While reading some recently acquired 1997 back issues, I came across a DC Comics house ad for DC Comics Online via AOL. ("Keyword: Chat DC" because that's how the World Wide Web worked back in your parent's day, kids!) The ad includes the cover of Adventures in the DC Universe #1 showcasing the animated Justice League, including Booster Gold. (He's obscured, but he's there.) So I added the ad to the Boosterrific! Advertisements page here.

That wasn't the only ad I spotted while reading back issues. I'd long been aware of this 40-year-old one for subscriptions (featuring Jose Garcia-Lopez art) but had never added it to Boosterrific.com before because it only mentions Booster Gold (twice!) without ever showing him.

from Super Powers Volume 3, #3, November 1986

Oversight corrected.

What do you think, Booster boosters? Should I add this one to the rest of the house ads, even though Booster is unseen? I'm not as opposed to that idea as I once was, but I still think that comics where Booster is mentioned shouldn't be cataloged with the rest. (Who collects books for mere mentions of other characters?) Maybe it's right that I still only include ads where Booster is seen.

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Rob Snow alerts me that Booster Gold is in today's Justice League Unlimited #18. And if you recall, two weeks ago, Tony alerted us that Booster Gold also appears in a background panel in today's Superman #37 (or "Legacy 879" if you've been collecting since 1939).

Now, I haven't yet seen the panels from JLU #18, but the Superman panel in question is included in the issue preview at BleedingCool.com, but the important part is this:

Hmm. That looks familiar. Where have I seen that before? Ah, yes, Batman/Superman: World's Finest #20, also drawn by Dan Mora.

I hope this means Mora will be sneaking Booster into the background of more comics. Keep your eyes peeled, Booster boosters!

Thanks, Rob and Tony.

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Coming today to your Local Comic Shop is the long awaited Bruno Redondo ugly sweater variant of Justice League Unlimited #17.

But wait! There's more!

Rob Snow has alerted me that you can clearly see Booster Gold in the online preview at AIPTComics.com for Superman #36 (which they have mistakenly called issue number 38 despite the "36" plainly visible on the cover art. Ooops).

Yep, that's Booster, all right.

Pick up one or more of these issues and make Skeets happy.

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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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Booster booster Rob is usually the first person to email me each month when the DC solicitations are released. His email this past Friday lamented that according to the newly released May 2026 solicitations, there was a "Big fat nuthin" coming for Booster Gold.

While Rob is correct that none of the solicitations mention "Booster Gold" by name, AIPTComics.com also shows most of the covers. And guess who's on the Ryan Sook cover of Action Comics #1098?

ACTION COMICS #1098
Written by MARK WAID, Art by SKYLAR PATRIDGE and PATRICIO DELPECHE, Cover by RYAN SOOK
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/13/26

The Weapons Master has homed in on the most scientifically advanced tech on Earth, which happens to be hiding the on Kent Farm…Clark's rocket ship. Now the Justice League and Superboy must defend his legacy and save the town of Smallville from Xotar and his cache of malevolent munitions!

When I pointed out to Rob that he missed Booster on the cover (the third consecutive issue of Action Comics that will have a Booster Gold cover), he explained why he missed it: "No beard." Ok. I'll buy it.

As for the issue itself, It sure looks like Booster is saying good-bye on that cover, and the text doesn't give any impression that Booster will have much of anything to do with Superboy's fight with the Weapons Master (although Booster does have experience against Xotar in Justice League America #61 and #62).

At this point I should probably also mention that these solicitations also include Booster's appearances in Action Comics #992 through #1000, plus The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1, all as part of the Superman: Action Comics by Dan Jurgens Omnibus Vol. 2 coming in July. Can you believe that Action Comics #1000 came out almost a decade ago? Golly.

And since we're on the subject of Superman's history, may I add that if Mark Waid is going to start mining Superman's history for new Superboy stories, could we see a return of Zigi and Zagi from 1964's Action Comics #315/316? (Asking for a friend.)

Thanks for your support, Rob.

UPDATE 02/27: I think I owe you an apology, Rob. I overlooked Booster's appearance in this week's Superman #35. In his one panel cameo flashback appearance, Booster Gold is erroneously depicted without a beard, which is obviously why I didn't spot it earlier.

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