Monday, February 9, 2026
Better Late than Never
DC Comics recently posted to their social media feeds that "February marks 40 YEARS since the one and only Booster Gold first appeared." While I'm glad that DC is encouraging people to celebrate four decades of Booster Gold, like most things on social media, it's not true.
Yes, Booster Gold #1 has a February cover date, but cover dates are historically two months ahead of release date. Think of cover dates as "off sale" dates: they told newsstand owners when to pare down and return their unsold stock. In fact, despite the fact that newsstands are as old fashioned as pay telephones, if you look at the indicia in the back pages of current comics, DC continues to date their comics two-months ahead of actual release.
For the record, Booster Gold #1 was actually released to discriminating comic buyers in the nascent direct market in October 1985 (specifically October 29) and the general public at newsstands a month later (November 22). And we know that's true because Booster Gold creator Dan Jurgens said so.
Someone at DC might want to read up on their own publishing history.
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