While DC may not have room for a Christmas book in the New 52 (the heroes are probably all too busy infighting to exchange gifts), we'll always have ghosts of Christmases past.

Way back in the Good Old 52 days of 2008, Booster Gold helped the Justice League celebrate the holiday in DC Universe Holiday Special #1. Whenever the Justice League throws a party, you'll find Booster Gold!

Indicative of Booster's rekindled popularity at the time, our hero appears in not one but two stories in this anthology, albeit in very, very small roles. (He sings! He dances! He appears only in backgrounds!)

No, it's not a great issue. Fortunately, greatness isn't a requirement for Christmas Specials. A bunch of "lesser" heroes get some much deserved spotlight in this issue, and that should be good enough for the price of admission to this party.

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It may seem like a lifetime ago, but it was only 4 years ago today that DC published Booster Gold, Volume 2, #15, the issue marking the return of Booster Gold's creator, Dan Jurgens, as credited writer on a book titled Booster Gold.

When Booster Gold Volume 1 was cancelled did Jurgens expect 21 years, 1 month, and 13 days to pass before he would return to writing a Booster Gold series? If the past is any indication, we'll have to wait until September 2032 before we see Jurgens named as writer of Booster Gold Volume 3. Jurgens will be 73 years old in 2032, but Booster Gold will probably still be going on 23. (Time travel has its advantages.)

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Last week, we reviewed Booster Gold's sole appearance as the villain Bloodbath in a bit of pseudo-history. This week, let's take a look at some real history, Booster Gold's appearance in the first issue of Bloodbath.

If you're unaware, the summer 1993 DC annuals featured the Bloodlines storyline of an other-dimensional alien race who came to Earth to harvest humans spinal fluid. (Don't bother asking why a race of aliens would develop the need for human spinal fluid for their reproduction process. Comic books don't have time for your silly science.)

DC used the event to create new characters from the survivors of these alien attacks. These new super heroes -- all very '90s, if you know what I mean -- were called the "New Blood" and received the majority of the focus in these stories. That left precious little room for established characters like Booster Gold.

At the time, Booster was still adjusting to his new, post-Doomsday armor, and was arguably more hindrance than help to the Justice League. As a result, Booster confronts and is defeated by three separate aliens in this issue alone. Even if the story doesn't give our hero much of a break, it's still great to see Booster's commitment to heroics.

Yes, the premise is a bit ridiculous and smacks of market-driven storytelling, and yes, Booster Gold comes off looking washed-up. However, there will always be something satisfying about DC heroes banding together to save Earth from yet another alien invasion. If nothing else, the series deserves credit for inspiring the DC Bloodlines website, and that's got to count for something.

(P.S. The Boosterrific Forum is back online. Hopefully we'll get some good Booster Gold news to talk about from New York ComicCon this weekend!)

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I should know by now that whenever I list Ted Kord as an option in a poll, he's the clear winner. I wonder when DC will figure that out.

Last week's poll question: If Booster Gold were to run for President, who should be his Vice-Presidential running mate? (59 votes)

Back in March 2011, I asked whether you would vote for Booster Gold if he ran for public office. Consider this week's poll as a re-investigation of that question.

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If you ever manage to save the Universe, I suspect you'd include it on your resume.

Last week's poll question: Which no-longer-in-continuity Booster Gold adventure would you most want to see restored to DCnU continuity? (50 votes)

Today's poll was inspired by the first U.S. Presidential debate of the season held last night. If you didn't see it don't worry; you didn't miss any Booster Gold appearances. But seriously, that leads us to today's important poll question.

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