognize the ring.

Cronin included many great pictures with his article, but not the letter in reference. So here it is:

Read Cronin's whole analysis and reasoning (with many, many pictures) at comicbookresources.com.

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Newsarama.com got the first look at the upcoming Convergence: Booster Gold #1. And the revelations just keep coming.

New 52 has no idea who Rip Hunter is. That seems to make it pretty clear that there are no Time Masters in the New 52 continuity. One more reason to hope it doesn't survive Convergence.

What else will we see when we get our hands on the full issue of Convergence: Booster Gold #1 this Wednesday? I'm pulling for a meeting between New 52 Skeets and post-52 Skeets. (IhopeIhopeIhope!)

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Everyone knows that the best super heroes have sidekicks that reflect some aspect of their personalities. Batman has his inverse with Robin, Captain Marvel has a palette swap with Captain Marvel Junior, the Red Bee has a real bee with Michael. So what kind of sidekick should a hero from the future have? A robot, of course!

We already know that it was no accident that Booster Gold's sidekick Skeets was shaped like a football. But what kind of name is "skeets"? To find out, I asked the little fella's creator, Dan Jurgens:

In my younger days, I did some hunting. As part of that, I often went skeet shooting. For those who don't know, skeets are small, frisbee sized objects that hurl through the air for target practice.

Given his size and way he flew around, "Skeets" seemed a perfect name.

So despite having no arms or legs, it turns out that Skeets is every bit as athletically inspired as his hero.

Thanks to Dan Jurgens (who I believe has a very good chance of surviving Convergence).

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