Booster Gold is *still* dead in Justice League America #90, so of course that calls for a new wardrobe!

Say what you will about the Campos/Branch art (and I have), but that's some great Dan Vado dialog!

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As you recall, Booster Gold died in Justice League Task Force #13.

But, one week later in Justice League International #65...

Not even death can stop a real hero!

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Justice League America #56, released September 17, 1991

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J has sent me an email that says... well, here, you read it:

I'm writing to report a Booster cameo in an old comic. In Superman #33, cover dated July 1989, Booster appears in a one-panel cameo where Superman imagines what would have happened if he brought Zod from a pocket universe back to Earth. (It is on approximately the fifth page from the end of the comic.) This issue is collected in Superman: The Exile & Other Stories Omnibus.

I conveniently happen to have a copy of Superman #33, so I took a look. As usual, J is correct. This is panel 5 on page 18:

Looks like a bad day for the Justice League International. Fortunately for Booster, who is taking it on the chin from Kryptonian supervillain Quex-Ul (first appearance: Superman #157, 1962), this is all just an Eradicator-enabled visualization of Superman's rationalization for killing three alternate-universe Kryptonians in Superman #22. Let's call it an "imaginary story."

Good catch, J. I've updated the database with this book and the reprint.

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When last we left our hero, he had just debuted his replacement for the power suit Doomsday destroyed (in Superman #74), and in Justice League America #81 we learn that his 20th-century power armor is not yet up to the task, especially when its servos burn out under enemy fire leaving him feeling as powerful as a sardine in a can.

The issue's finished art is generally too loose for my taste (it never feels like the penciller, inker, and colorist are working as a team), but this page panel layout by penciller Kevin West really works for me. The action starts with the foregrounded Wonder Woman, but led by the departure of Guy Gardner, the central action in each panel slowly moves away from the reader and, importantly, away from Booster Gold, emphasizing his current irrelevance. Well done.

And while I'm praising creatives, I should definitely mention the writing. I'm on record as a fan of Dan Vado's Justice League run as I often enjoy his strong and sympathetic characterizations. Although I find this issue to be imperfectly paced, I'm very impressed that its central dilemmas between heroes all trying to "Do the Right Thing" in a tense political situation feels even more topical now than when it was published three decades ago, making it very re-readable. Kudos.

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