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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
After making a surprise cameo appearance in June's Superman #27, Booster Gold wasn't in last month's Superman #28. But he's definitely going to be on the cover of September's Superman #30. So the question is: Will he be in tomorrow's Superman #29?
BleedingCool.com has a preview, and Booster's not in that. But Time Trapper is, and in that preview, Time Trapper excuses himself to go face the Dark Legion in another book which turns out to be Justice League Unlimited #10. Unfortunately, Booster's not in that preview either.
Booster has to appear in at least one of those books, right? I'll keep you posted.
UPDATE: Rob Snow tells us Booster *is* in Superman #29. Thanks, Rob!
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SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I am continuing to lay odds on him showing up in the last couple pages of Superman. We'll see!
Rob snow posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Welp. Not in JLU 10.
Rob snow posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
He is in Superman 29 nearing the end...no spoilers
Rasalonn posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I have been talking to guys on Facebook. And it seems they are reading a different event. They claim booster gold has been all over the place in comics since the all in one shot. Am I missing something. When I joked he has been seen in months out side of single pages. They said I am missing alot. Could he be disguised as some one else?
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
@Rasalonn "Could he be disguised as someone else?" Sure. It's comics. Anything is possible. But I think they're trolling you.
SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Trust me, if he was anywhere, Walter would know about it. LOL! But I kinda mostly called it. I continue to want to wrap him in blankets and like-- stick him in front of a buffet and therapist, poor guy.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
SLW has brought it to my attention that for a second time in three months, a comic book depicted a Booster Gold doll. That book: Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1.
In the story, Superman is suffering from purple kryptonite poisoning and is experiencing time out of order. The comic represents this by presenting the panels out of order (which is a clever bit of metatext, but isn't a great reading experience).
As a public service, here are the four panels which depict Booster Gold in chronological order of events:
Page 23, Panel 1
Page 21, Panel 3
Page 22, Panel 2
Page 23, Panel 2
Hmm. That looks kind of like a Booster Gold Troll doll. I sure hope Booster is getting a cut of all these Booster Gold-themed products.
Thanks, SLW.
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SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's a pretty neat bit of meta sleight-of-hand, the lost time traveler showing up (even in doll form) during a temporally screwy sequence, I gotta admit. It's more clever than I'd normally expect.
BT posted on Sep. 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Just a fun BTS fact: in the original script Prince posted on instagram, Booster was mentioned by name! https://imgur.com/a/aeGlB3j
Friday, August 15, 2025
There are people who frequent this site who do not care for Dan Jurgens' Justice League run. A recent commenter complained that the run is "essentially either an unimaginative retread of past stories or a vehicle for his absolute hero worship of Superman." I have to admit, that's not inaccurate.
Everyone can like what they like, of course, but I will point out that during his run, Jurgens was aware enough of exactly this criticism that his Justice League America #66 is 22 pages of team infighting while former Leaguers complain about how rotten everything has gotten. And then they worship Superman.
In light of the "things were better back in my day" theme of the issue, I particularly like this page that hints that when no one is looking, the Blue and Gold team aren't quite the pair of doofuses they play on TV.
Speaking only for myself, I think this issue is pretty good. But then, I tend to enjoy Superman hero worship, so I'm the target audience. You do you.
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Rob snow posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Im the complete opposite. I loved this run. One of my comfort food collections. Mostly because lot of the arcs are Beetle-centric. Hes the hero in most of the conflicts. And Boosters personal trials are deep
Brandon posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I found Jurgens' JLA run to be bland.
He tried to walk the line between the original humorous tone of the book and a more traditional action oriented tone. Trying to please both fan bases.
A reasonable approach, but one that often winds up pleasing nobody
SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Aw, Walter, you can name me if you want to. I agree on this page! I like it too! And I don't think that every single page of Jurgens' run on JLA was bad. I just don't think the man deserves to sit pretty on any unearned pedestals, and in terms of how he handled the JLI-- he most definitely does not. But he did have moments in it I liked quite a lot.
But I think him writing Booster as a caveman is pretty awful; I absolutely think Booster's own creator should have respected his characterization more, especially since Dan himself established some of the more charming parts of it in Vol. 1. I do think Dan turning Ice into some vapid fangirl was lousy. And, as I think I mentioned, he ignored most -- if not all -- of Guy's better traits. (Bear in mind that I think Giffen and DeMatteis did a pretty bad job with Ted Kord and Guy Gardner too, though. I hardly venerate them, either.)
In fairness, I think I had also pointed out that I too appreciated Ted Kord being treated as less of a joke. If I didn't, I should have.
Dan's big problem was a lack of imagination. As Brandon says above, he tried to thread the line between the funny sitcom-style humor preceding him and the more traditional rock 'em-sock 'em comic plotting. Thing is: Dan's really only funny when he's channeling his dry wit. I think that's probably the midwesterner in him, because boy, I can recognize that tone.
He could have probably leveraged that, instead of trying -- and failing -- to find the humor in team dynamics. Mostly, everyone kind of comes across as actively disliking one another in his run, with rare exceptions. Aside when they're getting beaten half to death by Doomsday, you don't really get the feeling his version of the JLI is a family, and remain such even when they argue, which is something Giffen and DeMatteis did right.
Max Lord was also sort of ill-used. He'd reached a fairly good spot at the end of Breakdowns, as a character, only for Superman to charge in and treat him poorly. Another fan I talk with said she's surprised he didn't go full villain right around then, and honestly-- so am I. When you go from J'onn J'onzz calling you a good man to Superman in your face on the team you built -- regardless of original motivation -- that's a pretty mean kick in the crotch.
I do appreciate your point of view, Walter. You have indeed made me take second looks at things I might not have without you. I hope you don't feel my POV is a shot at you, as I'd never want to do that or to make you feel like I am.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
@SLW No need for any apologies. I don't take your opinions on Jurgens body of work as a personal attack. A diversity of viewpoints can be enlightening. (I should also probably mention that I wasn't trying to call you out on this. If I was going to take issue with your commentary, I'd have done it directly in private. I just thought it was interesting that your recent comments were pretty aligned with this particular issue.)
SLW (Steff) posted on Aug. 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fair enough! I'm glad; I think if I didn't find some of Dan's creativity to be genuinely brilliant, I probably wouldn't get so nettled by where I believe his failures to be. And even though I quite like Superman as a character, I'm way more apt to get starry-eyed over Captain Marvel, which probably doesn't help when the Superman hero worship feels especially thick. 🤣 I mean, even beyond their fraught history and DC's constant foundering with knowing how to handle Cap.
Friday, July 25, 2025
Think things are bad now? Well, back in the summer of 1992, Eclipso was on the warpath in the "Darkness Within" summer event, and he had his sights set on killing Booster Gold's best bud Ted Kord in Justice League America Annual #6!
See, Eclipso has infiltrated the League and realized that the Blue Beetle's solar powered Flash Gun represents a real threat to his plans for world domination. So he does what any villain worth his black diamonds would do: he sows discord among the heroes.
Which was actually pretty easy considering that this incarnation of the League was never exactly one big happy family. Sometimes bad team chemistry is too much even for Superman to manage.
This story spends a lot of time on the Superman-Wonder Woman-Ice-Maxima love rectangle, but I don't think that's how Ice was expecting Superman to sweep her off her feet.
Speaking of romance, this is the same issue that has Booster Gold unwisely fondling Wonder Woman's hair then later punching her in the face (under Eclipso's control by way of Maxima—it's complicated) before having his equipment destroyed by Maxima (or Eclipso, like I said: complicated).
A lot happens in this one action-packed issue, but for me, nothing tops Superman losing his cool like an overwhelmed preschool teacher. That's good comics!
Footnote tangentially related to the above post: After I had written this post but before I published it, Booster booster J notified me that this issue is included in the Superman and Justice League America reprint collection, which I had been identifying in the Boosterrific Database as "Superman and the Justice League of America." The latter is the copyrighted name of the book in the publishing indicia, but as J reminds me, it is the policy of this site to reflect the name on the cover as the title for each issue, so the entry has been revised. Thank you for your diligence, J.
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Rob snow posted on Jul. 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is my one favorite comic ever. No joke. I ca reread this forever. One of Teds best moments
SLW (Steff) posted on Jul. 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
@Rob - Ted is fantastic and so incredibly overlooked. I loved this one for his brilliance getting spotlighted, just like I loved the way he kind of routed the Overmaster, too. AND saved Booster on a hail mary pass. DC didn't do too bad with him in the latest JLU, but they're obviously playing up Mr. Terrific more because of the film. Hopefully they'll remember how damn smart Ted really is and start shining a light on it more.
(Booster needed slapped around a little here in this storyline, yeah, but that sometimes happens. The boy has some real boundary issues; mostly it's people violating his and him being bad at enforcing them, but occasionally he also steps way over the line, too, and deserves a swat back to his side of it. For the Watsonian take. For the Doylist take, sometimes the writers like to use him as a mouthpiece without bothering to consider the bulk of his characterization.)
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Back in May, in response to a post on Joshua Williamson's substack, I wrote
You'll note that this doesn't actually say that Booster Gold will be in Superman #28, but it almost does. So I think Booster boosters should be prepared to pick up Superman #28 when it comes out on July 23.
Now that it's July 23 Eve, BleedingCool.com has spoilers for Superman #28, the first issue of the "Legion of Darkseid" story that's been teased for months. The spoilers reveal a surprise character appearance... who is not Booster Gold. Shoot. There is still no actual confirmation that Booster Gold is in the issue. I guess we'll find out tomorrow. [UPDATE: As you can see in the comments below, Rob Snow has found out, and the answer is "he is not." Big thanks to Rob for saving me $5.]
But!
"Here" being the DC Go! comic Taste of Justice #3 ("A Taste of Hope" co-written by and guest starring World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés).
Thanks to Booster booster J, I can report that the first three issues of the digital-only food-themed series from Andrew Aydin and Domo Stanton first announced back in January were finally released on July 16 and are now available and free to read at DCUniverseInfinite.com.
And yes, that is the costume Booster wore while romancing Harley Quinn in "California or Death" (beginning in Harley Quinn Volume 3 #70). I gotta be honest; I don't hate it. I'm a sucker for the high collar.
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SLW (Steff) posted on Jul. 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Costume or civilian clothes? (Arguably, she was romancing him, but she still stabbed him more times in this timeline than she's kissed him. Which is fine by me, he can definitely do better. 🤣)
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Jul. 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
That is *definitely* a costume. Civilian clothes, I would argue, as a general rule attempt to fit in with contemporary fashion trends. That's designed to stand out as far as possible. That boy wants to be seen!
SLW (Steff) posted on Jul. 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
See, I'd venture civilian clothes are 'clothes you're not likely (or looking) to fight in'. I mean, there's a difference between being publicity-minded and and being 'on duty'. At least every other time we've seen him wearing this, he was definitely not what I'd call officially 'on duty', though yeah, of *course* that boy wants to be seen. XD When your whole skillset is basically 'superhero' or 'ex-football player', branding is about all you got left to bring home the bacon!
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Jul. 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Merriam-Webster defines "civilian" strictly as someone who is not in the armed or peacekeeping forces, and the United States Army recognizes "civilian clothes" as almost anything that isn't a defined uniform. Loosely speaking, most of DC's superheroes should be considered deputies of the law, and wear a uniform designating their special status to society-at-large. Therefore, a super hero wearing anything other than their IP trademarked outfit could be considered to be wearing "civilian clothes." I also concede all this would seem to apply to Booster here, as he is not obviously clad in his familiar 25th-century power-suit.
HOWEVER, Booster (1) isn't in the military, (2) has been known to change looks from time to time, and (3) is wearing an outfit clearly meant to evoke his traditional costume (and brand). Add that in this particular context, he is responding to Batman's summons wearing what you see, while all of his colleagues on the Justice League satellite are also dressed for "work." Booster is not shown changing outfits before going into action, so the presumption is that he is time travels to save the day in what he's already wearing. Therefore, even by your definition, I contend that he sure seems to be "looking to fight" in what you see him wearing here, so I will insist on calling it a costume (as I have before; see: "Los Angeles Casual" on the Boosterrific! list of power-suits) until such time as evidence in canon proves otherwise.
(I admit I'm probably being pointlessly argumentative on a purely semantic point, but "being pointlessly argumentative" is a key cornerstone in my personality matrix, and why else read superhero comic books if not to argue about their contents?)
Joe posted on Jul. 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Civilian. lol.
Rob snow posted on Jul. 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Short answer...nope. No booster nor in Justice league unlimited
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Jul. 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Well, crud.
SLW (Steff) posted on Jul. 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We wouldn't be comic book fans, buddy, if we didn't argue pointlessly about semantics. XD And anyway, who's to say they didn't summon him from a karaoke session anyway? He doesn't carry his powersuit in a ring, so it's entirely possible he got called to action while out doing non-hero things. Maybe he took a minute to change into the actual uniform/costume before time-traveling to save the world (again) after we see him vanish.
I can definitely say wearing civilian clothes (I suppose calling them street clothes also works) doesn't preclude a public servant (or possibly superhero) from going into action without the uniform when there's no time to run home and change into it. I was married to a rural police officer for many years, and many times he strapped his gunbelt on over his jeans and bolted out with his badge clipped to his belt. (And it's totally fine, really, to call this outfit a costume since we see it more than once and it's themed, but I think in-universe, it's probably really just one variation of Booster's street clothes. A 'notice who I am' outfit, sure, but still not meant for battle.)
