Booster Gold as envisioned by artist J.C. Grande:

You can see more of Grande's work under his alias johnnymorbius on DeviantArt.com.

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Booster Gold selected August 21, 1985, to make his public debut because he knew that was the day an assassin would make an attempt on the life of United States President Ronald Reagan. But what if Booster had chosen another red-letter day in American presidential history to make his debut?

Before election day, November 2, 1948, incumbent president Harry Truman was polling far behind his challenger, Thomas Dewey. No one outside of Truman's camp thought the President could pull out a second term. So remote were Truman's chances, that the Chicago Daily Tribune printed a headline declaring Dewey champion before the results were in.

Booster Gold could have earned a friend in high office and the general public alike if he'd arrived from the future and publicly thrown his support behind Truman, whose campaign against a "Do Nothing Congress" resonated with voters.

Of course, Truman's second term saw the Soviets get the Bomb, the war in Korean, McCarthy's Red Scare, and the Kefauver Committee against organized crime in America. Worse, 1948 saw the emergence of Fredric Wertham's campaign against super heroes. Maybe Booster decided that was all just too much trouble for one hero.

Or maybe a history student like Booster Gold preferred to make his debut closer to the dawn of the 90s, when technology would begin an unprecedented leap forward. It would be awfully hard for a guy with a robot sidekick to live in an era of vacuum tubes.

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It's too late to order for tomorrow's holiday, but if you're planning ahead for next year, know that Herostime.com is now offering a new Booster Gold "Film Version" costume.

Hmm. A female model for the "film version" Booster Gold? Do they know something we don't know?

(Disclaimer: I do not think they know something we don't know. This zentai costume appears to be based on the stylings of Booster's leather costume from Smallville. And it's not the first time that we've seen "film" versions of Booster's costume. Check out this post from 2012.)

Enjoy your Halloween.

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Given how often I see the design repeated in fan art, I cannot believe that no one voted for "teardrop" Skeets.

Last week's poll question: What's your preferred Skeets design? (42 votes)

It's demonstrable that celebrities bring attention to some good causes they choose to promote, but would we trust the word of a glory-hungry, fame-seeking spokesperson like Booster Gold when he asks us to donate our time and money to the latest cause of the week?

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We haven't seen Booster Gold anywhere since Bat-Mite #4. Don't expect that to change with today's Justice League 3001 #5.

However, we do know from the issue preview available at GraphicPolicy.com that Booster Gold and Blue Beetle will at least get a name drop (from Fire and Ice!).

Given the latest Booster drought — 84 days and counting — that's a good enough reason for me to pick up the issue.

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