Today marks the negative 421st birthday of Jon Michael "Booster" Carter, born this day in the year 2442.

Booster Gold cake by Annette Price

Congratulations, Booster! You can celebrate by picking up a copy of Human Target #3 (in which Booster Gold opens a bagel shop) and DC Vs. Vampires #3 (in which Booster Gold makes a cameo appearance on the set of the Super Friends cartoon) at your Local Comic Shop.

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If you're like me, you've eaten enough food in the past month to survive into 2023 without taking another bite. So it's good to have motivation to get a little exercise tomorrow... by walking to my car and driving to my Local Comic Shop to pick up the newest issue of Human Target, specifically because it has this delicious cover:

Hmm. That image reminds me of something. What could it be? Ah, yes.

For the record, Dan Jurgens' splash page from Booster Gold Volume 1 #10 was metaphorical. The evil Director was not really a giant holding the employees of Goldstar, Inc.

I assume that Human Target #3 will be something similar. However, even if Human Target #3 is all about Booster Gold eating bagels, I'll still buy it. Maybe I'll buy two. Bagels are good eating.

To see more of what Smallwood's actual interior art will be, check out the 3-page issue preview at AIPTcomics.com. Once you've done that, buy this issue and make Skeets (and your mouth) happy.

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Thanks to all who wrote to tell me that Booster Gold is in this week's DC Vs. Vampires #2.

For the record, I bought the first issue because I am a big fan of the Wonder Twins. If you read that issue, you know why I wasn't planning on buying issue two. You can imagine how happy I was to see Booster Gold make a supporting appearance in which he is a complete jerk to grieving Jayna.

Why would he say that?! Booster has a twin sister, too! Was Guy Gardner unavailable to deliver that line?

Honestly, though, I have never been a fan of this type of book. I have never wanted to read about corrupted heroes doing horrible things to other heroes... or, for that matter, to villains. Vampires aside, I certainly don't need a comic where the plot requires moral bastions Superman and Wonder Woman to mutely watch a "hero" bully a girl who is in emotional distress over the loss of her brother! Who cares about characterization? We're only here for sexual innuendo and mass murder!

(Pause for deep breath.)

Look, DC is giving me a Blue and Gold series right now, and I love it. If this is your kind of book, great. I'll buy what I love, and you can buy what you love. Live and let read — emphasis on live.

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I do not have Blue and Gold #4 in my hand yet, but DC Comics' exclusive direct-market partner, Lunar Distribution, expects it to ship this week for a November 16 release, and I'm going to take them at their word.

DC feels so confident, in fact, that they've already released a sneak peek of the book to Comic-Watch.com. It's a cute couple of pages of Blue and Gold being interviewed by their adoring press, but the best part is

"Art, Present Day" by Ryan Sook, "Art, Blue Beetle's Sequence" by Kevin Maguire, and — most importantly — "Art, Booster Gold's Sequence" by Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund?! It's a Justice League International and Booster Gold Volume 2 reunion! That alone should be worth the wait.

Buy this issue and make Skeets (and Buggles) happy!

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Tom King is up to his old tricks in today's Human Target #1. Someone has tried to kill Lex Luthor, and who are the usual suspects? Hint:

Art by Greg Smallwood

I wonder which character will need a rehabilitation mini-series this time?

Booster Gold's arm is on the standard cover, and his legs are on the variant. Buy either one and make Skeets happy!

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