It's been a few weeks now, but do you recall the last page of Summer of Superman Special?

Here, let me refresh your memory:

Pay careful attention to that big glowing symbol on the wall over the head of our chained hero. That is omega, the final letter of the Greek alphabet. As the last letter in its alphabet, omega is often used symbolically to represent the last element in a set, as in "the ultimate," or "the end." Naturally, this has led omega to become associated with death, the end of life itself.

Omega's symbolic relationship with death is why it was adopted by the New God now widely known as Darkseid. Darkseid came to power by stealing the Omega Force and using the Omega Effect power it grants (via his Omega Beams) to take total control of Apokolips and aid his relentless quest to discover the Anti-Life Equation.

In the DCU, wherever an omega appears, Darkseid and death aren't too far behind, as teased in this panel from this weekend's Free Comic Book Day DC All In 2025 FCBD Special Edition #1:

Between the contemporary Absolute Universe and the Dark Legion of the future, it sure seems that Darkseid and Omega Energy are corrupting the entire Multiverse. And the symbols of their evil influence are everywhere!

Even, it seems, on the Sunday broadcast of the CBS Nightly News:

CBS Weekend News, Season 2025, Episode 118, CBS, May 4, 2025

Darkseid over present-day America? That would explain a few things.

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Booster Gold appears in only two panels in Justice League International #20, so we'll skip ahead to Justice League International #21 where Booster Gold has about the greatest three consecutive panel sequence you'll ever read in a DC comic.

And can we just take an extra moment to admire Ty Templeton's pencils on what is very obviously a layout (with an iconic Darkseid closeup) by the late, great Keith Giffen? Amazing work, guys.

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Booster Gold has appeared in three issues of Futures End. None of those appearances have lasted more than a couple of panels. The most recent appearance in Futures End #41 is a tiny inclusion in a collage of characters, leading Booster booster Brady Kj to comment in the Boosterrific Forum, "If that's all Booster is in this issue, it's hardly worth mentioning." Like them or not, brief cameo appearances aren't exactly a new trend for Booster.

For example, on this date in 2008, Booster Gold was seen in Death of the New Gods #6. Our hero appeared on a computer monitory as Darkseid observed the multiverse. Now, Darkseid and Booster Gold have some history dating back to Justice League International #21 (and they look like they'll have a future, if recent events in Justice League 3000 #14 are any indication). However, as in Futures End, Booster's role here is negligible.

More recently, Booster has appeared in issues of Justice League Dark and Grayson. Are these one-panel appearance worth tracking at Boosterrific.com? In a word: yes.

They may seem inconsequential to the average reader (or sane comic book buyer), but they're like catnip for the obsessive completionist collector. This site could hardly claim to be a complete chronicle of Booster's adventures if I ignored comics where Booster made only cameo appearances.

I see it as my job to keep track and inform you of these appearances. I'll leave it to you to decide whether or not you care to buy them.

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