It is always worth remembering that if you work hard and don't give up, you will find second chances in life. For example, after a 23-year wait, Dan Jurgens got a second chance to write a series named for the character he created.

Booster Gold had been a peripheral team player ever since his first volume was cancelled following Millennium in 1987. But after the character's star turn in the wake of Infinite Crisis and 52, he got a second chance at stardom in a second Booster Gold series.

The new title was written by the pairing of fan-favorite writer Geoff Johns and movie producer Jeff Katz who quickly established a new paradigm for the "Greatest Hero You've Never Heard Of." When the time came — in the series' second year — for Johns and Katz to move on to greener pastures, the reins were finally turned back over to Booster's original scribe.

Jurgens' first Volume 2 issue was Booster Gold #15, released on this day in 2010. It didn't take him long to re-establish the sibling rivalry he invented decades earlier.

Just like old times!

Eleven years later, Jurgens is now working on yet another Booster Gold title. Perseverance pays off, kids.

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The legendary artist George Pérez has drawn a lot of comics, but he will probably always be most associated with 1985's Crisis on Infinite-Earths, indubitably the best showcase for his inimitable ability to depict an entire multiverse of characters in a single panel.

Booster Gold, being the first character to debut in the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths DC Universe, arrived too late to appear under Pérez's pencil at the time, but Pérez has managed to squeeze Booster into a few adventures in the decades since:

History of the DC Universe #2 (1986)

War of the Gods #4 (1991)

JLA/Avengers #1 (2003)

JLA/Avengers #3 (2003)

Brave and the Bold #6 (2007)

Each a masterpiece! Thanks for all the great work, George.

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Some comic creators run out of ideas. Not Ross Pearsall, whose superhero team-up Super-Team Family Presents... blog is at issue 3523 and counting!

Conan's creator, Robert E. Howard, created the mythical Hyborian Age as a lost prehistoric era occurring sometime during the Neolithic period, around 10,000 BCE. It would be an interesting period for Booster to visit, where his advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic (to coin a phrase).

Here's to 3500 more issues, Ross!

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Another thing spotted this week on Twitter:

I'd say that was supposed to be Booster Gold, Skeets, Jaime Reyes, and Khaji Da (together known as the Blue Beetle), but the tweet explicitly says there are only two "characters" there, so I must be wrong.

Looking at dcheroesandvillains.com, I see that DC Heroes & Villains is a puzzle RPG game (like Puzzle Quest?) being created by JamCity and Ludia for mobile devices that will be released... sometime in the future. Cool. That means I haven't missed anything yet.

I'll have to start paying attention to its progress. Maybe one of these days, they'll finally tell me who those two guys are.

Thanks to Logan Peterson for alerting me that this might interest Booster boosters.

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For the second issue in a row, Booster Gold makes a flashback cameo appearance in Human Target #2.

If there's a negative to Greg Smallwood's art, it's that the book has the feel of a 1960s style despite taking place in the modern era. It's a small negative. Smallwood's work here is inspired, especially the title pages.

And speaking of retro styling, the best thing about Booster Gold making an appearance inside the first two issues is that it means that I didn't buy both issues for the variant covers alone.

If its is a game for 8 players, shouldn't there be 8 Justice Leaguers on the cover? Is Mister Miracle trapped inside the box?

Buy this issue's alternate cover and make Skeets happy.

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