Last night, I was "surfing the web" (just using that phrase probably tells you how old I am) for contemporary criticism of some movies I had recently watched. After reading a particularly un-insightful posting at a reasonably popular website, I noticed that the writer's byline defined them as a "content writer." I wish that had been at the top of the article instead of the bottom. It's pretty useful information.

A content writer is employed to do exactly what the title would suggest: provide content. They are unlikely to have a particular point of view or any special wisdom to share (in which case they'd have better writing jobs). They're usually artless pens-for-hire filling space, doing their best to capture eyeballs for whatever their corporate overlords are selling.

I was feeling resentful about being caught in that particular spiderweb, but then I thought: isn't that what I'm doing here at Boosterrific.com? Everything I write in this blog shamelessly germinates from the fundamental idea of drawing attention to Boosterrific.com. I hope that most of what I post is helpful to my fellow Booster boosters, but no one really needs any of this. I like to think I'm contributing to your quality of life, but aren't I really just adding to the trivial background noise that so often interferes with actual intellectual growth all for the sake of my own vanity?

If you really wanted to learn about Booster Gold, you could replace most of my blog content with some competent Googling. Or at least it could be Googled before Google replaced snippets of links with an unvetted AI summary of whatever the algorithm decided that you intended to Google instead. That's... not helpful. Especially when you're looking for something as niche as the minutia of Booster Gold super powers or costume quirks.

Hmm. Maybe, in the grand scheme of things, my blather is pointless. But maybe also not everything needs to have a point. Comic books, especially Booster Gold comic books, are fun; the more we can celebrate them, the better. So if you feel I wasted your time with this post, well, there will be another one on Wednesday.

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Early on in Time Masters #1, we are introduced to Rip Hunter's grandfather. The man we see is clearly not Booster Carter's father, but he very well could be Booster's father-in-law. (We still don't know who Booster will marry.)

But Booster boosters don't have to rely on retroactive continuity to find links to Booster Gold in the issue. Booster himself swoops in on page 15, and he is quickly given a demonstration of Hunter's latest experiments.

"Hard to trust anybody"? Hmm. Like father, like son.

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Booster booster Rob Snow has finally got his hands on the new McFarlane Super Powers Booster Gold figure, and he sent me this pic of our hero alongside his best bud, Blue Beetle!

Is that an optical illusion, or is Booster really half-a-head taller than Beetle? (According to Who's Who, Booster is 6' 5" while Beetle is 5' 11".) I asked Rob, who confirmed what my eyes had seen:

"Hes quite a bit taller. Had to scrunch him down into the Bug."

The only way they could be more comics-accurate is if Booster's Power Action was being airsick in the Bug!

Thanks for sharing, Rob.

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I was reading the DC Comics solicitations for November 2024 on AIPTComics.com with an eye out for Booster Gold, and the only publications that will definitely include our hero are Blue Beetle Volume 2, reprinting the second half of the just-canceled Blue Beetle series, and 52 Volume Two (2024 Edition), which is yet another reprint of the back half of the (very excellent) 2006 series. And neither of those books is actually being released in November.

So the question becomes "Will we see Booster Gold in any DC Comics in November?"

I think the likeliest place to find our hero might be Justice League Unlimited #1 coming from Mark Waid and Dan Mora on November 27, especially given that it's promoted as a new League comprised of "every hero championing the forces of good." Booster Gold certainly qualifies for that. (And I hope that promise means we'll be seeing more of the many, many other heroes so often squeezed off comic book racks to make room for more Batman titles.)

If not there, I can't begin to guess where else. Absent from the DCU since 2022's Dark Crisis, the Justice League is mentioned seemingly everywhere in November, playing some role in Action Comics #1077 (written by Mark Waid), Batman/Superman: World's Finest #33 (written by Mark Waid), and also in books not written by Mark Waid, including Black Lightning #1, The Question: All Along the Watchtower #1, Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #1, and Jenny Sparks #4.

Will any of those League appearances include a little Gold? I guess we'll find out in November.

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When we last visited my favorite pages, Booster Gold and his BFF had just spent all of the Justice League's money on an island casino that promptly went bankrupt. Oops.

That's a pretty big cliffhanger. However, this feature is supposed to present comics in chronological order of publication, which means I should be discussing Booster's appearance in Doom Patrol #29. But since I already posted the only 4 pages of that issue that feature Booster Gold here (my favorite being page 23), let's skip ahead to the good stuff: Justice League America #35, where Blue and Gold have to deal with the aftermath of their terrible, terrible idea.

Adam Hughes art, Giffen/DeMatteis action-adventure/sitcom... yeah, like I said, good stuff.

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