DC released August solicitations last week, and other than Booster's one-panel cameo from Animal Man #1 being reprinted in the latest re-issue of Animal Man by Grant Morrison Book One, I don't see much to excite Booster boosters.

On a similar note, don't expect too much Booster Gold at your Local Comic Shop tomorrow, either. Booster has been seen in ten of the last eleven issues of Superman, so maybe we'll see him (or a poster of him) again in Superman #38, but the preview at AIPTComics.com doesn't give any indication. We'll see.

UPDATE: We have seen. Superman #38 takes us back to Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime with a whole bunch of heroes against Superboy-Prime Superman-Prime Just-Plain-Prime. But no Booster Gold. Maybe next month.

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DC's July solicitations came out late last week, and as Rob Snow wrote to me, tongue firmly in cheek, "still no Absolute Booster." Phew.

But there's not much run-of-the-mill Booster Gold, either, except for his inclusion in a couple of collections, including the inevitable Absolute Power Omnibus and another collection featuring selected stories by Keith Giffen, appropriately titled The DC Universe by Keith Giffen.

The Giffen volume will reprint just a small sample of contributions the prolific writer/artist made through the decades, and it is unclear at this time how much Booster Gold will be in it. If the solicitation is accurate, the answer is a little but not much, which also describes how much of our hero will be on the cover reusing Kevin Maguire's art from the "Remembering Keith Giffen" ad that ran in DC Comics in November 2023:

Keep an eye out for that in September.

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This space reserved for news about DC's June 2026 solicitations.

(Sure, I could have waited to post anything until after the DC June solicitations are released, but wouldn't you rather know that I had made the intentional decision to not post anything? I'm considerate that way.)

UPDATE: Good news, Booster boosters! In addition to appearing in the many, many DC K.O. reprints coming in July and August (that's not the good news), Booster is on the Ryan Sook cover of Action Comics #1099 coming June 10 (that is), which you can see alongside the full list of solicitations at AIPTComics.com. Wasn't that worth the wait?

UPDATE 2: Now that I've got some free time on my hands, let's take a closer look at that cover, shall we?

ACTION COMICS #1099
Written by MARK WAID
Art by SKYLAR PATRIDGE and PATRICIO DELPECHE
$4.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 6/10/26

After defeating Xotar, Superboy and the Justice League turn their attention to another mystery unsolved. The rocket ship that brought Clark to Earth has been activated. Could this be the key to finding Superman?

If you're curious, that's Kyrptonian text you can see in the rocket ship window. Translated, it reads, "welcome back kal el". It's oriented toward the reader, which means it reads backwards for Superboy and friends.

Is it just me, or is this Action Comics storyline starting to give off Time Masters: Vanishing Point/Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne vibes? (Those books came out 16 years ago. Golly, I'm getting old.)

At least if time travel shenanigans are afoot, it's a good thing Booster Gold is on the scene... to make them worse.

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DC Comics released its April 2026 solicitations last week. DC K.O. is mercifully in the rearview mirror, and even better, Booster Gold is on at least two covers of Action Comics #1097!

ACTION COMICS #1097
Written by MARK WAID, Art by SKYLAR PATRIDGE
Cover by RYAN SOOK, Things to Come variant cover by SKYLAR PATRIDGE
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/8/26

The heroes of tomorrow have arrived in the past, and they need Superboy’s help! But what can a young Clark Kent do that they can’t? Find out as Smallville is turned upside down and the Reign of the Superboys continues!

Why is it called a "Things to Come" variant? Are they all based on the 1936 sci-fi movie written by H.G. Wells (based on Wells' own book, The Shape of Things to Come)? Or am I just proving how old I am by admitting that my first thought at hearing the phrase is a 90-year-old movie? Get off my lawn!

More importantly, the "Reign of the Superboys" story runs through several (read: too many) books, and since we learned last month that Skylar Patridge designed a cornerbox featuring a Superboy with Booster Gold (which will be a variant cover for Action Comics #1096), it remains possible that Booster will appear on many other covers in the near future. So keep you eyes peeled, Booster boosters!

Action Comics #1096 Sklyar Patridge Corner Box Variant, on sale March 11, 2026

You can read all the April 2026 solicitations at AIPTComics.com.

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The full suite of DC's March 2026 solicitations should be released later today, but yesterday DC.com gave a first look at the "second phase of DC ALL IN" including releasing this Bruno Redondo Open To Order variant cover for Justice League Unlimited #17:

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #17
Written by MARK WAID, Art by CLAYTON HENRY, Variant cover by BRUNO REDONDO
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 3/25/26
In the aftermath of DC K.O., the Justice League has to work even harder to protect mankind—and that means it’s time for new blood to face new challenges! Who will join Wonder Woman and Batman to lead the new JLU?

In addition to that, AIPComics.com writes that Booster Gold will also be playing some part in the coming "Reign of the Superboys" storyline beginning March 11 in Action Comics #1096 (though it's not clear if Booster will be in that issue).

Maybe more will be revealed with the full set of solicitations.

UPDATE: And yes, it was. Booster Gold is on the Skylar Patridge Corner Box variant cover of Action Comics #1096. And that wrestling comic we first learned about back in November is DC X AEW #1, releasing on February 2, 2026. (Why wasn't it in last month's solicitations?) All of which means there will be a whole bunch of Booster in comic shops next year.

You can see the full slate of solicitations and covers at AIPTComics.com.

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