Russ Burlingame assures me that his latest "Gold Exchange" column with J.M. DeMatteis should be up at Comic Related today. However, I don't yet have that link. And you can find that article here, where you can read tidbits like this:

CR: And how does that kind of thing affect the really ambitious way that you guys had looked at The Perforated Man?

JMD: We'll see what happens. A lot depends on what we do in our last issue. As I said, our plan was to make him a major player who could be the Doctor Doom to Booster's Fantastic Four.

[UPDATED 1:17PM]: Just a quick reminder from Russ Burlingame: This is basically J.M. DeMatteis' exit interview. Although he'll keep doing "Gold Exchange" interviews between now and May, but he talks about the run and his regrets about leaving early with me in the first-ever "Panel Discussions" podcast (found here).

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I know that I usually run "Gold Exchange" links on Tuesdays, but Russ Burlingame broke the news that Dan Jurgens will be returning to Booster Gold on issue #44 last night at Comic Related. I can't sit on news like that! As Burlingame himself posted in the Boosterrific.com Forum yesterday:

The Gold Exchange: So—as we've done once or twice before, last thing first: Back when it was announced you'd be leaving Booster Gold for a while to take on Time Masters: Vanishing Point, it became public knowledge after an issue of Booster Gold had "To Be Continued In..." tagged at the end. Now that story is finished and the last issue of Time Masters says "To be continued in Booster Gold #44." Will you be the one continuing your storyline in a new title here, as you did after The Tomorrow Memory?

Dan Jurgens: Yes. I'll be jumping back to Booster Gold as of issue #44, which I've just started drawing. It's good to be home!

It'll be good to have you back, Dan. You can read the whole article here.

UPDATE 02/05: FYI: Russ has posted a slightly longer version of the Comic Related "Gold Exchange" column at Newsarama that answers some questions specifically addressed here in the Boosterrific Forum. You can find that column here.

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If you didn't already notice Mr. Chaos' link in the forum (making this "Gold Exchange Tuesday" post somewhat redundant), Russ Burlingame has posted his latest "Gold Exchange" column at newsarama.com. In regards to questions about why Booster Gold #40 contained a re-telling of Booster's origin, writer J.M. DeMatteis is quoted:

"We were told this had to be a 'jump on' issue: That's why we did the recap."

DeMatteis also admits that the discrepancies in Booster's origin in that issue were intentional. Whether you believe him or not is up to you. (I run a website devoted to chronicling the most minute details of Booster Gold's adventures, and it didn't bother me. But I don't expect that fact to carry much weight with anyone else.)

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It's really starting to look like I need to make Tuesdays "Gold Exchange Day." Russ Burlingame released another "Gold Exchange" column at Newsarama.com last week with Dan Jurgens commenting on Time Masters: Vanishing Point #5. To pull a quote:

"Supernova and his wife will be addressed next issue." -- Dan Jurgens

I know that I can't wait.

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There was quite a drought of "Gold Exchange" columns for awhile there, and now it seems they are coming fast and furious. Russ Burlingame's latest "Gold Exchange" column was posted late last week at Newsarama.com. (Erin starlight has already commented on it here.) DeMatteis, like Jurgens before him, tends to give few concrete answers to Burlingame's questions, but his responses on how he views Booster Gold are enlightening. I can't ever have too much problem with anyone who clearly likes the character as much as he does.

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