DC's July solicitations came out late last week, and as Rob Snow wrote to me, tongue firmly in cheek, "still no Absolute Booster." Phew.

But there's not much run-of-the-mill Booster Gold, either, except for his inclusion in a couple of collections, including the inevitable Absolute Power Omnibus and another collection featuring selected stories by Keith Giffen, appropriately titled The DC Universe by Keith Giffen.

The Giffen volume will reprint just a small sample of contributions the prolific writer/artist made through the decades, and it is unclear at this time how much Booster Gold will be in it. If the solicitation is accurate, the answer is a little but not much, which also describes how much of our hero will be on the cover reusing Kevin Maguire's art from the "Remembering Keith Giffen" ad that ran in DC Comics in November 2023:

Keep an eye out for that in September.

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Booster Gold plays only bit parts in Justice League America #77 and #78, and is absent from #79 entirely.

So let's skip ahead to Justice League America #80, where the Corporate Crusader is finally back in super-powered action... in arguably the ugliest costume he'll ever wear.

Yes, that ridiculous suit is bulky and ugly, and it makes Booster look considerably less-than-heroic, which was writer Dan Vado's intention as he started Booster's long journey back from Doomsday's destruction of his original power suit. Sometimes to get to the top, you have to start at the bottom.

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Yesterday, I accidently posted here on the Boosterrific! Blog a stub I had left to remind myself that Booster Gold The Complete 2007 Series Book Three was coming out. I was supposed to turn that post into what you're reading now. Oops.

In any event, Booster Gold The Complete 2007 Series Book Three actually is now available now at your Local Comic Shop. Hooray!

This softcover collection reprints Booster Gold Volume 2 issues #32 through #47 plus Time Masters: Vanishing Point #1 through #6.

(You may notice that if you line up the spines for Booster Gold The Complete 2007 Series Books One, Two, and Three, they look a little off center. Could that mean that next year we'll get a companion Booster Gold The Complete 1985 Series to balance? I like to hope so!)

Buy this trade paperback and make Skeets happy.

P.S. Speaking of "oops," all Booster boosters should offer a big thanks to J, who continues to do sterling work ensuring that the Boosterrific! Database is as complete and accurate as possible. Just this weekend, they reported finding several additional instances of house ads as well as catching the omission of Booster's one-panel cameo from Action Comics #664. Thanks, J!

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