Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Do They Even Still Make Comics?
[While re-reading the post I originally created for today, I decided that it was too negative. So I have decided to delete that and instead repost this picture of a Booster Gold-themed stuffed bunny I first ran in 2013. Have a nice day.]
source: etsy.com/shop/StitchyButton
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Monday, February 17, 2025
I Stand By My 5 Stars
SLW is reviewing comics, including the first DC issues of both Blue Beetle and Booster Gold's 1980s standalone titles, at boldlyreading.substack.com. Since there hasn't been any new Booster Gold news to see around here lately, why not go check it out?
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Friday, February 14, 2025
My Favorite Pages: Justice League Quarterly 6
As a general rule for this series, I skip issues in which Booster Gold appears on only a page or two, but I'm going to make an exception for Justice League Quarterly #6 because, despite its awkward panel layout, I love this page of Blue Beetle and Booster Gold hanging out over a ten-pack of (light) beer:
Buds and suds! Who could ask for more on Valentine's Day?
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
This Day in History: Clarrrrrk Kennnnnnnt
On this date in 2020, in the pages of Superman: Heroes #1, Booster Gold was among the first to tell the world that Superman had always secretly been...
Everyone in the DCU would know that Superman was Clark Kent for almost two full years... until Lex Luthor and Manchester Black forced most to forget that fact in Action Comics #1050. In that issue, Batman makes it clear that "the Justice League, reservists, and the Titans all have psychic defenses set up by Martian Manhunter," so we can be sure that Booster Gold still remembers.
The real question is how he knew something that everyone would forget.
The answer to that, I think, is that the psychic suggestion that forced this forgetfulness influences living minds to ignore any evidence to the contrary that Superman and Clark Kent are the same person, but it does not actually erase that evidence. Considering how widespread the psychic suggestion is, it is probable everyone just stopped talking about it.
Therefore, the historians of the 25th century, unaffected directly by the psychic effect, will learn from primary sources exactly when Superman revealed his identity, and a young Michael "Booster" Carter will be taught exactly when Superman revealed his secret identity without realizing that the information was ever again restricted.
See? No retcon is necessary. There's nothing to see here. Move along.
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Monday, February 10, 2025
Art Dump
Start your week with Booster Gold fan art!
First up is this image drawn by Jose Holder, a professional concept artist for Warner Bros Games. I know it says "TikTok," but clicking on the image will actually take you to the "making of" video on Instagram.com.
Second is this Justice League International vs X-Men re-imagining of Jim Lee's 1991 X-Men #3 cover by professional comic artist Kevin Maguire (drawn as a commission for Megacon, spotted on X.com by Rob Snow):
Third, because I don't want anyone to think that Booster Gold should only be drawn by pros, here's a pic of Booster (and Skeets!) by artist jaywani (whose work I have posted before) found on DeviantArt.com:
Keep drawing, everybody!
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