On Friday, I mentioned that we'd discuss the Lego news from Comic-Con today. Even if you're already heard the big reveal, it bears repeating: Lego Skeets.

That's right, Booster Gold and Skeets will be among the 150 DC characters in this fall's LEGO Batman 3 video game from Traveler's Tales! The news was "leaked" on Twitter by @LEGOBatmanGame and reconfirmed during the "LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham" panel on Sunday (as reported by dcinfinite.com). LEGO Booster's biography has already been uploaded to Brickipedia!

The game is due this fall on every major gaming platform. You can find more details at Lego.com.

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It's that time of year again when thousands of pop culture fans flood San Diego. That's right, it's time for Comic-Con!

The picture above of a gender-flipped JLI was taken by David "DTJAAAAM" Ngo at last year's Comic-Con. You can find more of Ngo's cosplay pics at his website, www.dtjaaaam.com. Who knows what his lens will find this year?

BONUS COMIC-CON coverage: Chris Hardwick gave Booster Gold some love earlier this week on Comedy Central's @Midnight!

Don't get too excited. It ain't ever special edition Booster Gold action figures. Hardwick — he of the Nerdist Podcast and The Talking Dead — was making a joke, not an official announcement. You're not missing any Booster Gold action figures at Comic-Con (unless we're talking about the new Lego Batman 3 trailer — more on that on Monday).

You can find the whole @Midnight episode online at cc.com. (Be warned. It's funny, but its got some salty language.)

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Maybe it's time DC tried giving Skeets his own book.

Last week's poll question: Who makes a better sidekick for Booster Gold? (56 votes)

Earlier this week, a friend complained to me about how much he hated Justice League War. He vowed not to watch any more DC Universe Animated Original Movies (DCUAOM). But what if they featured Booster Gold, I asked. And I'm asking readers of Boosterrific.com the same question.

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I would have sworn I posted this before, but after scouring my image directories and database, I can't find any record of it. Therefore, I'm correcting that oversight today!

That's a sketch of classic Booster Gold (and Skeets!) from 2011 by current Marvel Comics' Daredevil artist Chris Samnee. You can find more of Samnee's work at DeviantArt.com (and, of course, in the pages of Daredevil).

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DC's squabbling New 52 Universe seems aimed at angry young teenagers too young to remember the 1990s. That's part of what makes this review of an outdated trade of Booster Gold comics so interesting.

Indeed, Booster Gold's eponymous series was never particularly outstanding, but it was one thing that made it stand head and shoulders above the rest: It was fun. In a world surrounded by joyless, ultra-serious grim-and-grittiness, we have a fun, irreverent, silly book which plays with the idea of time travel in a superhero shared universe.

I pulled that quote from "The Stuff of Legend" blog posted on Saturday by Levi Sweeney, a self-professed "awesome" high-school student. I think that's a pretty fitting description. I mean, any high-school who recognizes the greatness of Booster Gold should certainly be called "awesome"!

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