While I make an attempt to give a token response to whether or not I think any individual Booster Gold comic might be worth reading, I don't exactly review them. I leave that for the professionals.

And the professionals have spoken. Here are a smattering of reviews for Convergence Booster Gold #1 that have numbers attached to them (ratings have been adjusted to fit a 10-point scale for standardization)

ComicBookResources.com: 5/10
Comicosity: 9/10
ComicVine.com: 8/10
DCComicsNews.com: 8/10
IGN.com: 7.5/10
InfiniteComix.com: 6/10
MajorSpoilers.com: 8/10
Weird Science: 8/10
WeTheNerdy.com: 8.5/10

That averages out to a 7.5, or better than average. I'd certainly agree to that.

(Footnote: after I'd compiled that list above, I discovered that comicbookroundup.com had already done the exact same legwork. Good on them.)

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Presented as a Public Service Announcement:

That's Patrick Dean's suggestion for a do-it-yourself Booster Gold cosplay costume from his website, My Half Assed Cosplay Ideas. I certainly appreciate the work that he put into this, but most people will need to add a wig — or at least a rag mop head — to fully capture Booster Gold's thick and luxurious hair.

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In all the hullabaloo this week over Convergence Booster Gold #1, you may not have noticed that there was more new Booster Gold on the shelves of your Local Comic Shop this week.

No, I'm not talking about Booster's appearance in Convergence Blue Beetle, though you should buy that too. I'm talking about the addition of Booster Gold to the WizKids Dice Masters game!

This week saw the release of the DC Comics Dice Masters: Justice League set, which allows you to roll custom dice based on the logos of dozens of your favorite DC characters, including Booster Gold. Those are the six sides of Booster's cube pictured on the card above.

There are three versions of Booster in the set (common, uncommon, and rare), randomly included in the "booster" packs. (Sorry, but Booster isn't included in the starter set.)

So when you go to your LCS tomorrow for Free Comic Book Day, consider dropping a few bucks on a Dice Masters' booster. In addition to supporting your LCS — who I remind you do have to buy the comics they are giving you for free — you might just get lucky and take home a Booster Gold gaming cube of your very own.

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I've spent liberally during the first wave of these Convergence minis, but I've been keeping a list of which titles I'll be buying a second issue to. It's a very short list.

Last week's poll question: Has the price of the Convergence tie-ins influenced how many of them you are buying? (44 votes)

DC is in love with the variant cover these days. It must work to bring in higher sales numbers, otherwise why go through the trouble?

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Don't forget that the first issue of the Convergence: Booster Gold comes out today.

The issue has two covers (count 'em: two!) that retailers could order separately. While this theoretically means that there could be an even distribution of each, it's more likely that one will turn out to be a little rarer than the other.

Skeets demands that you drop what you are doing and go buy two copies of Convergence: Booster Gold #1 right now. (You can read one and seal the other in a time capsule to be opened in the 25th century!)

UPDATE 2015-04-30: SuperPat posted this notification in the comments below, but I've received enough emails about it that I should put this on the front page where everyone can see it: Booster Gold also appears in Convergence Blue Beetle #1.

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