Nerd Caliber compiled some great reporting from the costume contestants at June's Granite State Comic Con 2012. It helps when you have some great cosplayers to work with.

Interactive, flying Skeets? Fingertip controls? Brilliant smile? That's not a costume, that guy really is Booster Gold!

With Comic-Con International 2012 less than two weeks away, the bar for Booster Gold costumes has been raised awfully high.

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In addition to being a good source for publisher news and great deals on comics and art, comic book conventions are a great place for fans to get together with other fans and creators and celebrate their heroes. Sometimes, fans go so far as to dress as those heroes. This can lead to awkward situations.

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The above autobiographical strip by artist and last week's Boston Comic Convention attendee Erica Henderson illustrates a significant reason why many of us can't, won't, or shouldn't dress like our favorite super heroes in our daily lives. There is a lot of truth in this cartoon.

One of these things is not like the other. The Booster Gold cosplayer on the left won the award for "Best Comic Book Hero Costume Honorable Mention" at BCC 2012. It's a great costume, even if it does suffer from a case of the unmentionables. If nothing else, it reminds us why Booster Gold must look different on television than he does in the comics. That is, unless they can find an actor who is really willing to sacrifice a part of himself for the role.

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The 2011 Comic-Con International is now in full swing. This afternoon's DC "Justice League" panel -- including Dan Jurgens -- is only one example of DC's many scheduled panels. Boosterrific.com wishes all the attendees the best of times.

If this duo from last year's Comic-Con is any indication, a good time will be had by all. Except, maybe, for any Martians whose favorite cookies have suddenly gone missing.

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Many people dress as Booster Gold, but few appear as Goldstar. Fortunately there are a brave, dedicated few.

This duo was snapped at the Emerald City Comic Con in March 2011. With a SunDollers coffee in hand, Booster looks ready to face a day full of evil-doers.

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Booster booster Herbert Fung forwarded several pictures he took of Booster Gold at the 2011 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, including the following:

Thinking fast, Herbert snapped this shot reproducing the solicited cover for the upcoming Booster Gold #47! All it's missing is a whole lot of lightning (which may be a good thing, as lightning is probably dangerous in an exhibit hall full of comic books).

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