Updating our list of long Booster Gold absences, today marks the 212th day since Booster Gold was last seen in a DCnU comic book. That means the current run has broken into the top 4!

1. 336 days between Superman #124 and Chase #4 (Apr. 1997 to Mar. 1998)
2. 302 days between Martian Manhunter #24 and JLA: Our Worlds At War (Sept. 2000 to July 2001)
3. 238 days between Stormwatch #12 and All-Star Western #19 (Aug. 2012 to Apr. 2013)
4. 212 days between All Star Western #21 and now (June 2013 to present)

It's been a long, long time since we last saw Ted Kord — well over 1,100 days by my count — but as we've heard, he'll be coming back in April. Maybe he'll bring our Booster back with him.

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The final issue of Forever Evil comes out in April. April is three months away. Is there any chance we'll see a particular golden hero in that book?

Last week's poll question: When do you think we will see Booster Gold reappear in a DC comic book? (52 votes)

By now you've no doubt heard that Ted Kord is coming to the DCnU in Future's End #7 (as Vaneta Rogers reported at Newsarama.com last week). If Ted Kord is coming, could Booster Gold be far behind?

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Today, DC Comics is releasing a comic that has nothing to do with Booster Gold. That's nothing new. However, today DC is giving you something else that is almost as awesome.

If you haven't ever read Planetary, now's your chance. The Planetary Omnibus hits stores today, and collects the entire series and its 3 crossover issues with Batman, the JLA, and the Authority. The book has a cover price of $75.00. That might sound expensive, but its totally worth it.

If you can't tell, I'm a big fan of the series. I've spent so much time complaining around here lately, it's nice to have a chance to promote something that I like. I think you'll like it, too.

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Danny Nielsen has released the second episode of his Blue and Gold Podcast, in which he reviews the introduction of Booster Gold in Booster Gold, Vol. 1, #1.

Danny makes it easy to listen. You can find the podcast at all of these fine URLs:

• blueandgoldpodcast.blogspot.com
• feedburner.com/BlueAndGold
• itunes.apple.com

(Danny's not giving you a lot of excuses for not listening! Go. Listen.)

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Remember Skeets? Booster Gold's robot sidekick? (You do still remember Booster Gold, right?)

Skeets hasn't been seen much lately, but he had his time in the spotlight in the past. Our favorite 24-karat coach took up the whole cover of 52 Week 37, released on this day in 2007.

This is not the cover of 52 Week 37.

I'm not going to link to the cover here because it is spoiler-y, but rest assured, there's a lot Skeets action both on the cover and the pages within. It's hardly the highlight of Skeets' sidekicking career, but as Booster himself would say: there's no such thing as bad press.

If you've never read 52, do yourself a favor: Amazon.com

(P.S.: No post on Monday. Back on Tuesday. Enjoy your weekend!)

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