When we last saw our hero in Absolute Power #2, he was caught up in the Brainiac Queen's attack on Superman's Fortress of Solitude. Did he get away safely? The suspense is killing me!

Unfortunately for my ulcers, Booster Gold is not seen in the preview available at aiptcomics.com for today's Absolute Power #3. But Blue Beetle is! And so are most of the other heroes last seen in Absolute Power#2.

If Beetle is free, Booster can't be too far away. (If he's on Themyscira, he's probably busy off panel hitting on Wonder Woman again. Some things are just more important than defeating another fascist would-be world dictator.)

Consider buying this issue and making Skeets happy.

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I was reading the DC Comics solicitations for November 2024 on AIPTComics.com with an eye out for Booster Gold, and the only publications that will definitely include our hero are Blue Beetle Volume 2, reprinting the second half of the just-canceled Blue Beetle series, and 52 Volume Two (2024 Edition), which is yet another reprint of the back half of the (very excellent) 2006 series. And neither of those books is actually being released in November.

So the question becomes "Will we see Booster Gold in any DC Comics in November?"

I think the likeliest place to find our hero might be Justice League Unlimited #1 coming from Mark Waid and Dan Mora on November 27, especially given that it's promoted as a new League comprised of "every hero championing the forces of good." Booster Gold certainly qualifies for that. (And I hope that promise means we'll be seeing more of the many, many other heroes so often squeezed off comic book racks to make room for more Batman titles.)

If not there, I can't begin to guess where else. Absent from the DCU since 2022's Dark Crisis, the Justice League is mentioned seemingly everywhere in November, playing some role in Action Comics #1077 (written by Mark Waid), Batman/Superman: World's Finest #33 (written by Mark Waid), and also in books not written by Mark Waid, including Black Lightning #1, The Question: All Along the Watchtower #1, Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #1, and Jenny Sparks #4.

Will any of those League appearances include a little Gold? I guess we'll find out in November.

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AIPTComics.com has the preview of today's Absolute Power #2, and as you can see below, Booster Gold is pictured on page 2:

Will he be seen on any other pages? Will he have a line of dialogue? There's only one way to find out!

Buy this issue and make Skeets happy.

(Thanks to Rob Snow for drawing this to our attention.)

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October solicitations are out, and look who's on the cover of the DC's new publishing initiative:

DC ALL IN SPECIAL #1
Written by SCOTT SNYDER and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by DANIEL SAMPERE and WES CRAIG
Cover by DANIEL SAMPERE
$4.99 US | 64 pages | ON SALE 10/2/24

Following the events of DC’s blockbuster storyline Absolute Power, the heroes of the core DC Universe have fought against the deep divisions in the world around them to usher in a new era of unity. And it’s just in time, too—because Darkseid has returned. Superman must gather every hero on Earth to hold the line against a very different version of the Lord of Apokolips, as they raise our cosmic defenses and prepare for war…and when the first blows land, the shock waves will ripple into every series in the DCU and shake the nature of their reality to its core!

But little do they know…the greater threat is still to come. For there is another Earth: the Absolute Universe. Here, DC’s biggest icons are coming of age with fewer advantages and facing greater opposition than ever before…while miraculously retaining the immutable heroism that has inspired fans for decades. But can they really protect the light that shines inside them when the world in which they live is hurtling toward a terrible destiny?

Booster Gold and Skeets are in pretty good company on that cover. How will they be involved in the Absolute fall-out? We'll find out in October.

You can read the full solicitations at AIPTComics.com, and BleedingCool.com has more info about DC All-In, though I suspect we'll be hearing lots more from Comic-Con later this week.

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DC's August solicitations are out (you can read them at AIPTComics.com). Booster's run in Batman: The Brave and the Bold apparently ends in issue 15, because Lois Lane is taking his place in issue 16.

But there is a some good news for Booster boosters. Dan Jurgens is back with another issue celebrating another 30th anniversary of an event story he created in the 1990s. This year, it's the Zero Hour 30th Anniversary Special #1.

Booster Gold didn't play a very big part of Zero Hour, but he was there, which is good enough reason for him to be on Alan Quah's variant cover.

Sure, Booster wore a different costume during the original Zero Hour, but Zero Hour was all about changing history. So maybe now... he didn't?

I guess we'll find out when the issue is released on August 28.

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