Once upon a time, producing a weekly title was thought to be nearly impossible. Action Comics Weekly was considered a failure in 1988, not because of low sales, but because of the difficulty of production demands. Nearly two decades and one information super-highway later, DC would return to the concept with 52 with far more success. Some credit the talent assembled to work on the book, but we all know the real reason: Booster Gold.

Recognizing the cash cow of 52, DC has followed with Countdown, Trinity, DC Universe: Legends, and Brightest Day. After a break for the implementation of the "New 52" — which maybe needs to consider dropping the "new" considering its advancing age — and it's taken a few years for DC to return to this concept. But DC is back with a bang! In addition to Batman: Eternal — out today — DC is launching Futures End and a third weekly title to be named later.

If that sounds like a lot of work, that's because it is. And it's also probably bad news for Booster Gold fans. Back in February, Dan DiDio implied to Vaneta Rogers of Newsarama.com that these weekly books will count as 4 books each in DC's total line-up. DC may have abandoned its limit of 52 series, but that still means that these 3 weekly series will count as 12 titles. Therefore, so long as Batman is eternal, there will be less room for other characters of the DC pantheon to take their place in the limelight.

Certainly the spoilers for Futures End #0 released at BleedingCool.com yesterday seem to confirm that Booster won't be a star in that title. If Booster Gold is ever going to return to action in the New DC Universe, it's looking more and more like he's going to have to accept playing a supporting role to Batman.

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The modern smartphone revolution was born in 2007 with the release of the iPhone. Two months after the iPhone hit the market, DC released Booster Gold, Volume 2, #1. Now, nearly 7 years later, you can read that historic first issue on your Apple or Android smartphone.

Get Booster Gold on Google Play
Get Booster Gold on Apple iTunes

Reading comics on your phone? Welcome to the future!

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If you're a fan of Li'l Booster Gold's appearances in Yale Stewart's JL8 webcomic, you now have the opportunity to own it.

Stewart is raising cash by selling his original art for the strip. Strip #160, seen in part above, can be yours for $375.00. You can find it and many more at yalestewart.bigcartel.com.

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Yesterday, CaptainHeq came to the Boosterrific.com Forum pandering for votes. As he explains it:

Currently on my podcast (radiobastard.com) we're doing something called the #TimeChallenge. The end all be all battle to find the ultimate time traveler. It's the second week of the first round, Booster Gold versus Sam Beckett (from Quantum Leap but I hope I don't have to actually mention that.)

Now here's the actual deal. I NEED Booster to win this and move on to round two (and then eventually face Doctor Who, since... seriously... it's Doctor Who and he's walking through this whole thing.) After years of taking heat for Booster being my favorite superhero I've come to the source of the grassroots of time's best champion to rally some support.

I've hesitated to link to the BastardCast podcasts in the past because their potty-mouths are definitely Not Safe For Work. But I cannot deny a heartfelt plea in support of Booster Gold.

Go and give Booster Gold some love at NerdBastards.com radiobastard.com.

And if you want to listen to the BastardCast while you're over there, more power to you. You'll find the TimeChallenge segment at about the 01:35:00 mark.

UPDATE 2014-04-04: I've removed the link to the NerdBastards website that was giving some a malware warning. When I tested the link yesterday, I got no warning, but better safe than sorry. My apologies.

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If we can't get a Booster Gold comic, how about giving Skeets his own title?

Last week's poll question: Would you buy a new Booster Gold series that did not include Skeets? (50 votes)

The legalization of marijuana is a hot topic these days. The state of Colorado has approved recreational use, with governments in several other states considering following suit.

The Corporate Crusader isn't afraid of controversy and has been known to pitch for quite a few less-than-reputable products (LexCorp, Gingold® Soda, and Club JLI™ to name a few), but is the case for legalizing drugs too hot a topic even for our Golden Guardian to touch?

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