Pay attention, Booster boosters, as Booster Gold is in three different comics today!

Did I say "different"? According to Rob Snow, not so much. Apparently, while Booster Gold is in Justice League Unlimited #11, it's just the "last page splash panel. Same exact scene as the last page splash panel in Superman #30" that sets up next month's Justice League: The Omega Act.

You all already know my opinions on what's going on over in Superman, so that's all I have to say about those.

However, the third comic is New History of the DC Universe #3, which has been twice delayed past its original expected date August 27. Two delays are kind of fitting considering that Booster Gold and Skeets(!) are on two of its covers, one by Chris Samnee and the other by Scott Koblish. Both are really great. AIPTComics.com has a preview of the interior that confirms that Booster Gold and Skeets are inside, too.

Buy some comics and make Skeets happy! Thanks, Rob.

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Ok, I've just read Superman #29. For the purpose of updating this site, I read it twice. And my initial gut reaction is that I hate it. I hated reading twice so much that I want to stop reading comics set in the DCU forever, or at least until they can tell a story that doesn't assume I want to read multi-part crossover, years-long, seemingly-unending torture-porn stories about heroes failing. I'm just sick of it.

I've read and even enjoyed some dark stories before, but this one has really been the last straw. Is it event fatigue? Dissatisfaction with Joshua Williamson's fanboy-pandering, tell-but-don't-show writing style or Dan Mora's inability to deliver functional sequential art? World news? American politics? Summer heat? Too many years of Booster Gold being put through the meat grinder? I really don't know. I thought I was in a good mood before I started reading.

I'm going to take some time and consider why I feel this way and if anything can be done about it.

It may be a few days before I post again; my enthusiasm for following Booster Gold comics has been completely exhausted.

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After making a surprise cameo appearance in June's Superman #27, Booster Gold wasn't in last month's Superman #28. But he's definitely going to be on the cover of September's Superman #30. So the question is: Will he be in tomorrow's Superman #29?

BleedingCool.com has a preview, and Booster's not in that. But Time Trapper is, and in that preview, Time Trapper excuses himself to go face the Dark Legion in another book which turns out to be Justice League Unlimited #10. Unfortunately, Booster's not in that preview either.

Booster has to appear in at least one of those books, right? I'll keep you posted.

UPDATE: Rob Snow tells us Booster *is* in Superman #29. Thanks, Rob!

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SLW has brought it to my attention that for a second time in three months, a comic book depicted a Booster Gold doll. That book: Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1.

In the story, Superman is suffering from purple kryptonite poisoning and is experiencing time out of order. The comic represents this by presenting the panels out of order (which is a clever bit of metatext, but isn't a great reading experience).

As a public service, here are the four panels which depict Booster Gold in chronological order of events:

Page 23, Panel 1

Page 21, Panel 3

Page 22, Panel 2

Page 23, Panel 2

Hmm. That looks kind of like a Booster Gold Troll doll. I sure hope Booster is getting a cut of all these Booster Gold-themed products.

Thanks, SLW.

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Booster was on the cover(s) of last week's Justice League: Dark Tomorrow Special #1. Before that, he had a two panel appearance in the digital-only Taste of Justice #3. Before that, he had a line in the Superman Treasury 2025: Hero for All #1. All of which means that the last time Booster Gold was seen in an in-continuity DCU tale was six weeks ago in Superman #27.

So.... When do we think we'll see him next?

I haven't seen anything to make me think Booster is in any of today's comics. Given that the special guest star teased for Superman #28 was *not* Booster Gold, I can't say as I'm expecting him in Superman #29 on August 27, unless maybe he makes a last-page cameo appearance. Booster is definitely in the solicitation text and cover art for the September 24 Superman #30, but based on the bait-and-switch pulled by Justice League: Dark Tomorrow Special, I won't actually believe he's in there until I read it.

I am confident he'll be in New History of the DC Universe #3 covering DC's output in the 1980s and '90s. That issue was announced for August 27 but now has been delayed until September 10. That's five weeks away.

Eleven weeks between Booster Gold DCU appearances feels like a long time, but certainly Booster Gold fans have waited longer. I guess if that really bothers me, I can always start buying Batman comics again. There's never any shortage of Batman.

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