We're reliving the glorious 1990s today as Booster Gold makes yet another internet list: The 16 Worst 90s Superhero Redesigns at popcrunch.com. I'm not saying that I agree with everything on that list -- I kind of enjoyed electric Superman -- but Booster's mechanical armor? Yeah, that was bad. (It was, of course, supposed to be bad. But not in the same self-referential way that Azrael/Batman was supposed to be bad.)

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Despite the explosion of Lego out of the toybox and into the collectible market, the Danish toy giant hasn't gotten around to giving us DC minifigs outside of the Batman mythos just yet. Thankfully, customlegominifigs.com has your Booster Gold needs covered with their custom decal sheet for DC heroes. You can buy the sheets through their eBay store and assemble your own blocky Justice League. Sorry, but you'll have to build your own Skeets.

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Ah, Cartoon Network, you mess with my head again. Friday night's episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold was advance teased as an episode featuring the Birds of Prey. But what actually aired was "The Menace of the Madniks," a Booster Gold episode in which Booster and Batman argue over which hero is really Ted Kord's best friend. This Boosterrific episode was scheduled to air next week, giving me some time to warn Booster Gold fans about it. Curse you, Cartoon Network, and your unreliable scheduling!

"The Menace of the Madniks" is a bit of a continuity nightmare, really. The episode re-writes Ted's death as a heroic self-sacrifice to stop a missile, merges aspects of Blue Beetle I and II, and renames Steve Ditko's chaotic Madmen the "Madniks," probably to avoid any confusion with the more familiar Madman comic character by Mike Allred. The biggest flaw in the episode is that it whitewashes the legacy of the Blue Beetle by portraying Ted Kord as a saint, ignoring the hijinks that made the character so popular in the 80s & 90s.

Despite these changes, it's a very fun episode. (Are there any Brave and the Bold episodes that aren't?) I highly recommend it.

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If last week's New York Comic Con didn't wear you out, consider checking out FallCon 2010 from 10AM to 4PM tomorrow at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Fallcon is already superior to New York Comic Con simply because Minnesota native, Booster Gold-creator, and all-around-great-guy Dan Jurgens is on the guest list. I'll take quality over quantity any day.

More details can be found at the Midwest Comic Book Association website.

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I just picked up The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection cd. I open the case for the first time to put the cd in my computer's cup holder, and lo and behold, who do I find looking up at me from the back tray card under the cd but the Corporate Crusader and all of his DC pals.

DC's 75th anniversary, indeed! Jemm, Son of Saturn, meet Catman! I bought the cd for the music, but I'm in love with it for the interior art.

What's not to like about any cd that comes with its own comic artist credits? Pencils: Adam Dekracker, Brett Breeding, Ryan Sook, Jon Bogdanove, Ian Churchill, Craig Hamilton, Jonboy Meyers, Matthe Clark, Tom Derrinick, Mike McKone, Admira Wijayai. Inks: Brett Breeding, Ryan Sook, Joe Rubenstein. Colors: Raul Trevino, Dave McCaig, Ryan Kinnard, Richard Horie.

Hard core DC junkies may recognize this image as very similar to one that circulated a few months ago as a promotional image for Warner Brothers Consumer Products. There have been a few changes from that image, including but not limited to Booster Gold moving to a more prominent position behind Batman (location, location, location!) and Aquaman being re-drawn. For more details on the original, head over to the archive at onceuponageek.com.

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