Jon Michael "Booster" Carter was born on December 29, 2442, which makes today his -428th birthday.

Congratulations, Booster! Here's to 428 more.

(Since the last time I ran this pic, I've discovered that it was created by Annette Price, a specialist in decorating superhero cakes. It's still Boosterrific!)

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Thanks for voting. I'm not saying any of these things are going away, I'm just trying to figure what my focus should be.

Last week's poll question: ( votes)

A new year means new hope to see Booster Gold return to regular action in the DCnU. What do you wish for in the coming year?

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Justice League Task Force #37

Merry Christmas, Booster boosters!

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This Christmas Eve, spend some time with your friends. Specifically, I mean Blue Beetle and Booster Gold and especially Skeets:

Artist Matthew Miller, aka CapybaralINK, has titled this piece "Smuggies Blue Beetle and Booster Gold." You can find more of his work at DeviantArt.com and on Facebook.

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For almost 20 years, DC Comics has been struggling with the success of Kingdom Come. While the events of that series have now been shuffled off to an alternate Earth (thank you, return of the Multiverse!), for awhile it appeared that Kingdom Come represented the future of the regular DCU. The 1998 mini-series event, The Kindgom, changed that.

The Kingdom followed a band of heroes from the future as they traveled back in time to prevent the events of Kingdom Come. Frankly, its stories were not very good, perhaps doomed by their inevitable comparison to Kingdom Come itself. Though most remember The Kingdom for its introduction of Hypertime, there's a better reason for Booster Gold fans to remember it: Planet Krypton.

The late 90s were a fallow period for the Corporate Crusader, and in this issue he returned to his roots as an up-an-coming businessman. Semi-retired from super-heroics, he's working to make a theme-restaurant celebrating Justice League memorabilia, Planet Krypton, a success. It's quintessential Booster Gold, supported by a healthy dose of writer Mark Waid's extensive knowledge of DC Universe history.

(Footnote: Despite Booster's best plans, Planet Krypton wouldn't last long. But then, it wasn't designed to. It turns out that Booster had a silent partner, someone named Rip Hunter, who had the restaurant built because it was centered on a unique position between timelines. It'd be another seven years before Booster and Rip Hunter teamed up again in the pages of 52.)

Planet Krypton is mostly concerned with the angst of a runaway bride named Rose and a tangential relationship with the "bigger" Kingdom storyline, but Booster Gold is the star here, a bright spot amid the rest of The Kingdom's muddled drek.

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