DC Comics surprised yesterday with a Thursday announcement of books to be released in two months, and I'm happy to report that Booster Gold was indeed seen in the mix, specifically on the A cover of Action Comics #1102.

The remaining question is whether, as a Booster Gold collector, you can consider your comic collection complete if that's the only issue you buy in September.

See, in addition to Action Comics #1102, Artist Lucas Meyer also provides the A covers of Supergirl #17, Superman #42, and Superman Unlimited #17. They're all part of the "Kingdom of Zod" storyline, and those all link together to form a single quadriptych:

Does that mean they all count as a single image? If I buy only Action Comics #1102, am I'm missing 3/4 of what will likely be a single fold-out cover in the inevitable collected edition? Better to be safe than sorry, I guess.

Speaking of collected editions, the solicitations also announce that Superman: Action Comics: Vol. 2: Reign of the Superboys – Future Shock, collecting Action #1096 through #1100, should arrive in your Local Comic Shop just in time for your Black Friday shopping this November. Plan accordingly.

You can find more details for all the above issues as well as larger cover images at AIPTComics.com.

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Booster Gold's adventures continue today in Action Comics #1099. This will be the fourth entry in Mark Waid's story taking three Super Buddies (Booster Gold, Martian Manhunter, Mary Marvel) back in time to have adventures with Superman-When-He-Was-A-Boy.

My favorite part of this series is learning just how much its artists look up to Booster Gold!

Action Comics #1097 page 22

Action Comics #1098 page 2

Action Comics #1099 Cover A

I like that everyone — sorry, Manhunter — almost everyone took the time out from saving Superman's history to get haircuts. You gotta look sharp for your moment in the spotlight.

Buy this issue and make Skeets happy.

UPDATE: As you can read in the comments, pigeon and EJ have pointed out that Booster Gold (or at least a simulacrum of his costume) also appear in Justice League Dream Girls - A DC Pride Event #2 and Green Lantern Corps #17. Thanks for pointing those out!

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As if there was any doubt after the last two issues, today's Action Comics #1098 definitely has plenty of Booster Gold in it, as proven by the issue preview at AIPTComics.com.

Buy this issue and make Skeets happy.

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Coming tomorrow to your Local Comic Shop: Action Comics #1097 with Booster Gold on (count 'em!) two separate covers!

The image on the left is "Cover A Ryan Sook." The image on the right is "Cover D Skyar Patridge Things to Come Card Stock Variant." Buy one or the other (or both!) and make Skeets happy (wherever he is).

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This space reserved for news about DC's June 2026 solicitations.

(Sure, I could have waited to post anything until after the DC June solicitations are released, but wouldn't you rather know that I had made the intentional decision to not post anything? I'm considerate that way.)

UPDATE: Good news, Booster boosters! In addition to appearing in the many, many DC K.O. reprints coming in July and August (that's not the good news), Booster is on the Ryan Sook cover of Action Comics #1099 coming June 10 (that is), which you can see alongside the full list of solicitations at AIPTComics.com. Wasn't that worth the wait?

UPDATE 2: Now that I've got some free time on my hands, let's take a closer look at that cover, shall we?

ACTION COMICS #1099
Written by MARK WAID
Art by SKYLAR PATRIDGE and PATRICIO DELPECHE
$4.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 6/10/26

After defeating Xotar, Superboy and the Justice League turn their attention to another mystery unsolved. The rocket ship that brought Clark to Earth has been activated. Could this be the key to finding Superman?

If you're curious, that's Kyrptonian text you can see in the rocket ship window. Translated, it reads, "welcome back kal el". It's oriented toward the reader, which means it reads backwards for Superboy and friends.

Is it just me, or is this Action Comics storyline starting to give off Time Masters: Vanishing Point/Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne vibes? (Those books came out 16 years ago. Golly, I'm getting old.)

At least if time travel shenanigans are afoot, it's a good thing Booster Gold is on the scene... to make them worse.

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