FYI: Late last week I traded emails with Todd Klein, longtime professional comic book letterer. (You can find his blog here, chock full of interesting comic book tidbits.) Todd confirmed that he was the original designer of the first Booster Gold masthead logo, and Rob Leigh designed the modern masthead logo. Everyone thank Mr. Klein for his contribution to the greatest character on this website.

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Over the weekend I added over a dozen new books to the database. Most of these were missed Booster appearances I dug out from some lingering uncategorized boxes in my collection, including such nuggets as Blasters Special and Action Comics Annual #4 (which I am embarrassed to have missed previously, as Booster appears on almost every page). So I can definitely say that the site is more complete than ever before! Maybe I should change the masthead?

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I've decided I need to add all issues from 1985-1986 containing DC house advertisements for the original Booster Gold series to the database here at Boosterrific. (It was an early decision not to include them, and I'm just now reversing myself.) I know that the ad was a DC house ad that ran in books cover-dated February 1986. However, I don't know if it ran in every book that month. For example, the DC house ad on page 12 of Booster Gold #1 that month was for 'Mazing Man. Therefore, I need to put my hands on every book released that month and confirm its presence. The following books have been confirmed to carry the house ad:

• Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer #1
• Batman #392
• Batman and the Outsiders, Vol. 1, #30
• Crisis on Infinite Earths #11
• DC Challenge #4
• Detective Comics #559

If anyone of you out there reading this were to come across any other issues, please let me know. You will, of course, receive proper credit for any instances that you turn up that are not already in the database. Thanks for the help.

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Part detective, part Maury Povich, blogger Russell Burlingame offers some tantalizing theories about the potential identity of Rip Hunter's mother over on Newsarama.

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Booster Gold, Volume 2, #29 hits stands today. Buy it and make Skeets happy.

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