With Justice League: Generation Lost finally wrapping up, it looks like Booster Gold is back to one appearance a month in his solo series. We've gotten spoiled after several months of 3, even 4 Booster Gold appearances in a month. So sad.
But what's with these persistent rumors that I keep hearing about an upcoming series...?
TGB posted on Apr. 28, 2011 at 4:35 PM Yeah but Flashpoint is going to have him to some extent, and theres the JLI one shot retrospective
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 28, 2011 at 6:47 PM I'm sorry. I didn't mean to imply that Booster was going to fade into obscurity. I'm sure we'll still see him elsewhere occasionally. But for the past year, it's been like clockwork.
I should also point out that we don't actually know that Booster will be appearing in any FLASHPOINT-related material other than his own title. If you look back at DC's recent crossover events, you'll notice that characters don't frequently cross between the tie-in properties. Don't expect that to change here. Booster might be seen in occasional cameos, but I doubt he'll be playing Waverider in this ARMAGEDDON 2001-like event of alternate timelines.
TGB posted on Apr. 28, 2011 at 6:54 PM Oh, you're right about that; the last year was pretty sweet that way. RE:Flashpoint... I'd expect a little more than what his role was in Blackest Night, for example.
Here comes the big finish! The final issue! The long-awaited battle between Booster Gold and Maxwell Lord! Justice League: Generation Lost #24 is scheduled to hit stands today (alongside Brightest Day #24), wrapping up the year-long mega-series. At 48 pages, it's 50% longer than the previous 23 issues, but at $4.99, it's also 66% more expensive. At least that's still cheaper than a gallon of gas! Buy it and make Skeets happy.
It seems like for the past few months, I've been inundated with messages exclusively about Smallville, so I'm kind of surprised that no one had called this fan film posted to YouTube at the end of February to my attention yet.
I love the idea of mimicking a low-budget 1986 video, but at least put a collar on Booster! The theme song by Kristopher Fulton is Boosterrific but also dangerously infectious! (I simply can't get it out of my head.)
The video was made by a group of fans and video students calling themselves Super Unofficial. The official Super Unofficial website is here, but you can find their related Booster Gold and other hero videos (including Black Canary, Superman, and the Shadow) at youtube.com/SuperUnofficial.
I trust that if you were a loyal Booster Gold fan, you saw him on TV with your other favorite superheroes on Friday night. It was pretty awesome seeing some hero-versus-hero action with Booster Gold and the Blue Beetle. And the fact that they were both vampires? Fantastic.
Of course I'm talking about Batman: the Brave and the Bold episode "Shadow of the Bat!" The episode was written by J.M. DeMatteis, who better to have scribe the adventures of the entire JLI, including Fire and Ice. And unlike some other shows on Friday night, this Blue Beetle didn't look like an oversized Go-Bot.
Speaking of that other show, Tv By The Numbers (tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com) reports that an estimated 2,230,000 people watched Booster Gold on Smallville this past week. I have to wonder how many million people in the world even knew who Booster was before that episode. Consider in comparison that even the top-selling comic books so rarely sell more than 100,000 copies of their best issue anymore! (And far, far fewer ever visit Boosterrific.com!)
Morgenstern posted on Apr. 26, 2011 at 4:04 AM There was an update on the site, and the adjusted ratings are a bit better than the first ones with 2.352 million viewers
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 26, 2011 at 4:46 AM Whoo hoo! That's 122,000 more people who may have been introduced to Booster Gold for the first time. That's nearly the total sales volume for the last 12 issues of BOOSTER GOLD alone.
Eyz posted on Apr. 27, 2011 at 4:34 AM DeMatteis' episode was pretty fun! Loved it! And Jaime and Booster interraction was pretty funny.<br /><br />I dunno.. You're kinda underestimating Booster's popularity with the sales number of issues, which isn't an accurate factor anymore nowadays.<br />1) Most people tend to buy trades now. Even I, a huge Booster fan only follow him through TPBs. (issues would be a pain to keep following on a regular basis for me for example)<br />Like buying a DVD/Bluray set at the end of TV shows' seasons<br />2) Let's not ignore the internet's impact and role. Deadpool wouldn't have become the superstar he is without it, not with his on-going only. So did Blue & Gold (you know who and what I'm talking about!)<br />3) And finally, internationally people don't follow superheroes with those same issues but with translated TPBs like these:<br />http://livre.fnac.com/a2897658/Batman-Batman-silence-Jim-Lee<br />http://livre.fnac.com/a2571480/Daredevil-100-Marvel-T16-Daredevil-Ed-Brubaker<br />And they even end up being amongst the best selling comics of the month in France (country of many other local comics)<br /><br />Personally I only watched this Smallville episode for Booster, I haven't watched any since season ~2 (okay, that's not true, I've seen the Absolute Justice one too)<br /><br />We could be looking at 2,000,000+ Booster fans here!
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 27, 2011 at 2:30 PM True, my information is limited exclusively to the audience in America. I do not know of a way to judge Booster's popularity elsewhere. He could be a huge star, and I not know it. He does seem to have a lot of fans in Western Europe.
Deadpool is a poor example for comparison. The character has been exceedingly popular since his introduction in the early 90s. His current popularity may or may not be based on a wave of internet talk, but he was appearing regularly in books selling nearly 1 million copies back in the 90s, when X-Men and and Liefeld's X-Force were real market forces. He has since had several mini-series and multiple ongoing series. He is a star of a different magnitude, and has been since before the internet was a household word.
I am sure that far more than 2 million people have encountered Booster Gold through comic books in the past 26 years. However, I believe that the audience for SMALLVILLE is not exactly the same as the comic buying audience. It is proven that television and movie appearances do not significantly affect comic sales, so it would appear that television/movie watchers are not comic buyers (other than those who are already buying). Therefore, I expect that many of those who watched the episode were seeing Booster -- who has spent most of his career as a background player in comic books -- for the first time. That's a good thing.
Eyz posted on Apr. 28, 2011 at 4:43 AM But a lot of us probably turned on in this episode, like we did for the Absolute Justice episode, just to check how our favorite character was treated there.<br /><br />Anyway, yeah, we're probably both right to some extend!<br /><br />(as for Deadpool, I don't remember a lot of people following his Gail Simone era nor the Cable & Deadpool on-going, but in the meantime, his popularity re-raised in recent years thanks to tons of silly memes, internet talk and such! which I'm sure had an impact on both Marvel bringing his book back, and surfing on that movement, made him appear all over, be it in comics, games and cartoons!)
Eyz posted on Apr. 22, 2011 at 5:47 PM Finally! Can't hardly wait!
Jesse posted on Apr. 22, 2011 at 5:59 PM Beer in the fridge, pizza ordered for 7pm and phone off. I'm ready for Booster's Live action premiere. It only took 25 years.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 22, 2011 at 6:48 PM For those of you on the West Coast, note that Booster is also in tonight's episode of BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD ("Shadow of the Bat!") on Cartoon Network. It's a double Booster Shot on TV tonight!
Eyz posted on Apr. 25, 2011 at 8:06 AM The JLI/Bat-dracula episode by DeMatteis was pretty awesome!<br />Loved it!<br /><br />Booster had some nice itnerraction with Jaime/Beetle^^
arthurmacarthur posted on Apr. 12, 2012 at 2:36 PM LOVED Booster on Smallville ..one of their best interpretations yet..
