Whatever happened to Booster Gold cosplayers?

A few years ago, when Booster was at the crest of his all-time popularity under the pen of Geoff Johns, there was a Booster at almost ever convention. Now we're lucky to spot a Booster once or twice a year.

The only costume I've seen so far in 2015 was worn by Mitch Slevc. But what we've lost in quantity, Mitch is making up in quality.

Back in February, Mitch was named king of the 2015 Nerd Prom in Denver, Colorado, when he attended dressed as Booster Gold. Pay attention, cosplayers: if you want to win, you should dress for the Gold!

You can read more about the event (and Mitch) at Westword.com. (Photo and article by Courtney Harrell.)

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Maybe I'm stuck in the 80s, but I think nothing looks cooler than Booster Gold's original high collar.

This good looking hero comes to us by way of Chris Kasmar. You can find more of his superhero sketches under the pseudonym cmkasmar on DeviantArt.com.

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As I mentioned earlier this week, DC Comics is giving readers a recap of important events in the life of the stars of its Convergence mini-series. ComicsAlliance.com has the recap that will be appearing in Convergence: Booster Gold:

find a larger version at ComicsAlliance.com

I'm guessing the reason that all of Booster's pre-52 adventures are ignored is because this mini-series book will focus on time-shenanigans, not straightforward super-adventure, so readers will need to be brought up to speed on DC's time cop. But the pages offer an alternate suggestion for the omissions: Booster Gold doesn't remember them.

As we learned in Booster Gold: Futures End, the Booster Gold whose adventures we've followed since he was introduced to the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths DC Universe still exists outside of time. According to these pages, Booster Gold returned from Flashpoint to Vanishing Point, where the changes in time caused him to forget his past. This explains the Booster we saw in All-Star Western. (That he was wearing the wrong costume can be attributed to artist error [though the truth probably lies closer to editorial retcon].)

These pages also reinforce that "our" Booster never merged with the New 52 Universe. The Booster Gold of the New 52 Universe was "created" on the Earth-Prime of the post-Flashpoint multiverse. His first appearance is in Justice League International #1, and his history deviates significantly from that of "our" Booster Gold. He never befriended Ted Kord or joined the JLI or had his own sidekick named Goldstar, and he's certainly never met anyone named Max Lord or Gladys.

Of course, two pages are hardly enough to answer all the outstanding questions about the multiple Booster Golds and their transition to the New 52 — are there two versions of Rip Hunter? What is NuBooster Gold's history? Will we ever meet the New 52 version of Skeets? — but maybe we'll get a few more answers when Convergence: Booster Gold #1 is released in three weeks.

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If even die-hard Booster Gold fans won't buy comics just because Booster Gold is on the cover, who will?

Last week's poll question: Will you buy a comic just because Booster Gold is on the cover? (54 votes)

Convergence seems to be all about DC's version of Secret Wars, so which versions of Booster Gold do we want to see meet one another?

For reference, these are the Boosters I'm talking about:

• The Alliance Booster Gold seen in Justice League America Annual #10 (1996)
  
• Justice Riders Booster Gold (1997)
  
• "Greatest Story Never Told" Booster Gold from Justice League Unlimited (2004)
  
• Black Booster Gold from Tangent: Superman's Reign (2008)
  
• Live-action Booster Gold from Smallville (2011)
  
• Rooster Gold (2014) of Earth-C-Minus

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The first thunderstorm of the season rolled through yesterday evening, and it took my modem and router with it. That means no post today because I am not typing any more than necessary from my phone. Enjoy April Fools day without me.

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