Once upon a time, producing a weekly title was thought to be nearly impossible. Action Comics Weekly was considered a failure in 1988, not because of low sales, but because of the difficulty of production demands. Nearly two decades and one information super-highway later, DC would return to the concept with 52 with far more success. Some credit the talent assembled to work on the book, but we all know the real reason: Booster Gold.

Recognizing the cash cow of 52, DC has followed with Countdown, Trinity, DC Universe: Legends, and Brightest Day. After a break for the implementation of the "New 52" — which maybe needs to consider dropping the "new" considering its advancing age — and it's taken a few years for DC to return to this concept. But DC is back with a bang! In addition to Batman: Eternal — out today — DC is launching Futures End and a third weekly title to be named later.

If that sounds like a lot of work, that's because it is. And it's also probably bad news for Booster Gold fans. Back in February, Dan DiDio implied to Vaneta Rogers of Newsarama.com that these weekly books will count as 4 books each in DC's total line-up. DC may have abandoned its limit of 52 series, but that still means that these 3 weekly series will count as 12 titles. Therefore, so long as Batman is eternal, there will be less room for other characters of the DC pantheon to take their place in the limelight.

Certainly the spoilers for Futures End #0 released at BleedingCool.com yesterday seem to confirm that Booster won't be a star in that title. If Booster Gold is ever going to return to action in the New DC Universe, it's looking more and more like he's going to have to accept playing a supporting role to Batman.

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If you didn't buy them digitally, and you didn't buy them as individual floppies, DC has now collected the Smallville Season 11: Argo in a trade in both hard copy and digital formats. You really don't have any more excuses for not buying the only story to feature Skeets in the past 3 years! (Thank you, Bryan Q. Miller!)

Smallville Season 11 Volume 4: Argo was actually released last week, but I got distracted with the news that there was definitely NOT a Booster Gold series coming in June. Sorry.

If you can't find the book at your Local Comic Shop (shame on them), you can purchase a copy on either at Comixology.com or Amazon.com.

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The last time I ran one of these "New Release" warnings was over two months ago. It's good to have Booster Gold back in print, even in a small part in today's All-Star Western #28.

You can catch a preview of the issue over at Ain't It Cool News, but to see Booster Gold, you'll have to go to Comixology or your Local Comic Shop.

Buy this issue if you ever want to see Skeets again!

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Today, DC Comics is releasing a comic that has nothing to do with Booster Gold. That's nothing new. However, today DC is giving you something else that is almost as awesome.

If you haven't ever read Planetary, now's your chance. The Planetary Omnibus hits stores today, and collects the entire series and its 3 crossover issues with Batman, the JLA, and the Authority. The book has a cover price of $75.00. That might sound expensive, but its totally worth it.

If you can't tell, I'm a big fan of the series. I've spent so much time complaining around here lately, it's nice to have a chance to promote something that I like. I think you'll like it, too.

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It's been awhile since we've seen Booster Gold in a DC comic. Maybe he's been busy recording his life story to audio book.

That's our hero, "the most awesome hero there is," making a cameo in today's Smallville: Alien #1. That truck driver is in Russia, meaning that even in comics, Booster has a worldwide audience!

Thanks to Herbert Fung, who spotted this panel when it was released online in back in November.

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