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Thursday, October 4, 2012
If you ever manage to save the Universe, I suspect you'd include it on your resume.
Last week's poll question: Which no-longer-in-continuity Booster Gold adventure would you most want to see restored to DCnU continuity? (50 votes)
Today's poll was inspired by the first U.S. Presidential debate of the season held last night. If you didn't see it don't worry; you didn't miss any Booster Gold appearances. But seriously, that leads us to today's important poll question.
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Gio3432 posted on Oct. 4, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Definately Ted Kord and what a hysterical premis for the old JLI Days!
SuperPat posted on Oct. 4, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Just so you know, a statue of Booster can be seen in the Amazo story in Legends of the Dark Knight #1, released in print yesterday.
Jesster posted on Oct. 4, 2012 at 5:06 PM
Actually I'm all for Skeets being President. i think he was technically made in America which is close to being born.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Oct. 4, 2012 at 10:33 PM
Thanks, SuperPat! I'll see if I can pick up a copy tomorrow.
SuperPat posted on Oct. 5, 2012 at 2:27 AM
Glad I could contribute! Although I wish it was Booster proper, and not just some dumb statue.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Grimmy asked in last week's comments why I didn't include the option of "never" in the poll. The answer is because I was trying to be somewhat upbeat. But given that most of you think it might take up to 6 months (that's half a year!) before we see Booster Gold again, it seems that most of you weren't feeling much more positive than Grimmy was. Give us back our Booster Gold, DC!
Last week's poll question: When do you think we will see Booster Gold reappear in a DC comic book? (46 votes)
If there's one thing we've learned since the DCnU reboot, it's that we really don't know what our favorite characters' histories are anymore. Even though we don't necessarily know what did happen, we can be sure that there are some things we know didn't happen. Which of these "missing adventures" bothers us the most?
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Grimmy posted on Sep. 27, 2012 at 11:34 AM
I wuz jus jokin, not even DiDio (sneaky liar that he is) can keep Booster down by promising to bring him back. Stay positive man, it's a better look for you. BTW, tough question this week, I want them all back.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 27, 2012 at 3:35 PM
I thought this was a pretty good poll question. Since we really have no idea which of Booster's adventures are still in canon, I limited the options to ones which must have be eliminated from DC history given what we've learned in the past year. There are other options which are also impossible, but I didn't want to many poll answers. For example, surely Booster hasn't ever fought Doomsday, or rescued Rani from Darkseid, or traveled through time with a soon-to-be-dead Ted Kord. It's been a year, and we really don't know much about the history of DCnU Booster Gold at all.
pyynk posted on Sep. 28, 2012 at 5:42 PM
52. As much as I love the JLI years and "I Can't Believe It's Not ..." books, 52 helped redefine Booster, re framed the earlier adventures, and Booster got to play big, damn hero.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
A plurality of us voters are comic book traditionalists, obviously. However, I think it's worth noting that if I had combined television and movies into one category, it would have made up over 50% of the vote. A majority of voters really want to see Booster Gold come alive off the page again. I can get behind that, especially if it gives us the best odds of seeing Booster Gold again.
Last week's poll question: In what medium would you most prefer to receive future Booster Gold adventures? (49 votes)
As mentioned yesterday, there's no hint yet from DC when Booster Gold will be returning to action. It's natural that human beings in an information vacuum will assume the worst, so how are we Booster Gold fans holding up?
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Morgenstern posted on Sep. 20, 2012 at 2:05 PM
Am I right to assume that I was the sole vote for novels?
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 20, 2012 at 2:34 PM
There were 2 total votes for novels. I guess there's at least one other person around here who thinks like you, M.
Harry posted on Sep. 21, 2012 at 1:10 PM
That was me M. Or at least I think it was... that is how I intended to vote. I think superhero novels could be a great niche genre and allow more complex exploration of character, expecially one like BG.
Grimmy posted on Sep. 24, 2012 at 3:03 PM
What?! Only "FOUR" choices?!? Where's the "Never again, Booster's gone for good this time" choice? Jus kiddin (smirk).
Thursday, September 13, 2012
It seems a shame that it is equally impossible that Alan Moore will ever write for Booster Gold as it is that Jack Kirby will rise from the dead to draw him.
Last week's poll question: Which legendary writer/artist duo would you have liked to see collaborate on Booster Gold? (42 votes)
After last week's poll exercise in the classics, let's go back to the future!
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xingyiquan posted on Sep. 13, 2012 at 5:14 PM
NO, believe me bro I'm not excited about the New Universe, it's a marketing gimmick meant to draw in the people who don't like comics, but only alienated the actual fans who love this stuff.<br />Flashpoint was pretty much crap and the new 52 is even worse.<br />I was just enjoying the first well written issue of JLI, by Johns. It had some interesting elements and some clever scenes. Jurgens is incapable of pulling that off, he is trying to be a sincere Stan Lee and post 1980's that's not gonna cut it.<br />Again, I'm a big booster fan but DC is ruining their own list by cutting off the continuity that the fanboys like me love.<br />Marketing consultants told them to expand their brand and get into USA Today with their stupid reboot. It will shoot them in the foot just like they deserve.<br />As for Booster, it's nice to see they are bringing the time travel element back that was so well used in 52 and 52 pick up. That was booster at his best, at least his best since the JL with beetle and geffen.<br />Again, please keep up the good work on the blog!<br />XYQ
deusex2 posted on Sep. 16, 2012 at 1:23 AM
After NuDC screw up, even Sci-Fi The Arrow looks promising. I can't wait for it start, less then half a month! <br /><br /> And I can't wait for it fail so that they move on with Booster Gold series! Because you just can't go wrong about Gold ^_^
Eyz posted on Sep. 17, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Syfy has Booster Gold. But it's on the CW that Arrow will air!<br />Syfy: Warehouse 13, Eureka, Haven, Alphas..<br />CW: Smallville, Supernatural<br />Now the same channel!<br /><br />Just point out :P
Thursday, September 6, 2012
It's been a week, and I'm still pissed off about how bad Justice League International Annual #1 was.
Last week's poll question: Did you enjoy how Justice League International Annual wrapped up the series? (43 votes)
But enough about the present. Let's return to the topic of three weeks ago: classic artists. How you feel about the classic writer/artists teams? Each of the following pairs created an iconic hero with a discernible style.
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Eyz posted on Sep. 7, 2012 at 5:46 AM
I'm voting "The Man" and "The King" :P<br />I'm kinda sad that Stan Lee never actually got to reimagine him part of the whole "Imagine Stan Lee's" Elseworld books for DC actually..
xingyiquan posted on Sep. 12, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Wow I couldn't disagree more.<br />I've been reading Booster Gold since issue #1.<br />Dan Jurgens has been a poor writer, full of cliches and lameness.<br />The 1000 was his only decent bad guys.<br />Who are booster golds rogues gallery? Name the bad guys created by Jurgens to challenge booster? That weird mini alien that killed Goldstar (HORRIBLE IDEA BY THE WAY!)<br />His superman vs booster arc was actually pretty cool and has been used well since then.<br />But really, who is booster's nemesis? Two full Booster Gold series and no actual nemesis this is pathetic! Backlash the guy with the whips? The weird evil wizard during the time travel miniseries? God Jurgens pisses me off!<br />Now, after a boring, formulaic, phoney JLI series gets rightfully cancelled ( I collected the entire Geffen series from the old days and it was far superior)this Annual was the best issue of the whole run.<br />The anti-Occupy story where Jurgens made up Breakdown and his lame pals, with the most overt politicized right wing nonsene was simply horrible. The political posturing was so transparent and weak my goodness. Even my 12 year old self would have seen through the contrived drama and straw men he created. Oh yes, these anarchist protesters are destroying america, gag. I don't care his political preference but the simplistic and childish approach he took was yet another reminder of why I can't stand Jurgens immature, uncompelling and simply boring writing.<br />And yet I've read every issue of every Booster Gold comic ever published just about!!<br />Am I crazy or what?<br />Now on to the Annual. I realized halfway through that this was NOT a jurgens book, because it was clever, interesting, compelling and had some very cool ideas in it.<br />I loved how Guy was complaining and mad at booster, the reader is thinking that Guy is just doing his normal cranky pants thing. But then it turns out he was right and Booster WAS full of it. That was cool!!!!<br />I loved how The Olympian was such an arrogant bastrd!! Had me cracking up. Jurgens can't write that self-mocking tone, he is so straight laced and fake posturing trying to write a 60's style sincere comic he has no nuance whatsoever.<br />I love how Batwing quit and Guy left in the first few pages. Followed by Booster declaring this is the beginning of the New justice league! That kind of ironic juxtaposition is impossible for a simpleton like Jurgens, he can't write anything but a straight good guy vs bad guy clash.<br />Beetle"Where is superman and wonderwoman?" in the voice of a naive youngster, revealing much about his character and being funny at the same time. That's good writing. Not just a chest puffed out Im here to save the day thing that Jurgens would have done.<br />I loved how it played on Boosters fake confidence and how he was scamming everyone with the best of intentions.<br />Compare to JLI #12 with the totally predictable sad sack booster saying I give up then being persuaded by his buddies to keep up the fight. So obvious so lame so dam frustrating!<br />I absolutely LOVED the arrival of the future booster lecturing his previous self. The time travel aspect of booster has been ignored throughout the series, and finally we get the most compelling aspect of booster back in the spotlight.<br />To give Jurgens credit, the 52 card pick up was pretty cool, and wrapping booster with Rip Hunter and the time master stuff was cool. I like that and they have to keep bringing that back to show how Booster stands out from other superheros. It's a good idea that Jurgens has consistently flubbed up but he gets some credit there for sure.<br />I LOVED how the future booster fails and begins to fade away, then the real booster fades too. FINALLY SOME real drama, something interseting, something to care about something to wonder about, something open ended and dangerous and compelling!!!<br />Not just another smash up of some lame lightweaver loser that you knew exactly how it would end.<br />When I saw the author was Geoff Johns I said FINALLY a decent writer. He made JLI slighting interesting for the FIRST time in the entire series. Not totally predictable and formulaic like Jurgens.<br />Now you hear me hating on Jurgens, but don't get me wrong. I'm a huge Booster fan since issue One and there are some ideas he's had that I really liked. Having booster be a scavenger who's powers were based on bits and pieces taken from the Legion, booster as time master, booster as self-questioning leader, etc. These are good. But as a writer he is so far behind the pack, his stuff would have been corny in the 60's and that's not a compliment.<br />I don't need "dark brooding edgy". Just interesting, compelling and well written work, which unfortunately Jurgens cannot do.<br />However he's the only writer who actually has passion for doing a booster book, and until some other guy takes him on, Booster remains only a shadow of how interesting he could be.<br />Where's alan moore when we need him!<br />Keep up the good work on the blog!<br />XYQ
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 12, 2012 at 5:15 PM
Quote: "FINALLY SOME real drama, something interseting, something to care about something to wonder about, something open ended and dangerous and compelling!!!"
Clearly, you're not as jaded about the state of DC Comics as I am. Glad to hear that DC does, in fact, still reach some audience who has enthusiasm for their product.