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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Life Goes On without Me?

If Booster Gold came to TV, we'd watch it. (Hint, hint, SyFy.)

Last week's poll question: If he were to retire from super heroics, which career would Booster Gold turn to in the DCnU? (45 votes)

If he were to retire from super heroics, which career would Booster Gold turn to in the DCnU?

So if that's what Booster would be doing, how about Skeets? What's a poor robot sidekick to do if the boss is out leading the Justice League or filming reality television shows? Skeets can't even get an appearance in the JLI, and that golden casing isn't paying to wax itself. What job is most befitting in the 21st-century DCnU for our favorite 25th-century tin can?

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Trying to Predict the Future

So last week we learned that Justice League International is being canceled for reasons as yet unknown. I've gnashed my teeth over the potential loss of Skeets and the future undiscovered country for the members of the JLI. What could motivate DC to do such things?

I'm not alone in trying to guess what's coming next. Among those speculating is Tom Bondurant, who considers the JLI's future in his "Grumpy Old Fan" column for Comic Book Resources's Robot 6 blog.

A JLI book which took such an approach [as Checkmate] might come out something like Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke's Justice League Elite. That wouldn't be so bad by itself, but if the next JLI included high-profile superheroes like Booster Gold and Guy Gardner, having to juggle public images with office politics and the dangers of diplomacy, it could be a real change of pace for the League books.

Or, you know, DC could just make it another "proactive" super-team like Extreme Justice...

Some people remember the Alamo or the Lusitania. I remember Extreme Justice. *shudder*

Meanwhile, James Hunt reports for Comic Book Resources on DC's panel at the Kapow Comic Convention in London last weekend. After DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio rejected a question about the Flash from an event attendee, another audience member asked about the future of Booster Gold and Skeets. Dan DiDio's response was short and cryptic:

DiDio: There is a definite plan. I love Skeets! Just like I love Wally West.

Take note that's the same Wally West who, despite being the focus of the past 25 years of Flash comics, hasn't been seen since his predecessor ruined history in Flashpoint. Could Skeets be busy behind-the-scenes working to restore the missing West to reality? Or does DiDio just mean that we won't be seeing Skeets anytime soon, either?

Poor, poor Skeets.

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Friday, May 18, 2012

No Skeets for You!

Russ Burlingame asked Dan Jurgens about the Justice League International cancellation on Wednesday at comicbook.com. As expected, Jurgens wouldn't or couldn't elaborate on DC's bigger plans, but he did manage to deliver this devastating news:

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Burlingame: For all we old Booster Gold fans, will we see the New 52 Skeets before all of this is over?

Dan Jurgens: The plan had been to unveil Skeets in #13. Since we're not going to get there, Skeets will be "heard" and not seen.

"Skeets will be 'heard' and not seen"?

"Skeets will be 'heard' and not seen"?

"Skeets will be 'heard' and not seen"!?!


First DC screws us out of the 50th issue of Booster Gold, where we were promised the resolution of the Black Beetle's story, and now the company screws us out of meeting Skeets in the New 52? Mr. Jurgens, maybe you should consider resolving your stories a little faster in the future.

Oh, you'd better have a plan to fix this, DC.

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Leggo My Ego

Skeets as JLI administrator? Don't think of Skeets as the new L-Ron. Think of L-Ron as the old Skeets.

Last week's poll question: What role should Skeets be playing in the Justice League International? (37 votes)

What role should Skeets be playing in the Justice League International?

All things being equal, Booster Gold fans were pretty fortunate in the post-Flashpoint reboot. Booster Gold is still the same character he was before. Other characters were not as lucky, sacrificing familiarity in the hopes of breathing new life into a tired concept.

Take, for example, Firestorm. Like Booster, Firestorm was a spotlight member of a top-selling, pre-reboot series in Brightest Day. But the powers-that-be at DC decided (probably justly, right, Shag?) that Firestorm didn't have what it took to generate and maintain a "modern" audience. So in the DCnU, Firestorm is now essentially two brand-new characters. Goodbye, character development; hello, artificial teen-aged angst and "fury."

Sure, that's frustrating to existing fans, but the point of comic book characters is to turn a profit. Characters must be popular to sell books, the more popular the better. Unpopular characters disappear, sometimes forever. Therefore, we Booster Gold fans should ask ourselves what risks we are willing to take to keep Booster Gold around.

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Whatever Happened to the Sidekick of Tomorrow?

Fingers crossed that DC never decides to kill Booster Gold (again). If they do, at least they should know what we expect: a happy ending.

Last week's poll question: What is the most plausible demise of Booster Gold? (41 votes)

What is the most plausible demise of Booster Gold?

Is it any coincidence that voters selected "sneak attack" as the least favorite option when it is the option that has "killed" Booster the most often in the comics? Hmm.

On a semi-related subject, I'm really beginning to worry about Skeets. Why can't we get the little guy on panel already? This is an oversight that must be corrected. I need Skeets in the DCnU!

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