Booster Gold may be a no show in DC Comics, but the fans haven't forgotten him. For proof, look no farther than this sketch from DragonCon 2013:

That bit of awesomeness — note the collar! — was drawn by Jeremy Dale, the artist behind Skyward. You can find more of Dale's work at his site, www.jeremy-dale.com.

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Time for a long Labor Day weekend. Long Labor Day weekends mean time for DragonCon. And DragonCon means time for Booster Gold cosplayers!

That's a television-inspired Booster Gold from DragonCon 2011. (Flickr.com picture by mchulin. The cosplayer is Thomdave.)

And this is a gender-bent Booster Gold enjoying some pole-dancing at DragonCon 2012. (Flickr.com picture by Paul Cory. The cosplayer is Shelley.)

What will DragonCon 2013 bring?

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The Mammoth (@redmammoth on Twitter.com) tweeted a pic of the rare and elusive Booster Gold cosplayer from Comic-Con International.

I looked through a lot of cosplay pictures from the convention, and this is the only Booster Gold costume I've seen so far. Some conventions have lots of Booster Golds, but Comic-Con 2013 seems to have suffered from a drought. That may or may not anything to do with the fact that Booster has essentially been written out of the DCnU these days.

[UPDATE 2013-08-08: For the record, that's John Alsbrooks in the Booster costume?]

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I was all excited about the possibility of Booster Gold news coming out of Comic-Con. Instead we are left with no announced Booster Gold appearances for the foreseeable future. I'm not going to beat around the bush: this sucks.

Last week's poll question: Do you expect to hear big Booster Gold news out of Comic Con 2013? (41 votes)

Since there doesn't seem to be anything else to talk about at the moment....

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The big Booster Gold news from Comic-Con International is that there is no Booster Gold slated to appear in DC Comics.

Booster was discussed at the "DC All-Access Panel" on Thursday. (Panelists included Mark Buckingham, Brian Buccellato, Derek Fridolfs, Adam Hughes, Geoff Johns, Jeff Lemire, Gail Simone, and Tom Taylor.) It's interesting to see how different sources covered the same news.

First up is Zac Boone of Unleash the Fanboy:

A Booster Gold cos-player asked when he will get his title back. Answers were noncommital.

Andy Hunsacker of Crave Online expands:

A Booster Gold cosplayer asks when Booster Gold's getting his book back. They joke that he's from the future, he should already know.

The same event covered by Mark Seifert for Bleeding Cool:

When asked about the rumoured Booster Gold monthly [Geoff Johns] dodged the question and stated that he wasn't allowed to say much but to talk to Dan Didio.

From these three reports we can be sure of two things:

1. most of the people who attend these panels report for comics websites, and
2. DC isn't ready to admit that there is a Booster Gold comic in the works.

This doesn't necessarily discredit Bleeding Cool's earlier report in May that a third volume of Booster Gold comic was "imminent," but it doesn't help their credibility either.

As if that's not enough bad Booster news, Lucas Siegel of Newsarama also confirmed that Booster will not be appearing in "Trinity War."

Any plans for Booster Gold? [Geoff] Johns, "We love Booster, but he's not in Trinity War. There is something in Forever Evil #1 that connects to him though."

The silver lining is that Booster Gold fans can save some money and stop buying the "Trinity War" crossovers now. See, Comic-Con wasn't a total waste.

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