Today kicks off the 32nd Annual Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois. The event will run throughout the weekend and will feature such guests as Noel Neill (TV's second Lois Lane) and artist Carmine Infantino. Official site information can be found here.

The above image comes from Action Comics #594 (1987), wherein Metropolis celebrates the first post-Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman Day, including the unveiling of a Superman statue with arms akimbo. The "real world" Superman Celebration began in 1978, and the modern statue in the town square was installed in 1993. As of yet, no android duplicate of a rival hero has crashed the annual Illinois event hoping to destroy Superman with a chunk of Kryptonite. As of yet.

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Another double-Booster Shot of Booster Gold today, as both Booster Gold, Volume 2, #33 and Justice League: Generation Lost #3 hit stands today. Buy them both and make Skeets happy.

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This weekend I found two posts by bloggers who note Booster Gold's growing importance to the DC Universe. The first is by erin_starlight, who makes the case that Booster Gold is the leader of the reassembled JLI. The second is by Keith Davis, who has counted Booster appearances in June and concluded that the only character more relevant to current DC publications is Batman. Here's to unscientific studies that support the greatness of Booster Gold!

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Some changes have been made to the Boosterrific.com host server environment. While the site passed tests this weekend, it is still possible that there are bugs lurking in the shadows. If anyone encounters anything out of the ordinary, back away slowly and notify the proper authorities at webmaster at boosterrific dot com. (As usual, I suspect that if anyone encounters any errors, it will be Harry. He has a special talent.) We apologize in advance for any possible inconvenience.

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There's a rumor running around out there that the DC-owned Vertigo characters may soon be back in the DC Universe. Good idea or bad idea, I don't know, but I could totally get behind a story where Booster Gold tries to hang with John Constantine. After all, both characters have already been to Hell and back, an achievement not just any hero can claim.

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