Presenting the 5 most-read Boosterrific.com blog posts of 2024!

5. Monday, February 5: New Release: How to Lose a Guy Gardner
In which we discover that Booster Gold had his own story in the DC's How to Lose a Guy Gardner In 10 Days holiday anthology (and it was delightful).

4. Friday, August 30: My Favorite Pages: Justice League Intl Special
In which we laugh along with Booster Gold and his BFF Ted Kord preparing for the theater in Justice League International Special #1, page 8.

3. Monday, June 10: The Return and Return of Robo Force
In which we showcase two (!) "Robo Force" covers featuring a team of robots including Booster Gold's sidekick, Skeets, from Ross Pearsall's superlative Super-Team Family Presents.. imaginary team up books from braveandboldlost.blogspot.com.

2. Monday, February 26: Sooner to Be New Release: Blue Beetle
In which we learn that Blue Beetle Volume 5 scribe Josh Trujillo considers Booster Gold to be a 12 out of 10 on the fun-to-write scale. (I wish he'd share that news with whoever isn't writing Booster Gold comics these days.)

1. Monday, September 23: It's Not Easy Being Green
In which we note that Booster Gold's appearance on the cover of Justice League of America Volume 2 #7 has been turned into a poster available on Amazon.com. According to analytics, this post got an aberrantly huge number of hits, and I cannot for the life of me imagine why unless Amazon was backtracking the link many, many times. Whatever the reason, I will not deny that everyone can use more Booster Gold on their walls!

Here's to another Boosterrific year in 2025!

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Booster booster Rob Snow points us to the interview of Josh Trujillo, writer of next week's Keith Giffen-inspired Blue Beetle #7, by David Brooke for AIPTComics.com.

AIPT: Blue Beetle #7 features Booster Gold. On a scale of one to 10, how fun is it to write Booster?!

Josh Trujillo: Umm, like a 12 on that scale? Booster is one of the most ridiculous and perfect good boys in comics. He has such an incredible hook and SO MANY good stories! A huge ego and also a huge heart for his friends! I really can't get enough of him.

It took a lot of restraint not to let him completely take over the book, but this story is about Jaime's journey in helping save his mentor and friend, our beloved Ted Kord. And Booster is there helping him every step of the way.

AIPT: This is a time travel issue. How hard is it to avoid retcons?

JT: I'll leave that for the wiki editors to answer!

In all seriousness, I pored over so many comics to find openings/moments that wouldn't directly conflict with the work Keith and his collaborators did. But the simple fact is that this is a time travel story, so try not to get too stuck in the details and just enjoy the ride. Let the continuity cops deal with the mess Booster and Jaime are making (and they will!)

As a fan of huge egos and Time Masters, let me go on the record and say that I am not enthusiastic about anyone making a mess of established continuity. But this sounds like fun, so I'll allow it. This time.

Blue Beetle #7 features art by Natacha Bustos, Howard Porter, Cully Hamner, Scott Kolins, with a Booster Gold cover by Adrian Gutierrez. Look for the issue on shelves (in English and Spanish editions) March 5.

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