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Thursday, January 24, 2013
I read the results of this poll as, "Booster Gold is just the way I like him!" I couldn't agree more. Here's hoping that one day the rest of the world finds out how awesome our Booster really is.
Last week's poll question: What is the biggest obstacle to making the public recognize Booster Gold as an A-list hero? (44 votes)
I know that yesterday, I made the case that Booster Gold would NOT be the "time-displaced hero" in DC Presents #19, but that doesn't mean that you have to just take my word for it. I'm not Darkseid. I'll let you cling to your hope that Booster will show up if it adds a little motivation to your life. So what do you say, Booster or no Booster?
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Grimmy posted on Jan. 25, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Whatever Booster is up to at the moment, I expect it to be important enough that Geoff Johns will be writing that story. So, no it's not Booster (yet)...
Thursday, January 17, 2013
What Booster Gold items belong in a museum? A better question might have been "what item shouldn't be in a museum?" Everything Booster Gold touches is museum worthy!
Last week's poll question: Which artifact of Booster Gold's adventures should be in the JLA Trophy Room? (40 votes)
As we approach measuring the Booster Gold interregnum in years instead of months, let's ask ourselves why the general public isn't up in arms about this travesty.
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gio3432 posted on Jan. 17, 2013 at 11:34 AM
I never heard of BG until 2 years ago, when I first picked up a comic book. My whole Hero world was made up of memories of saturday morning cartoons and movies. The DC cartoon along with Video games will help Booster's popularity in the future. Also, Booster came out in the mid 80's while other's have been around for decades longer.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Jan. 17, 2013 at 2:47 PM
Personally, I agree children's cartoons are the ideal medium to spread the glory of Booster Gold. A live-action prime-time show is the second best option. Those will live on in syndication forever, and no printed medium gets the kind of attention that television does.
I really don't think that the era of Booster's origin (in the 1980s) is that big a handicap, except for the fact that it represents a gap in DC's television output. Booster is too new for SUPER FRIENDS and too old for YOUNG JUSTICE. Take a look at Martian Manhunter: he's never had much television presence and is virtually unknown to non-comic book fans, but he's been a lynchpin in the Justice League (and therefore the center of the DCU) since the team formed in 1960.
I guess what you're responding to is that you feel that Booster's relative lack of popularity is based on lack of awareness by the public, not any failing of the character.
Grimmy posted on Jan. 17, 2013 at 2:54 PM
Hopefully the mystery hinted at in the JLI Annual will play a pivotal roll in an upcoming Nu52 wide event. With Booster as a key player in such an event, he can't help but be propelled back into the prominent role he deserves. After all, time IS on his side...
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Jan. 17, 2013 at 3:50 PM
DC teased its last big event (remember something called FLASHPOINT?) 18 months in advance. If Booster is held out for a big event, does that mean we wouldn't get him back until February 2014?
Grimmy posted on Jan. 18, 2013 at 4:07 AM
I doubt we'll have to wait for another FLASHPOINT sized event, just a threat worthy of a little time-meddling, possibly involving the Reach. If that's the case, since BLUE BEETLE has been cancelled, then the new THRESHOLD series might be the place to watch. Just a thought, based on a lot of IFs.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
After a year atop the sales charts, DC is now being beaten by Marvel NOW!. You know what would put you back on top, DC? Another huge event in which Booster Gold rolls back Flashpoint.
And SyFy, Booster Gold fans are obviously expecting a television show before the end of the year. Don't let us down.
Last week's poll question: What do you most expect to see Booster Gold doing in 2013? (33 votes)
Booster Gold's many costumes have found a place in the JLA Trophy Room, but they say the clothes don't make the man. Surely there must be something else museum worthy in Booster Gold's adventures!
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
If you had the ability to travel through time, you'd have to use it. With great power comes great Birthday parties.
Last week's poll question: If you were Booster Gold, how would you celebrate your -430th birthday on December 29, 2012? (33 votes)
Putting 2012 in our rear view mirrors, let's look forward to the great things we plan to experience with Booster Gold in 2013!
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deusex2 posted on Jan. 3, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Can we have "starring in a hit television show all the while fixing Flashpoint with the Time Masters?"
CDN posted on Jan. 3, 2013 at 4:15 PM
What do I EXPECT, or what do I HOPE? Hope would be Fixing Flashpoint, what I EXPECT, is joining the League. DC pushed him for years and Booster's on the cusp of being as recognizable as Hal, Barry, and the other "Non-Trinity" League Members. I doubt he'll ever get Bat-level of fame, but Booster's right close to being in DC's top 10 most recognized characters.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Jan. 3, 2013 at 6:21 PM
I wonder, CDN, is Booster really that well recognized? I'd like to hope so, but I still have my doubts. There are lots of characters I would expect people to know but don't. For example, Martian Manhunter should be a household name, but when I talk to people who haven't actually read JUSTICE LEAGUE brand comics for decades, I find he has surprisingly low recognition value. (Television, I find, has far more influence with superhero "fans" than comic books actually do.) I wonder how we can test Booster's true Q rating among fans who didn't actually buy BOOSTER GOLD or JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL?
CDN posted on Jan. 4, 2013 at 6:20 AM
Well, going by some of my comicbook friends who have been reading comics for FAAAAAR longer than I have, I've had a few point out to me that I shouldn't consider Booster someone on DC's "D-List". These are Bat-fan friends, HAL JORDAN fan friend, Flash Rogue fan friend....they all have told me I can't say Booster's not turning into a DC heavy hitter. At least that was before the Nu52.<br /><br />I've asked a few of my none-comic book fan friends too, if they know of Booster Gold. Reactions usually range from "Who?" to "That's the loser who sold himself out, right?" to "That Doctor Who rip-off guy, ya?"<br /><br />Also, DC would never give the "OK" to a script for someone they didn't feel was recognizable. As ironic as it sounds for DC, I doubt they're that dumb. You can't sell what people don't know, people need to know what's being sold.<br /><br />In the current DC universe, whi'd have expect they would just turn around and shove Cyborg into the spotlight/JL? Before Flashpoint, I'm sure no one knew much about Vic, other than him being a Teen Titan. I'd say, out of the three "League" books out there, Booster's probably more recognizable than more than half the characters in all three books. Katana, Vibe, Cyborg...Only reason people will know Vibe is because of all the flak DC got for bringing him back.<br /><br />--Side note-- Rereading before posting....and if this comes off as unintelligible, I'm writing this at 6 in the morning, in need of sleep. Or a Time Sphere.
Grimmy posted on Jan. 4, 2013 at 12:09 PM
I'd say Booster is in the same recognition ballpark as the Question. And he's even "still" the same person, despite having his fashion sense scrambled in a universe reboot. sigh
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Jan. 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM
"in need of sleep. Or a Time Sphere." Awesome.
Obviously, you don't remember DC's big Cyborg push in the early 80s, when he was on the SUPERFRIENDS and became the Super Powers Collection action figure that nobody wanted. FLASHPOINT marks at least the third big push DC has given Cyborg. (Personally, I feel if he was such a great character, DC wouldn't have to keep reinventing him every decade in the face of public indifference.)
As to whether DC would promote unknown products to mass media: see BIRDS OF PREY (ask your non-comic book friends who Black Canary is) and two different HUMAN TARGET television series (I would wager a sizable amount that most people have no idea he was a Bronze Age backup character), as well as CONSTANTINE (starring an American John Constantine) and THE LOSERS. I'm still not sure that Swamp Thing was well known when he got his film and television shows. (Is the character well known now?) The general public had no idea who those characters were, but someone at DC felt that they were marketable properties despite relatively low Q ratings compared to longstanding Justice League characters.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
As I said last week, 2012 was not a good year for Booster Gold. When the best thing that you can say is "at least DC didn't treat him like they treated one of the most popular and best-selling characters of the past 20 years by pretending he never existed," that's not a good year.
Last week's poll question: ( votes)
Booster Gold turns the big negative 430 this Saturday. How would you celebrate if you were a time traveler who still wouldn't be born for another four hundred and thirty years?
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Grimmy posted on Dec. 27, 2012 at 12:51 PM
It would be nice to combine the first two. Oh well, family it is then. Speaking of family, do you think we'll ever find out who Rip Hunter's mother is?
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Dec. 28, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Ever is a long time! I think that one day, we'll find out what Dan Jurgens had in mind. But I don't expect to find that information in a DC comic book in the New 52, no.
