Today is the fifth Wednesday in the month of July, so as is usual for DC Comics, the books being released today are mostly one-shots and annuals. Among them is Superman Annual Year One Thousand #1, which promises to finally spill the beans about what Superman has been up to since wining the King Omega Tournament.

We already learned in last week's Action Comics #1100 that Booster Gold will save Superman at the end of time, so the question this week is whether any of that will be seen in Superman Annual Year One Thousand. Find out by visiting your Local Comic Shop.

UPDATE: Coin comments confirmation that Booster's in there. (Thanks, Coin!) So buy this issue and make Skeets happy.

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The online preview of today's "landmark issue" Action Comics #1100 doesn't give any indication whether Booster Gold will be in this issue. I'll be buying it anyway, so I'll keep you posted.

The online preview also gives no indication whether Booster will be in today's Superman #40. Given how often he's sneaked his way into the background of recent issues, it's not impossible he'll show up there again sooner or later.

However, the online preview of today's Green Lantern #37 reveals that Booster Gold is definitely making an appearance in that issue, at least for a few panels:

Er, to be clear, that's Booster in the poster advertising Booster Boost energy drink, not the guy going to the door. Which is good. That guy isn't going to be around much longer. To see what I mean, read the preview at AIPTComics.com.

Buy one or more of these issues and make Skeets happy.

UPDATE: Break out your wallets, Booster boosters! Booster Gold appears in all 3 of these issues!

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Superman: Action Comics by Dan Jurgens Omnibus Vol. 2 is now available at, well, I'm not sure exactly. Maybe your Local Comic Shop. More probably your Local Book Store. I mean, the thing is big, 736 pages big. With a $100 cover price, that comes out to just over 13¢ per page.

You'll be getting a lot of Booster Gold for your buck. This hardcover is advertised to reprint 29 comic books between Action Comics #976 and #1053 plus The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special.* Booster Gold appears in 9 of those. That's about 31% pure Gold. Enjoy!

*Technically, The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special isn't an Action comic. The "death" actually occurs in Superman #75, so if it was up to me, I'd have titled this Superman and Action Comics by Dan Jurgens Omnibus Vol. 2. But I'm sure they had their reasons; DC does love their colons.

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Booster Gold's adventures continue today in Action Comics #1099. This will be the fourth entry in Mark Waid's story taking three Super Buddies (Booster Gold, Martian Manhunter, Mary Marvel) back in time to have adventures with Superman-When-He-Was-A-Boy.

My favorite part of this series is learning just how much its artists look up to Booster Gold!

Action Comics #1097 page 22

Action Comics #1098 page 2

Action Comics #1099 Cover A

I like that everyone — sorry, Manhunter — almost everyone took the time out from saving Superman's history to get haircuts. You gotta look sharp for your moment in the spotlight.

Buy this issue and make Skeets happy.

UPDATE: As you can read in the comments, pigeon and EJ have pointed out that Booster Gold (or at least a simulacrum of his costume) also appear in Justice League Dream Girls - A DC Pride Event #2 and Green Lantern Corps #17. Thanks for pointing those out!

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I'm looking at the weekly ship list for tomorrow, and I'm not seeing any likely Booster Gold content. After the flurry of activity of that latest event series whose name I will not repeat, it still feels weird to have several weeks pass with no new Booster Gold appearance in a DC comic book. Action Comics #1099, with Booster on the cover, is still on schedule to ship next week, so we just have to be patient.

Speaking of that unnamed series and patience, did we ever find out the real identity of the masked secret character "Legend" from last year's Justice League: Dark Tomorrow Special #1 that had Booster Gold on all the covers? Or get an answer to why Skeets has been MIA (other than the continuity-dubious ECW tie-in) since Challengers of the Unknown #5? We are going to get answers to those questions one day, right? Right?

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