What I like most about my favorite page from Superman #74 is that for one brief moment, it seems like everything is going to be okay.

Krakadoom! I just love the sound effects in this issue.

Which, of course, will only serve to deepen the horror when, a few pages later, Doomsday beats the living stuffing out of Booster Gold and the rest of the Justice League.

The pacing of Dan Jurgens' "Death of Superman" contributions are exceptionally effective storytelling, which is no small part of why this storyline is still so celebrated all these years later.

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For the second consecutive week, there will be no new comics with a 2-page Booster Gold appearance. Considering the blistering speed at which we were getting those in November/December, this has been quite the rollercoaster. At least my wallet has enjoyed the change of pace.

In a better world, we'd get one 20-page Booster Gold comic a month. (In a perfect world, one a week!) Obviously, we don't live in a better world, but I'll keep hoping. There's a long time to go yet in 2026.

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The DC Multiverse can be a darkly unforgiving place to live. One day you're a hero, the next you're a villain. Sometimes you don't even get the chance to find out what you are. Today we look at one of those unfortunate souls, Alexandra Gianopoulos.

Alexandra's story begins in Booster Gold Volume 2 #45 when Booster Gold falls into her bed. Literally.

Unfortunately for everyone, Booster is being pursued by Doomsday, who makes short work of her Coast City penthouse apartment, forcing Booster and Alexandra to flee. Booster soon deduces that he had unintentionally arrived in an alternate timeline orchestrated by Flash's archnemesis, Professor Zoom and sets out to apprehend the villain.

Alexandra liked the idea of a world where humans and metahumans weren't waging a world war against one another. Her own father had been killed in the fight against Emperor Aquaman, and worse, she was a closet metahuman herself. She was born a "parasite" with the innate ability to temporarily absorb the abilities of anyone she touches. The unexpected arrival of a time traveler made her think that maybe the world really could be changed for the better.

When Doomsday and Booster Gold resume their fight, Alexandra flies into action with Booster's powers. However, her rash intervention only results in all three of them being captured by the United State military (Booster Gold Volume 2 #46). When Doomsday proves too powerful to be tamed, Alexandra utilizes the military's mind control technology to force the monster to kill itself (Booster Gold Volume 2 #47).

As changes to the timestream began to eat away at Booster's memory, he heroically vows to Alexandra that he will tap into Flash's Speed Force, resolve the Flashpoint paradox, and take her with him to a better timeline.

Booster fails.

In an interesting quirk of history, death in the Flashpoint timeline was not intended to be the final fate of poor Alexandra Gianopoulos. You can see in the panels above that Alexandra nebulously disappears into the Speed Force, and in comics, if there is no body, there is no death.

As DC timeline rebooted itself into the New 52 Universe, we can be sure that Alexandra was to join the reformed Justice League International. She can plainly be seen as the "woman in black" in the originally solicitated cover for Justice League International Volume 3 #1. However, for reasons that remain unclear (perhaps an editorial mandate that no characters were allowed to escape the Flashpoint paradox?), when the book was released, Alexandra had been replaced by former Global Guardian Godiva.

Alexandra will make one last appearance on the released cover of Justice League International Volume 3 #5 (another editorial oversight?), but she hasn't been seen since, a lingering reminder that time definitely does not heal all wounds.

Other People in Booster Gold's Neighborhood:

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In honor of escaping the unhappy old year, here's our annual presentation of the 5 most-seen Boosterrific.com blog posts of 2025!

You might notice something strange this year: three out of five of the posts with top hits were in November. Even after accounting for the dramatic increase in bot traffic from China and Singapore, the November hits were aberrantly strong. Personally, I'm guessing DC K.O. drove new readers to search out more info about Booster Gold. If so, I won't say this event is all bad. Just mostly bad.

On with the countdown!

5. Monday, October 6: Another New Release: Taste of Justice 13
In which we make note of Booster Gold's very brief appearance in the free-to-read digital Taste of Justice #13 at dcuniverseinfinite.com.

4. Tuesday, November 11: Fan Mail
In which we add a letter column to Boosteriffic.com for our one piece of fan mail, crediting me for helping to restore faith in humanity. (I'm not saying I did. I'm saying they said I did.)

3. Friday, November 7: My Favorite Pages: Eclipso Darkness Within 2
In which we wax nostalgic about a crossover event story of yesteryear, specifically the one running through summer annuals of 1992, and more specifically its blockbuster conclusion in Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2!

2. Monday, November 3: So This Is Why Superman Wears Trunks
In which we first discover evidence that Booster Gold will be in what we now know is DC X AEW #1, coming to your Local Comic Shop on February 2, 2026.

1. Friday, July 11: My Favorite Pages: Justice League America 65
In which we celebrate the enduring teamwork of comics' greatest team: Booster Gold and Blue Beetle!

Here's to another Boosterrific year in 2026!

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Earlier this month, Ross Pearsall's Super-Team Family reached it's 5000th issue. (Take that, Action Comics!) The "super spectacular" celebratory issue cover was accompanied by several advertisements for in-universe television shows, board games, and action figures, including the playset for one of STF's best teams, the robots-only Robo Force with Booster Gold's sidekick, Skeets!

Do yourself a favor and ring out 2025 with a visit to braveandboldlost.blogspot.com to see all the brilliant content of this truly milestone issue of inter-company crossovers inspired by the comic books of yesteryear.

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