I have a dilemma, and I could use your feedback, Booster boosters. Let me explain.

When I first started the Boosterrific! Database in 2007, I intended it to track every Booster Gold appearance in a DC Comics comic book. At that time, I made no allowance for non-unique Booster Gold appearances, by which I mean advertisements, mostly DC house ads and other promotional backmatter.

Eventually figuring that few people ever collect every instance of an advertisement (and realizing that it's impractical for me to track down and buy hundreds of comics just so I can look through them for ads), I decided about a decade ago that it would be this site's policy going forward to not track non-unique appearances in the database but to indicate them, when known, as part of the Boosterrific! Advertisements page. That system works well enough, and I'm happy with it.

However, as a result of my original oversight and prior to my decision to intentional exclude them, some comics which contain only non-unique appearances have been included in the Boosterrific! Database, most visibly in cases featuring the 1985 advertisements of Booster Gold's debut appearance such as DC Challenge #4.

And now I find that discrepancy bothering me.

The solution seems binary. Either A) I change my position again and add books with just non-unique appearances to the database, or B) I remove the existing books with only non-unique appearances from the database.

Which brings me to you, the loyal Boosterrific visitor. Before I make my decision and make some pretty big changes to the database, which do you think I should do? A or B?

Please let me know in the comments below or via the Boosterrific! Contact page.

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