I'm sorry to tell you, Booster boosters, that I have been remiss in my job. I have to this point completely failed to mention here on the blog that Booster Gold appears not once but twice the Mad About DC #1 one shot released on April Fool's Day.

When the book was announced, I was certain that it would be a magazine reprinting old Mad Magazine content, as so many Mad releases are these days. But no, it is indeed in comic book format (6-1/8 inches by 10 inches) chock full o' all-new material from some rather big names.

Booster Gold appears prominently in "Lasso of Truth: Fashion Edition" by Seth Meyers and Chip Zdarsky, and "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" by Mark Russell, Steve Lieber, Steve Buccellato, and Pat Brousseau. That's twice as many reasons to pick up this issue!

Thanks to eighties88 and Noah for making sure I saw these.

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Coming tomorrow to your Local Comic Shop: Action Comics #1097 with Booster Gold on (count 'em!) two separate covers!

The image on the left is "Cover A Ryan Sook." The image on the right is "Cover D Skyar Patridge Things to Come Card Stock Variant." Buy one or the other (or both!) and make Skeets happy (wherever he is).

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Since my annual April Fools' Day post went over like a lead balloon (for reminding everyone of that nonsensical story in which the DC Multiverse's anthropomorphic embodiment of entropy pretended to be Booster Gold), let's see if I can refresh your palette with a post about that time the heart and soul of the Justice League pretended to be something called a "Bloodwynd."

Obviously, I'm talking about Justice League America #76.

In case you're too young (or too old) to remember, Bloodwynd was a mysterious character with magical powers who appeared from thin air to save the Justice League in Justice League America #61. Blue Beetle never liked the guy and vowed to discover his true identity, setting up a subplot that would have to wait for Superman to die before it could be resolved. (Trivia fact: Bloodwynd and Ice are the first heroes on the scene after Doomsday kills Superman.)

Bloodwynd's secret identity was revealed in, well, either Justice League America #74 or #75 depending on how much credence you give to dreams. But Justice League America #76 is the first issue to begin untangling the Bloodwynd mystery.

Hammer pants, Booster? Really?

Do I love this page just because of that cool last panel of Beetle emerging from the shadows? Yes, yes I do.

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