Tuesday, August 26, 2025
After making a surprise cameo appearance in June's Superman #27, Booster Gold wasn't in last month's Superman #28. But he's definitely going to be on the cover of September's Superman #30. So the question is: Will he be in tomorrow's Superman #29?
BleedingCool.com has a preview, and Booster's not in that. But Time Trapper is, and in that preview, Time Trapper excuses himself to go face the Dark Legion in another book which turns out to be Justice League Unlimited #10. Unfortunately, Booster's not in that preview either.
Booster has to appear in at least one of those books, right? I'll keep you posted.
UPDATE: Rob Snow tells us Booster *is* in Superman #29. Thanks, Rob!
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SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I am continuing to lay odds on him showing up in the last couple pages of Superman. We'll see!
Rob snow posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Welp. Not in JLU 10.
Rob snow posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
He is in Superman 29 nearing the end...no spoilers
Rasalonn posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I have been talking to guys on Facebook. And it seems they are reading a different event. They claim booster gold has been all over the place in comics since the all in one shot. Am I missing something. When I joked he has been seen in months out side of single pages. They said I am missing alot. Could he be disguised as some one else?
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
@Rasalonn "Could he be disguised as someone else?" Sure. It's comics. Anything is possible. But I think they're trolling you.
SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Trust me, if he was anywhere, Walter would know about it. LOL! But I kinda mostly called it. I continue to want to wrap him in blankets and like-- stick him in front of a buffet and therapist, poor guy.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Over 3000 different keywords/phrases have been used over the years here on the Boosterrific! Blog, some obviously more often than others. Some of them are recurring categories, perhaps first and foremost among them being "solicitations" and "new releases," which alert Booster boosters to upcoming and new Booster Gold appearances in comic books.
Select few recurring items over the years have earned their own banner images. Click on any of the following banners to see their associated posts.
And one more for a series that should have a banner but doesn't...
Thanks for reading!
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SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I should seriously sit down and read all these. In fairness, though, you've got such a huge amount of interesting material that it might take me a few years. LOL!
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's *my* fault that I've been blogging about Booster Gold for 15 years? Wowser. Some days you just can't win.
Eskana posted on Aug. 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I love these banners... and the changing Booster-related advertisements that show up on this site! You have great attention to detail and design *thumbs up*
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Thanks, Eskana. You can see all the ad banners on one pace at https://www.boosterrific.com/ads.php .
Back before Apple killed Flash, several of the early banners were interactable SWFs. (Once upon a time, the Web was a fun place. Then the trolls took over....)
SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@Walter - Well, who else is there to blame? XD
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
SLW has brought it to my attention that for a second time in three months, a comic book depicted a Booster Gold doll. That book: Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1.
In the story, Superman is suffering from purple kryptonite poisoning and is experiencing time out of order. The comic represents this by presenting the panels out of order (which is a clever bit of metatext, but isn't a great reading experience).
As a public service, here are the four panels which depict Booster Gold in chronological order of events:
Page 23, Panel 1
Page 21, Panel 3
Page 22, Panel 2
Page 23, Panel 2
Hmm. That looks kind of like a Booster Gold Troll doll. I sure hope Booster is getting a cut of all these Booster Gold-themed products.
Thanks, SLW.
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SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's a pretty neat bit of meta sleight-of-hand, the lost time traveler showing up (even in doll form) during a temporally screwy sequence, I gotta admit. It's more clever than I'd normally expect.
BT posted on Sep. 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Just a fun BTS fact: in the original script Prince posted on instagram, Booster was mentioned by name! https://imgur.com/a/aeGlB3j
Monday, August 18, 2025
The latest solicitations are out at AIPTComics.com, and it doesn't look like DC Comics is giving Booster Gold fans any reason to buy new comics in November.
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SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I hear his plushie-self got a brief cameo in that Superman Kryptonite Spectrum thing. Which makes it twice now one of those showed up and increased my burning need for one, though the first one was cuter.
Friday, August 15, 2025
There are people who frequent this site who do not care for Dan Jurgens' Justice League run. A recent commenter complained that the run is "essentially either an unimaginative retread of past stories or a vehicle for his absolute hero worship of Superman." I have to admit, that's not inaccurate.
Everyone can like what they like, of course, but I will point out that during his run, Jurgens was aware enough of exactly this criticism that his Justice League America #66 is 22 pages of team infighting while former Leaguers complain about how rotten everything has gotten. And then they worship Superman.
In light of the "things were better back in my day" theme of the issue, I particularly like this page that hints that when no one is looking, the Blue and Gold team aren't quite the pair of doofuses they play on TV.
Speaking only for myself, I think this issue is pretty good. But then, I tend to enjoy Superman hero worship, so I'm the target audience. You do you.
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Rob snow posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Im the complete opposite. I loved this run. One of my comfort food collections. Mostly because lot of the arcs are Beetle-centric. Hes the hero in most of the conflicts. And Boosters personal trials are deep
Brandon posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I found Jurgens' JLA run to be bland.
He tried to walk the line between the original humorous tone of the book and a more traditional action oriented tone. Trying to please both fan bases.
A reasonable approach, but one that often winds up pleasing nobody
SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Aw, Walter, you can name me if you want to. I agree on this page! I like it too! And I don't think that every single page of Jurgens' run on JLA was bad. I just don't think the man deserves to sit pretty on any unearned pedestals, and in terms of how he handled the JLI-- he most definitely does not. But he did have moments in it I liked quite a lot.
But I think him writing Booster as a caveman is pretty awful; I absolutely think Booster's own creator should have respected his characterization more, especially since Dan himself established some of the more charming parts of it in Vol. 1. I do think Dan turning Ice into some vapid fangirl was lousy. And, as I think I mentioned, he ignored most -- if not all -- of Guy's better traits. (Bear in mind that I think Giffen and DeMatteis did a pretty bad job with Ted Kord and Guy Gardner too, though. I hardly venerate them, either.)
In fairness, I think I had also pointed out that I too appreciated Ted Kord being treated as less of a joke. If I didn't, I should have.
Dan's big problem was a lack of imagination. As Brandon says above, he tried to thread the line between the funny sitcom-style humor preceding him and the more traditional rock 'em-sock 'em comic plotting. Thing is: Dan's really only funny when he's channeling his dry wit. I think that's probably the midwesterner in him, because boy, I can recognize that tone.
He could have probably leveraged that, instead of trying -- and failing -- to find the humor in team dynamics. Mostly, everyone kind of comes across as actively disliking one another in his run, with rare exceptions. Aside when they're getting beaten half to death by Doomsday, you don't really get the feeling his version of the JLI is a family, and remain such even when they argue, which is something Giffen and DeMatteis did right.
Max Lord was also sort of ill-used. He'd reached a fairly good spot at the end of Breakdowns, as a character, only for Superman to charge in and treat him poorly. Another fan I talk with said she's surprised he didn't go full villain right around then, and honestly-- so am I. When you go from J'onn J'onzz calling you a good man to Superman in your face on the team you built -- regardless of original motivation -- that's a pretty mean kick in the crotch.
I do appreciate your point of view, Walter. You have indeed made me take second looks at things I might not have without you. I hope you don't feel my POV is a shot at you, as I'd never want to do that or to make you feel like I am.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
@SLW No need for any apologies. I don't take your opinions on Jurgens body of work as a personal attack. A diversity of viewpoints can be enlightening. (I should also probably mention that I wasn't trying to call you out on this. If I was going to take issue with your commentary, I'd have done it directly in private. I just thought it was interesting that your recent comments were pretty aligned with this particular issue.)
SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fair enough! I'm glad; I think if I didn't find some of Dan's creativity to be genuinely brilliant, I probably wouldn't get so nettled by where I believe his failures to be. And even though I quite like Superman as a character, I'm way more apt to get starry-eyed over Captain Marvel, which probably doesn't help when the Superman hero worship feels especially thick. 🤣 I mean, even beyond their fraught history and DC's constant foundering with knowing how to handle Cap.
