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Artist Andrew Runion has put his own spin on Booster Gold's costume (I love that giant star!) in this Soder Cola advertisement. You can find more of Runion's work on DeviantArt.com.

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Someone at 9gag.com did a little doctoring to a Deadpool sketch and came up with this bit of amalgamated brilliance:

Say, if Access were ever to return to reunite DC and Marvel into the Amalgam Universe, who do you think he'd pair Booster Gold with? My bet is a 4-way combo between Booster Gold/Beetle Beetle and Power Man/Iron Fist. BFFs rule.

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We were talking about him just last week, and Ross Pearsall has already done it again! For a recent Super-Team Family Presents cover, Booster Gold crosses paths with Mike Baron's and Steve Rude's hero of the future, Nexus:

(This is Booster's second Super-Team Family Presents cover in 2016. He previously appeared in the background of Captain America's declaration of war against the Marvel Universe.)

I always love the covers Pearsall creates each day for his site, Super-Team Family ...The Lost Issues, as evidenced by the many times I've showcased his previous Booster Gold team-ups. Thanks, Ross.

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I don't usually post two pieces of Booster Gold fan art in the same week, but when Booster booster Logan pointed my attention to this commission, I knew it couldn't wait.

This piece, appropriately titled "Time Lords," was created by artist Jeremy Roberts. Roberts has worked for DC Comics, including recent issues of New Suicide Squad. You can find more of his truly exceptional work (as JPRart) at DeviantArt.com.

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A few days ago, Booster Gold creator Dan Jurgens made a pretty strong statement on Twitter.

The inspiration for Jurgens' comment was Booster booster Keith Callbeck's post of Ross Pearsall's Super-Team Family mash-up cover of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle running from the Hulk. Pearsall's inspiration was the opening splash page of Booster Gold, Volume 2, #34, drawn by Chris Batista in 2010. Specifically, it is this panel by Batista that Jurgens takes issue with:

It's easy to understand Jurgens' dissatisfaction with Batista's choice of poses and expressions. That panel has gained some traction on the Internet in recent years. You may have seen it copied by Blue and Gold cosplayers. Howard Porter's 2015 cover for Justice League 3000 #12 saw a similar scene of the panicked pair.

That wasn't always their reaction to trouble. In their Justice League International heyday, Beetle and Booster were chased by mobs of angry citizens, vampires, middle-eastern dictators, runaway islands, demons, and countless super villains. Yet Kevin Maguire, the artist most associated with the Blue and Gold pairing, never showed Blue and Gold turning tail in fear.

So what's the right way to depict Blue Beetle and Booster Gold running for their lives? Here's Dan Jurgens' take on the scenario in Booster Gold, Volume 2, #7 (2008):

Ok, so maybe Beetle is still scared. But look at Booster. What a hero!

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