Booster booster Rob is usually the first person to email me each month when the DC solicitations are released. His email this past Friday lamented that according to the newly released May 2026 solicitations, there was a "Big fat nuthin" coming for Booster Gold.

While Rob is correct that none of the solicitations mention "Booster Gold" by name, AIPTComics.com also shows most of the covers. And guess who's on the Ryan Sook cover of Action Comics #1098?

ACTION COMICS #1098
Written by MARK WAID, Art by SKYLAR PATRIDGE and PATRICIO DELPECHE, Cover by RYAN SOOK
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/13/26

The Weapons Master has homed in on the most scientifically advanced tech on Earth, which happens to be hiding the on Kent Farm…Clark's rocket ship. Now the Justice League and Superboy must defend his legacy and save the town of Smallville from Xotar and his cache of malevolent munitions!

When I pointed out to Rob that he missed Booster on the cover (the third consecutive issue of Action Comics that will have a Booster Gold cover), he explained why he missed it: "No beard." Ok. I'll buy it.

As for the issue itself, It sure looks like Booster is saying good-bye on that cover, and the text doesn't give any impression that Booster will have much of anything to do with Superboy's fight with the Weapons Master (although Booster does have experience against Xotar in Justice League America #61 and #62).

At this point I should probably also mention that these solicitations also include Booster's appearances in Action Comics #992 through #1000, plus The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1, all as part of the Superman: Action Comics by Dan Jurgens Omnibus Vol. 2 coming in July. Can you believe that Action Comics #1000 came out almost a decade ago? Golly.

And since we're on the subject of Superman's history, may I add that if Mark Waid is going to start mining Superman's history for new Superboy stories, could we see a return of Zigi and Zagi from 1964's Action Comics #315/316? (Asking for a friend.)

Thanks for your support, Rob.

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The DC Multiverse can be an incredibly unsettling place to live. One day you're a killer, the next you're a henchman for a galactic entity determined to exterminate humanity. Today we look at one of those twisted souls, Devastator.

Devastator's story begins in Justice League America #86 where many other stories end: Death Row. That's where the Overmaster first finds killer Jack Snyder.

The Earth is soon rocked by a series of natural disasters of increasing severity. In the ensuing chaos, no one seems to notice when Snyder is freed from prison.

No one notices, that is, until Snyder reappears as a member of the Overmaster's hand-chosen answer to Earth's super-powered champions. Snyder is granted a portion of the Overmaster's power, given a suit of armor and an energized battleaxe. Now calling himself Devastator, Snyder and the rest of the Cadre are unleashed on the Justice League with, ahem, devastating results for Booster Gold in Justice League America #89.

The attack severed Booster's right arm and destroyed his armor. Although the League would beat a hasty retreat to try and save him, Booster would succumb to his injuries and die in Justice League Task Force #13, increasing Devastator's kill count by one.

Devastator and the Cadre press their advantage in Justice League International #65, attacking rogue Cadre members in Benares, India. Although the Justice League manages to defeat them (Devastator himself falling to Justice League Europe's Maya), the Cadre ironically escapes capture when the Justice League itself is accused of going rogue by the League-Busters, another United Nations-sponsored task force.

As the heroes regroup, the Cadre reorganizes around Ice, who has been recruited by the Overmaster. Devastator is the first to gleefully support Ice when she brutally murders the Cadre's previous leader, Shatterfist, in Justice League America #90.

Devastator will eagerly join Ice and the rest of the remaining Cadre in their final stand against the Justice League outside Overmaster's headquarters on the slopes of Mount Everest in Justice League Task Force #14.

Fortunately for humanity, despite the loss of Ice, the Justice League was ultimately victorious, defeating both the Cadre and the Overmaster. Fortunately for Booster Gold, Blue Beetle was able to bring his old buddy back to life by creating new armor with integrated life support systems. And fortunately for the Cadre, Beetle was also able to decipher the Overmaster's technology and save them certain death when the Overmaster's headquarters explodes in Justice League International #66.

Unfortunately for Jack Snyder, his escape from death was probably short lived. Though he has not been seen since, without the Overmaster's power and protection, it can be assumed he was returned to the Florida Department of Corrections where he paid the ultimate price for his many crimes.

Other People in Booster Gold's Neighborhood:

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I'm not seeing any reason in online solicitations for Booster Gold fans to go to our Local Comic Shops tomorrow. I'd rather watch the Olympics anyway.

In the meantime, let me once again thank J for all the hard work editing my typos in the Boosterrific Annotations. J has also been catching books that have been included in reprint collections, most especially Justice League International Book Two: Around the World, which apparently contains a lot of content not clearly indicated on the book cover. Thanks, J!

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