Wednesday, December 1, 2010
A Mayfairstivus for the Rest of Us! Day 1
Boosterrific.com welcomes you to the first day of Mayfairstivus, an 8-day celebration of Mayfair Games' DC Heroes Role-Playing Game from the 1980s. (Before you ask: yes, the timing of Myfairstivus to coincide with Hanukkah is entirely intentional.)
The DC Heroes Role-Playing Game was first released in 1985. The game proved popular, and a second, expanded edition was printed in 1989 that incorporated changes to the DC Universe following the Crisis on Infinite Earths. This second edition added significantly to the rules of play as well as updating the pre-constructed licensed characters, including Booster Gold who received his own "illustrated character card" as one of the 75 included in the second edition box set.
As Mayfair Games changed ownership over the years, the rights to the game have become a tangled mess, harder to unravel than Hawkman continuity. While the game may be lost to time, it is certainly not forgotten. We will be exploring Booster Gold's role within the game in coming days during this grand Mayfairstivus holiday!
More Booster Gold Mayfairstivus goodness to come tomorrow. Meanwhile, celebrate Mayfairstivus season with these other fine DC blogs:
The Anti-Didio League of America
The Aquaman Shrine
Comics Make Me Happy!
The Continuity Blog
DC Bloodlines
Diana Prince as The New Wonder Woman
Doom Patrol: My Greatest Adventure #80
Firestorm Fan
Flash: Speed Force
Girls Gone Geek
Green Lantern Corps: The Indigo Tribe
Hawkman: Being Carter HallÂ
Justice League Detroit
Martian Manhunter vs. The Idol-Head of Diabolu
Once Upon A Geek
Power of the Atom
Subject: Suicide Squad [Task Force X]
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
When Capitalism Meets Altruism
Tony "G-Man" Guerrero has posted an article, "Off My Mind: Should Superheroes Get Corporate Sponsors?", on comicvine.com discussing the tricky relationship between the corporate world and the super hero. The article naturally spotlights Superman and Booster Gold. In fact, it was the very question of corporate sponsorships that inspired Dan Jurgens to create Booster in the first place. It can be no coincidence linking Booster Gold's endurance to the fact that the question of morally questionable corporate sponsorships is as relevant today as it was 25 years ago.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Cyber Monday Greetings from Thailand
In the spirit of Cyber Monday, I present this Booster-centric t-shirt found on eBay.com under the auction title "Mens T-shirt Super hero Skate Board dc man short W87 #M." (I found it while scouring eBay for "DC Heroes" for the DC Heroes RPG.) The seller, tamegems, is based in Bangkok, Thailand, and the item is very likely unlicensed. Booster would be pretty cheesed off to learn that someone somewhere was making money off his famous face without his permission.
The art for this t-shirt is pulled almost entirely from a one-panel splash introduction for "The Origin of Booster Gold" by Dan Jurgens, Andy Lanning, and Alex Sinclair as originally published in 52 Week 24 and hosted on DC's website, dccomics.com. Note the terrible lettering of the word "Superhero" cribbed from the "Superman" logo and the relocation of many of the buildings from the original to fill the extra space. I have no idea where those cars come from, but I think they make a nice touch for scale.
Despite that, I would have snapped up that sucker in an instant, but as is typical of international eBay auctions, the shipping was equal to the price of the shirt! Though the auction ended over the weekend, you may browse other wares offered by tamegems here.
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Generation Lost Volume 1 TPB on the Horizon
According to the latest DC solicitations at dccomics.com, the first collection of Justice League: Generation Lost will be released in February. The collected hardback will reportedly collect the first 12 issues, an usual number given that DC originally scheduled the series for 26 issues. Has the series plan been shortened to 24 issues?
The collection is advertised at 320 pages, and the first 12 issues have only 24 pages each, counting both covers for each issue. That leaves 32 pages of mystery bonus content if the book is really only collecting 12 issues or is actually 320 pages long. Most likely, the initial solicitation is wrong or incomplete. I guess we'll see what the real story is in February.
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
Ted Kord, Michael Jon Carter, and Scott Free enjoy a gridiron contest in Justice League International #14, 1988.
Enjoy your Turkey Day the Booster Gold way: with friends and a side of football! (Alien invasion optional.)
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