You may recall that at the start of the year, I was gifted an unexpected Booster Gold sketch by Dan Jurgens.

Well, surprise, surprise. This past weekend, it happened again. My friend James has given me a sketch he commissioned for me from Booster Gold's original inker, Mike DeCarlo!

Isn't that swell?

This is the second time that James has gifted me a surprise commission. (See: Jeff Butler in 2022.) It sure is Boosterrific to have such a generous friend. Thanks, buddy.

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Just a few hours after Monday's blog post went live, Rob Snow wrote in to say

In a bit of sweet delicious irony, given todays blog post, I have a bit of Booster news. A new DC character guide dropped today. Booster has his own entry. Lol.

It turns out that the book Rob is talking about is exactly what he says it is: DC Ultimate Character Guide New Edition from DK and published by Penguin Random House. The "New Edition" part is important, because DK first released this book in 2011, then again in 2019. So technically this is the third edition (but who's counting?).

I note that the solicitation text on the publisher's page I linked to above calls this "The definitive encyclopedia to DC Comics characters." However, DK also publishes a book they explicitly title The DC Comics Encyclopedia (also in multiple editions), and that book really does a much better job of in-depth coverage of the DCU. By comparison, the Ultimate Character Guide is really a primer meant to familiarize younger audiences with the awesome DCU characters. No complaints about that; I'm just nitpicking hyperbolic sales jargon because I'm a grumpy old man.

Booster is featured in both of the previous editions of the DC Ultimate Character Guide as well as the newest new edition. The sales text also promises "Updated character profiles," though since I don't have all three books in front of me, I cannot tell you what that means for Booster's page. Not a lot, I'm guessing. Booster's big change in the past five years is the establishment of Blue & Gold Restoration in Blue and Gold. That's great, but if you have to boil down Booster's whole life story to just one page, it's really worth only a footnote of the "what he's up to now" variety.

I imagine that if you've got one of those previous releases, you probably don't need this. But need is kind of a funny word for us obsessive collector types, so do what you've gotta do, and I promise not to judge.

Thanks, Rob.

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It's 9:28 PM on Sunday night, and I'm sitting at my computer struggling to find something I judge to be worthwhile to post in the Boosterrific Blog. This has become a regular occurrence as of late, and I'm tired of it.

Given that DC Comics has banished Booster Gold to an alternate dimension thereby minimizing any chance we'll be seeing our hero in any new comic books for the foreseeable future, compounded by the fact that I'm tired of sorting through a constant churn of unfounded casting rumors for a currently non-existent television show to find genuine Booster Gold "news," I have come to the decision to stop posting three-times-a-week to this blog, at least until such time as Booster Gold returns to comics (or, I suppose, television).

To be clear, I am not abandoning the site. I plan to continue to post something at least once a week, probably on Wednesdays or Fridays (because most news breaks on weekdays). And if I see Booster Gold news that I think is genuinely worth drawing attention to, like new merchandise or commissioned art, I will definitely make additional posts. But it might be some time before I have three posts in a week again.

If you come up with something that you think should be shared with Booster Gold fans, you can always reach me via the Boosterrific Contact Form. If you see something, say something!

As always, thank you for your support.

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The Armageddon 2001 storyline ran through the DC annuals in 1991 as Waverider took peeks into potential futures for the heroes of the DCU in search of the one who would become the evil dictator Monarch.

It was Superman's turn in Superman Annual #3, where an increasingly tyrannical Man of Tomorrow is opposed by the freedom-loving Justice League International (with predictable results).

I also really like pages 38 and 44, but neither of those pages manages to work in quite so much delicious cheesecake.

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Since I was speaking of the Blot and McFarlane Toys on Monday, I might as well repost this:

I can't even begin to imagine what I would do with a box full of Booster Gold, but I'm happy you're happy, Blot.

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