There was a lot of false information out there on the web last last week -- this site included -- but the CW's official press release description of the Smallville episode "Booster" was probably real news. WARNING, mild spoilers follow:

DC COMICS CHARACTER BOOSTER GOLD ARRIVES FROM THE FUTURE; THE BLUE BEETLE IS BORN! - After everything that happened with the VRA [Vigilante Registration Act], Lois (Erica Durance) tells Clark (Tom Welling) it's best to make "Clark Kent" forgettable and awkward so people don't suspect he's The Blur. However, the two are stunned when a fame-hungry superhero from the future, Booster Gold (guest star Eric Martsolf, "Days of Our Lives"), sweeps into town and begins making saves and posing for press ops, completely winning over the city of Metropolis. Booster begins his campaign to take The Blur's place as the "World's Greatest Superhero" and tries to charm Lois into writing a story about him, but she's not having his antics and begins her own campaign for The Blur. During one of Booster's saves, an alien weapon in the form of a scarab falls from a truck and fuses itself to a boy named Jaime Reyes (guest star Jaden Brandt Bartlett), turning him into the Blue Beetle. Unfortunately... Jaime is unable to control the suit and Blue Beetle starts attacking Metropolis. Tom Welling directed the episode written by Geoff Johns (##3X6019).Click here to reveal potential spoilers.

The description sounds relatively close to the comic book history of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle III, even if the chronological order is much compressed. Personally, I'm most surprised to learn that Smallville has been calling Superman "The Blur," the name of several different Marvel Comics characters. I'm sure it makes sense from a Smallville point-of-view, but it sure seems odd from the outside looking in. Maybe it will all make sense when I watch "Booster" on the CW on April 22.

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