I'm typing this at 12:20 AM, and it's possible, likely even, that by the time you read this, DC will have released their full list of solicitations for April. Judging by the news DC has been peddling for the past week, I don't expect to see Booster Gold anywhere in there.

However, DCComics.com has already announced that there is a new Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over mini-series coming from the pen of Joanne Starer, who also wrote 2023's Fire and Ice: Welcome to Smallville. I am on record as being somewhat lukewarm on that series, but although DC has refused to give any sales numbers for any of its titles since 2020, I think we can say that series must have sold a very healthy amount of comics if DC is already making six more.

Compare that to the Blue and Gold mini-series of 2021 which did so well that not only was there no follow-up, DC has now excommunicated Booster Gold from the DC Universe and made sure Ted Kord has forgotten his best friend ever existed. Ouch.

UPDATE: As expected, solicitations are up at AIPTcomic.com, and no sign of Booster Gold. Keep your eyes on DC All In/Absolute Universe 2025 FCBD Special Edition #1 coming May 3, because that story at least provides the opportunity for a Booster mention before DC rolls into its "Summer of Superman."

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New comics released on January 22, 2020:

Superman, Vol. 5, #19

Batman Superman, Vol. 1, #6

Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen, Vol. 1, #2

Booster Gold had small parts in those, and, as you can read in the Boosterrific Blog post for that day, they were mostly unexpected. But at least he had a part.

Turns out that it's easier to make surprise cameo appearances in other characters' books when you actually exist in their shared universe.

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I have a Google Alert set up to notify me when Google finds new news about Booster Gold. If I think what Google tells me is noteworthy, I pass it along here in the Boosterrific Blog. However, among the most common alerts are social media posts along the lines of "I want to read more about Booster Gold, where should I start?" And that bothers me a little.

My first impulse when seeing these is to go tell that person about Boosterrific Dot Com. The Boosterrific Database contains all Booster Gold comic book adventures with a rating system that I think makes better books easy to identify, and I have many posts justifying my criteria for "The 12 Best Booster Gold Comics." Sure, my lists are subjective, but aren't everyone's? If nothing else, they make a pretty good introductory guide for interested readers.

Yet by nature I'm a recluse, not a salesman. I don't really want to be active on most social media, so I'm easily discouraged by sites like Reddit actively discouraging such egregious self-promotion. And I justify my anti-social behavior by telling myself that if someone was really interested in Booster Gold, there are plenty of websites with helpful information, including Wikipedia and Fandom, which are at the top of any Google Search for "Booster Gold." Boosterrific.com might not appear until the second page of links, but it really isn't so hard to find. I mean, if you're reading this, you found it.

So maybe what really bothers me is that Boosterrific.com isn't easier to find. Why should anyone seeking advice about Booster Gold comic books have to struggle to arrive here? Is it hubris on my part to think that Boosterrific.com is the best place for could-be Booster Gold fans to begin their journey? Could I be doing something more to tell people about Booster Gold? If so, what?

I can only do what I can do, but maybe I can do more than I thought I could. I just want the whole world to know...

This panel is from Blue and Gold #7. It's just one of many pretty darn good Booster Gold comics you should be reading.

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If you didn't pick up Blue Beetle #7 back in October 2023, now's your (second) chance as it is included in the collection Blue Beetle Volume 2: Forever Blue being released this week.

And that's all I have to say about that.

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Over the weekend, I got the following message:

Hi, I made a song about Booster Gold called "The Kind Of World We're Living In"... I thought you might be interested ! It's available on most streaming platforms and my artist name is Namoratron. Your website is very cool, love Booster.

I'm a sucker for compliments, so I went looking and found Namoratron's song on youtube.com. Guess which hero was the inspiration for the album cover art?

Thanks for being a Booster Gold fan, Namoratron!

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