Keith Callbeck posted on Mar. 21, 2014 at 4:24 PM
Booster's Canadian status isn't a right or wrong. Editorial wanted him Canadian probably so JLI wasn't so American-heavy, Jurgens never put it on paper and JLI ended.

Didio said on twitter in Aug 2013 "given Booster is from the far future, its unclear whether there are country borders them."(sic)

Jurgens told me something similar when JLI was running but since it was never put in an issue he has recanted.

Presently all we can say about Booster is that he's awesome.

- signed, Canada's biggest Booster Gold fan

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Mar. 21, 2014 at 6:52 PM
Yes, Booster is awesome, but you'd never know it except for reading his adventures as published by his owner, DC Comics. If they made a character and called him Awesome-Man, you wouldn't have just taken their word for it, would you?

It is a fact that nowhere in published canon is Booster's nationality described as anything other than American.

No matter what DC planned or plans, nothing changes the established fact. Nothing will change that until DC publishes an "in-continunity" story that declares Booster to be anything other than American.

Dan DiDio says a lot of things. He often says things that are intentionally misleading if he thinks it will sell more comic books. It's his job. Even when he speaks the truth about his intentions, things often change between his first statement and eventual publication.

This is not a question of opinion or interpretation or intentions. In canon, Superman is not Jewish although his creator Jerry Siegel thought so. Batman is not gay although Grant Morrison said so a few years back. In both cases, those creators had opinions about their characters that were not printed, and should not be considered canon, especially in that they run contrary to their established adventures as published.

I am not advocating that Booster must remain American. I am not calling anyone a liar. I am not criticizing anything about Canada or the artists or editors who work for DC Comics. I am not telling anyone what to believe.

You are as welcome to think of Booster as Canadian as you are to think that Booster and Beetle were lovers. Just be clear that the facts do not support such an interpretation in the DC Universe.

Therefore, Lemire is wrong in stating that Booster is Canadian. If he has a problem being wrong about that, he is in position to correct it, either by changing his statements or changing Booster's nationality in the stories he writes.

Eyu posted on Mar. 20, 2014 at 2:14 PM
I try at least once a day.

Just because.

*keeps dreaming of sudden news*
My ideal at this point would be the SURPRISE announcement of the Booster TV Series for next fall... sigh... if only...

Eyz posted on Mar. 20, 2014 at 2:14 PM
By the by this is *Eyz

just slipped on a keyword

Tinuvial posted on Mar. 19, 2014 at 1:40 PM
Well....at least that means we'll be saving money by NOT buying any DC comics or very few at the least. Depending on how they treat the return of Ted Kord, that might get a few dollars from me.

As always hope springs eternal.

Freytaw posted on Mar. 20, 2014 at 8:44 AM
O.M.A.C. had got a good critic succes if not a sale success... Maybe they counting on it. The real problem is, there is no chance for titles like that, because "people" only want Batman and Batman again... (and maybe a bit of Justice League). Surely, I am hating "people". Because if there is an original on-going Booster Gold series, nobody (expect the few of us), will care about it. DC try to adapt to his public, and the public is so freaking bad right now... I would expect the contrary... and they try it, a little bit, but not enough apparently.

Tinuvial posted on Mar. 18, 2014 at 11:37 AM
Gotta love the kid look on our favorite duo. Here's hoping for even more JL8 appearances from da Blue and Gold!