Judging by the decline in emails and comments received since September, it seemed to me that Boosterrific.com must be receiving fewer visitors lately. But the analytics tell a different story: visits are actually up. I wonder if the current DC K.O. event isn't responsible for both driving new readers to learn a little more about Booster Gold while driving existing Booster Gold fans to duck and cover until Scott Snyder and Joshua Williamson's string of degradations to our hero finally blows over.

Whomever your eyeballs belong to, thanks for reading.

Now, who wants to play "Where will we see Booster Gold next"?

The way Booster's skinsuit appeared at the end of last week's DC K.O. Superman vs Captain Atom #1 has me expecting Booster to show up and throw a different character out of a window at the end of each round of the current "DC K.O. All Fight Month." This week sees Round Two (versus Hawkman) in Aquaman #12 and Round Three in Wonder Woman vs. Lobo #1.

If anyone spots Booster Gold (or a reasonable facsimile) there or elsewhere, please let me know.

UPDATE: Yep. "Booster" is in a couple of pages of both. Which means he'll have 2 pages in all of the superhero death matches. And this really might be the breaking point at which I will stop buying all comics with Booster Gold in then. As my Local Comic Shop Guy-turned-therapist said to me today, "We've really got to get you out of this abusive relationship with DC." When your pusher says you've had enough, maybe it's time to listen.

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Booster booster J writes to let me know about what would seem to be a small correction to a nearly 20-year-old comic book, 2006's 52 #7:

In the annotation for Page 17, panel 2, you say that an actor introduces himself to Lois as "Bob Castell", even though in the previous issue his name was Bill. I'm current reading the digital version of 52 Volume 1 (the one that collects issues #1-26). I just want to point out that, at least in the digital version, they corrected this error and he introduces himself as "Bill Castell".

Firstly, thanks for reading the annotations, J. I wrote them in 2007, and I apologize in advance that they're probably all awful and chock full of typos I'm sure you'll be telling me about later.

Secondly, issues of 52 were originally released weekly, which by all accounts was a real challenge for all involved, so it's no great surprise that a few errors made it through to the final product. I'm glad DC was able to make the corrections in the (many) subsequent collected volumes.

Here's the panel as it was originally published in 52 Week Seven:

And here it is as it appears in the corrected reprints:

The first name of a minor character may seem like small potatoes, but in context, it's a relevant clue to the mystery of the Last Days of Booster Gold, one of several main plots unfolding throughout the series.

Readers were introduced to Mr. Castell in 52 Week Six, where we discover that despite a recent return to the spotlight, Booster Gold has been burnishing his image as a superhero by paying an actor to portray a supervillain and allowing Booster to beat him in a public setting. Intentionally evocative of Maxwell Lord's scheme to force the Justice League to accept Booster Gold into its ranks (in 1987's immortal Justice League #4), this is particularly despicable behavior, even for Booster Gold.

And to make matters worse, Booster treats the actor like a real jerk, refusing to even get his name right.

As you can now see, in the original publication, the reader has (unintentional) cause to be suspicious of the actor's motivations and integrity when Castell changes his first name between issues and accuses Booster of writing a bad check. However, in the reprint, when the reader is more confident that the actor knows what he's talking about, the accusation against Booster is more credible and extra damning.

Why would Booster do such a thing? And why would he go out of his way to be such a jackass to his partner in crime, essentially encouraging him to be disloyal? At the risk of spoiling a great comic book mystery, all I'll say is that this behavior was no mistake, and may, in fact, rank among the most clever things Booster Gold has ever done.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, be like J. Go track down a reprint collection of 52 and read one of the greatest stories DC has ever published. You can thank me (and J) later.

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I'm not seeing anything in the weekly ship list to indicate any reason for Booster Gold fans to buy comic books this week, so instead of talking about that, here's the best fan letter I received last week:

Good evening Mr. Boosterrific,

I am a fan of your catalog of Booster Gold media, the time and effort taken to make record of the content is rather admirable, with or without assistance. I adore Michael Jon Carter AKA Booster Gold. He has been my favorite DC character since I learned of his existence. Seeing another massive fan of Mr. Carter restores my faith in humanity and I would like to personally thank you for your service to the cause.

I thank you deeply for having such a wonderful archive of Booster content to look at when I am feeling down. I've shown it to my garden and my crops are growing extremely well now. Booster Gold saved my village from famine. I thank you kindly. I shall have a golden statue erected of Mr. Carter himself within my own home, and a shrine dedicated using your wonderful archive of content.

Thank you for being so amazing and terrific, this archive healed my terminal NonBoosterItis and now I am able to do back-flips and play piano at the same time. After reading about Booster Gold, I now find myself irresistible. I cannot stop looking in the mirror, I am making myself to look more like Booster in order to achieve true beauty. I am inspired!

Sincerely, Booster's Number 1 Fan

I might be inclined to argue about the title of "Booster's Number 1 Fan," but the letter was signed "Theodore Kord," so, yeah, that checks out.

Thanks for the kind words, Ted. I'm the last person to restore anyone's faith in humanity, but I am very glad to have helped your garden grow, especially if that leads to another shrine to our hero, Booster Gold.

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Been busy behind the scenes here at Boosterrific lately.

Booster booster J writes in to note that I had missed Booster's feature appearance in DC Universe Infinite's DC GO Edition of Taste of Justice #15. J is right. I had missed that. If you also missed it, know that you can go right now and read it for free right now at dcuniverseinfinite.com.

J also pointed out that I had missed Booster's appearance in June's Superman: The Ultimate Guide New Edition from DK Books. Again, J is right. (J usually is.) I have corrected oversight by adding the book to the Boosterrific! Other Media: Books list.

What J failed to notice (or was perhaps too polite to mention) was that I had also been omitting the Secret Six by Gail Simone Omnibus Volumes 1 and 2 from the Boosterrific! list of reprints. (To be fair to myself, volume 2 was just released yesterday.) These collections reprint a single Booster Gold cameo appearance apiece. But no matter how small, a Booster Gold appearance is still a Booster Gold appearance, and these books are now appropriately in the Boosterrific! database.

Thanks, J. Keep reading and let me know when you find more.

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Believe it or not, one of my least favorite parts of running a website devoted to a comic book superhero is wading through all the Internet rumors and arguments about potential appearances in other media. I love movies as much as the next guy, but not superhero movies. My imagination brings superhero comic books to life better than Hollywood screenwriters and CGI.

Despite my personal misgivings, I recognize that Booster Gold fans are really, really interested the subject, and I admit that tracking a history of such things falls squarely inside the mandate that I have set for myself here at Boosterrific.com. In the past, I've put that content into the Boosterrific! Blog, but I recognize that information there can be a little hard to dig out.

Therefore, I have finally come to the decision to build a single landing page for credible reporting (with supporting source links where available) on all of the DC-sanctioned live-action projects that have ever been considered. You'll find it in the menu above under Booster Gold > Movie Development. Or, if you're in a hurry, here's a direct link: boosterrific.com/booster/movie.php

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