I recently got my hands on the first Italian trade of Booster Gold Vol. 2. Apparently published in 2010, it collects issues #20 through #27. I have no idea why they started there — Blackest Night? — but I get a big kick realizing that "PESL" is now in print worldwide.

Panel from Booster Gold Vol. 2, #23 (in Italian!)

After I noticed that some of the "bwah ha ha"s had been changed to just "ha ha"s, I decided to check the Italian dialogue against the original English publication (via Google Translate) to see if anything else had changed. My test was this line from the panel above:

Sul sito di Booster Gold, curato dal mio fan club, potrete trovare tutto quello che volete sapere a proposito del vostro eroe preferito.

In the original American edition, Booster says

The Booster Gold website, maintained by my very own fan club, will be the place to go to learn about your favorite heroes.

In this case, the Italian translation is actually an improvement.

On the site of Booster Gold, edited by my fan club, you can find everything you want to know about your favorite hero.

See what I mean? The Italians know that the only hero we care about is Booster Gold.

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On November 11, 1918, Private Henry Gunther was killed storming a German machine gun blockade one minute before the armistace that ended World War I. He was the last soldier known to die in combat before the end of "the war to end all war."

Panel from Booster Gold, Vol. 2, #16

It is in memory of Private Gunther and every other soldier that we now set aside November 11 as a day of remembrance for the sacrifice soldiers have made on behalf of their countries.

If you know a veteran, take the time today to thank them for their service.

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We may not have seen Booster in 135 days and counting, but rest assured he's still his boisterous, charming self.

That super deformed Booster Gold was uploaded to DeviantArt.com six years ago by artist Beau Schemery (aka hedbonstudios), but that doesn't make it any less endearing. In addition to his gallery at DeviantArt.com, you can find more of Shemery's art on his blog at beauschemery.wordpress.com.

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If I put on Booster's costume, I fear I'd look less like Booster and more like an overstuffed golden sausage. No one wants that.

Last week's poll question: Have you ever worn a Booster Gold costume for Halloween? (36 votes)

So, since none of us are currently following the adventures of Booster Gold, whose adventures are we following?

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No, Booster Gold does not appear in Batman: Arkham Origins. What does appear in Batman: Arkham Origins, according to ComicBookCast on YouTube.com, is a reference to Blaze Comics, the fictional publishing house of Booster's DCU comic book.

Screencap of Batman Arkham Origins via Barry Allentheslowestmanalive

Batman: Arkham Origins was released two weeks ago. If you haven't picked it up yet, maybe this will be the incentive you need to do so.

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