If you've bought a physical copy of a DC Comic published in the last two weeks, you've probably seen this:

If you've been looking forward to it, tomorrow is the day. BleedingCool.com has the preview.

It should also be noted that DC's latest reprint of 52, the "Omnibus Hardcover 2022 Edition," is also due out this week for a paltry $175. I was going to make fun of that price, but on second thought, maybe I should bite the bullet and buy this. My original comics are getting awfully worn out from repeated readings.

Buy a Booster Gold comic and make Skeets happy.

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After Booster Gold was portrayed so heroically in his first issue, Booster Gold volume 1, number 2 really delivers the gut punch that maybe he's not really all that he's pretending to be. He starts face down in the gutter, his friends chew him out for his failures, it becomes clear his family is lost to him forever, and the issue ends with the death of his sidekick. What a downer!

Yet, in the midst of all that, we get one of the best Booster Gold pages in the character's history:

If you don't love that, you're reading the wrong blog!

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Serious question: how long is long enough before something should no longer be considered a story spoiler?

Case in point: it's been nearly 2 months since the release of Blue and Gold #8 in which we learned the secret identity of one of Booster Gold's longest-running foes.

Is 2 months long enough that I can now update the site with the character's secret identity without spoiler warnings? Or should I at least wait until after the trade collection is released in September? Or maybe longer?

What do you think?

This week's poll question: Can I publicly discuss the Black Beetle's identity without a spoiler warning? Please visit the Boosterrific Polls page to view results for this week's poll.

UPDATE 2022-07-19: The results of this poll indicate that you overwhelmingly think that it's been long enough. While I *want* to talk about this, I don't *need* to talk about it yet, so I think I'll try to wait until the trade is released. The big reveal is a fun part of the series, and I really don't want to ruin it for anyone who doesn't want it ruined.

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Look who's on another cover!

cover art by Travis Moore

Dreamer might be the "breakout" guest star here, but Booster Gold (and Blue Beetle) sure know how to crash a party. Look at how Booster's placement overlaps the title; what an opportunist. No one photobombs better than Booster Gold.

Booster was seen in a different "fractured glass" motif in the final pages of Flashpoint Beyond #3, but I like the cover of Superman: Son of Kal-El #13 better... because it's a cover. Gotta keep Booster in front of his adoring public, you know!

Does Booster appear inside the issue? He's not seen anywhere in the issue preview on AIPTcomics.com, but that's only the first 5 of a 22 page issue. The only way to find out if there's more will be to buy it and make Skeets happy.

UPDATE 2022-07-12: Booster is seen nowhere between the covers of Superman: Son of Kal-El #13. Sorry to get anyone's hopes up. Better luck next week.

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By my count, Booster Gold has appeared in over 770 comics. That's a lot of pages!

I think it'll be fun — and maybe even enlightening — to give them another look, one page per book, in chronological order of publication, in a new series I'm calling:

There's no better place to start than where it all started, on the first page of Booster Gold volume 1, number 1, released on October 29, 1985.

You might be surprised that I chose as my favorite page from his first appearance one that has so little actual Booster Gold in it. What can I say? I'm a sucker for metatextuality in fiction.

From the moment I picked this issue out of a convenience store magazine rack in early 1986, I've always loved that the first Booster Gold comic book opens on the idea of a Booster Gold comic book, specifically a comic book that publisher Skip Blaze hopes will save his entire company. Though I didn't realize it at the time, that's an especially bold start for a character designed to break the mold of what DC Comics was known for producing.

Fortunately for Booster boosters everywhere, Skip Andrews' (and Dan Jurgens') big gamble in 1985 sure has paid off.

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