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Booster Gold (Michael Jon "Booster" Carter) is a
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appearing in
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s published by
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. Created by
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, the character first appeared in ''
Booster Gold Booster Gold (Michael Jon "Booster" Carter) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Dan Jurgens, the character first appeared in ''Booster Gold (comic book), Booster Gold'' #1 (February 1986) and has be ...
'' #1 (February 1986) and has been a member of the
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. He is initially depicted as a glory-seeking showboat from the future, staging high-publicity heroics through his knowledge of historical events and futuristic technology. Carter develops over the course of his publication history and through personal tragedies to become a hero weighed down by his reputation. The character has been portrayed in live action television by Eric Martsolf in ''
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'' and by Donald Faison in the seventh season of the
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series ''
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''. Additionally,
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,
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, and
Bruce Timm Bruce Walter Timm (born February 5, 1961) is an American artist, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for contributing to building the modern DC Comics animated franchise, most notably as the head producer behind '' Batman: ...
have voiced Booster Gold in animation. The character will appear in an upcoming self-titled television series on
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, set in the
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(DCU) media franchise.


Publication history

Booster Gold first appeared in ''Booster Gold'' #1 (February 1986), being the first significant new character introduced into
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continuity after ''
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''. The next year, he began to appear regularly in the ''Justice League'' series remaining a team member until the group disbanded in 1996. He and his former Leaguers subsequently appeared as the "Superbuddies" in the ''Formerly Known as the Justice League'' miniseries and its ''JLA: Classified'' sequel "I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League". At
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Los Angeles in March 2007,
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announced a new ongoing series titled '' All-New Booster Gold'', which was later published as simply ''
Booster Gold Booster Gold (Michael Jon "Booster" Carter) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Dan Jurgens, the character first appeared in ''Booster Gold (comic book), Booster Gold'' #1 (February 1986) and has be ...
''. The series follows the events of '' 52'' and was initially co-written by
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and Jeff Katz, with art by creator Jurgens and Norm Rapmund. The series focuses primarily on Booster Gold's clandestine
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within the
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. The series also features
Rip Hunter Rip Hunter (Michael Jon Carter Jr.) is a time-traveling superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jack Miller and artist Ruben Moreira, the character first appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #20 ...
, Skeets, and Booster's ancestors Daniel Carter and Rose Levin as supporting characters. The tagline of the series is: "The greatest hero you've never heard of!". Katz and Johns left the book after 12 issues (#1-10, #0, and a
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issue). Jurgens and Rapmund stayed. Jurgens assumed writing duties following four issues by guests
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and Rick Remender. In May 2010,
Keith Giffen Keith Ian Giffen (November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023) was an American comics artist and writer. He was known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of ...
took over the ''Booster Gold'' title, linking it with the 26-week miniseries '' Justice League: Generation Lost'', in which Booster united with
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,
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and Captain Atom to defeat the resurrected
Maxwell Lord Maxwell Lord IV is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''Justice League'' #1 (May 1987) and was created by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire (artist), Kevin Magui ...
. From July 2010 through February 2011, Booster starred alongside Rip Hunter,
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, and
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in the six-issue miniseries ''Time Masters: Vanishing Point'', part of the " Return of Bruce Wayne" arc, which also reintroduced the
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and established the background for the 2011 DC crossover event '' Flashpoint''. Jurgens returned to the main ''Booster Gold'' title with issue #44.


Development

Jurgens's 1984 series proposal for Booster Gold compared the hero to U.S. Olympic Gold athletes such as Dorothy Hamill, Peggy Fleming, and
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, who had turned "Olympic gold into commercial gold", selling multiple products based on their fame and past accomplishments. Booster's origin as a security guard at a future
Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...
museum was altered when writer/artist John Byrne was brought to DC to reboot Superman's origin in '' The Man of Steel''.


Legacy

Since his origin, other characters within the DC Universe have hinted that there is a greater purpose to Booster Gold than he knows. During the ''Millennium'' event, Harbinger reveals to
Martian Manhunter The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in the story "The Manhunter from Mars" in ''Detective Comics ...
that Booster is descended from the Chosen and that he must be protected. It is revealed that Booster is destined to come to the past to protect him from an unknown event in the future.''Booster Gold'' #25 (February 1988). DC Comics. In '' 52'', Rip states that the moment Booster helped save the multiverse from
Mister Mind Mister Mind is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel. Created by Otto Binder and C. C. Beck for Fawcett Comics, the character made a cameo appea ...
would be remembered in the future as the start of Gold's "glory years."''52'' Week 52 (May 2, 2007). DC Comics. Later, in the new ''Booster Gold'' series, Rip hints at a "Carter heroic legacy."''Booster Gold'' vol. 2 #6 (March 2008). DC Comics. It is then revealed that Booster is important to the Time Masters, as he will train "the greatest of them all",''Booster Gold'' vol. 2 #10 (July 2008). DC Comics. being the father and the teacher of Rip Hunter himself, who willingly chose to protect his identity against other time-travelers, to pass through history as the only loser of the clan. Despite the general distrust of Booster, Rip and his descendants apparently know the truth, always honoring him.''Booster Gold'' vol. 2 #1000000 (September 2008) Due to the complicated time-travel mechanics, Booster's future self, "currently" operating from an unknown era with his time-travel educated wife, still watches over his past self and his son, making sure that Rip Hunter gives his past self proper schooling. The older Booster acts in total anonymity, and has access to other "time-lost" equipment than his suit, such as
Superboy Superboy is an identity used by several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. These characters have been featured in several eponymous comic series, in addition to ''Adventure Comics'' and other series ...
's seemingly-destroyed "super-goggles".''Booster Gold'' vol. 2 #30 (March 2010). DC Comics. Due to a
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, the future Booster is revealed to be a more experienced Time Master than his son Rip Hunter, but also that he personally tasked Rip to school his past self. It is also implied that the departure of the Hypertime concept, rather than a simple
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, is Booster's work, as in the future he tasked himself with the role of pruning divergent timelines from each universe in the Multiverse.


Fictional character biography


From the future

Michael Jon Carter was born poor in 25th-century
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. He and his younger twin sister, Michelle, never knew their father because he left after gambling away all their money. Michael was a gifted athlete, attending Gotham University on a
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. At Gotham U., Michael was a star
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until his father reentered his life and convinced him to deliberately lose games for gambling purposes. He was exposed, disgraced and expelled. His twin sister Michelle, the more responsible of the two, took on multiple jobs to support their ailing mother. Later, he was able to secure a job as a night watchman at the
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Space Museum, where he studied displays about superheroes and villains from the past, particularly the 20th century. Michael's
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is a robot named Skeets. Skeets is a 25th-century security robot (sometimes "valet unit") with
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. He is capable of flight, cognition, and voice projection, which are all considered highly advanced for 21st century Earth. He also has historical records which give him a vast knowledge of what will happen between the 21st and 25th centuries, though its reliability has become questionable. He possesses numerous miniature tools and weapons kept within his shell, and is also equipped with a powerful energy blaster. He is apparently immune to reality and temporal manipulation. With the help of Skeets, Michael stole devices from the museum displays, including a
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flight ring and
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's force field belt. He used
Rip Hunter Rip Hunter (Michael Jon Carter Jr.) is a time-traveling superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jack Miller and artist Ruben Moreira, the character first appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #20 ...
's Time Sphere, also on display in the museum, to travel to the 20th century, intent on becoming a superhero and forming a corporation based around himself to make a comfortable living. He is a shameless self-promoter whose obsession with fame and wealth irritates other heroes.''Booster Gold'' #1 (February 1986). DC Comics. Carter's nickname as a football player was "Booster", but his chosen 20th century superhero name was "Goldstar". After saving
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, Carter mangled the two names, causing Reagan to introduce him as "Booster Gold".''Booster Gold'' #8-9 (September–October 1986). DC Comics. The name stuck. In a running joke throughout the DC Universe, people erroneously call him "Buster", to his chagrin.


Celebrity

Booster is originally based in Superman's home city, Metropolis. He starts his hero career by preventing the shapeshifting assassin Chiller, an operative of The 1000, from killing the
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and replacing him. With the subsequent public exposure, Booster signs a multitude of commercial and movie deals. During his career, his sister Michelle Carter, powered by a magnetic suit, follows in his footsteps as the superheroine
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. Booster is devastated when she dies battling creatures from another dimension. Amassing a small fortune, Booster founds Goldstar, Inc. (later Booster Gold International) as a holding company and hires Dirk Davis to act as his agent. During the ''
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'' event, Davis reveals that he is a Manhunter in disguise and that he siphoned money from Booster's accounts in hopes of leaving him no choice but to do the Manhunters' bidding. Although the Manhunters are ultimately defeated, Booster is left bankrupt.


''Justice League''

Booster Gold is a key character in the late 1980s/early 1990s ''
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'' revamp by writers
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and J. M. DeMatteis. Booster Gold is frequently partnered with fellow Justice League member Blue Beetle, and the two quickly become best friends. The duo's notable appearances include a stint as superhero repo men, and as the minds behind the construction of a gaming resort, Club JLI, on the living island Kooey Kooey Kooey. After one too many embarrassments and longing for his old reputation, Booster quits the League to found The Conglomerate, a superhero team whose funding is derived from corporate sponsors. Booster and his team are determined to behave as legitimate heroes, but find that their sponsors compromise them far too often. The Conglomerate reforms several times after Booster rejoins the League, though without much success. When an alien comes to Earth on a rampage, Booster coins the name Doomsday for it. While battling the entity, Booster's costume is destroyed. Blue Beetle is able to design a new, bulkier costume to replace it, although this costume often malfunctions. During a later battle with Devastator, a servant of the Overmaster, Booster is nearly killed and loses an arm. Again, Blue Beetle comes to his aid, designing a suit that acts as a
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system in addition to replicating the powers of Booster's previous costumes. This suit also includes a cybernetic prosthetic for his lost arm.


''Extreme Justice''

After the Justice League falls apart, Booster Gold joins Extreme Justice, a team led by Captain Atom. While a member of this team, Booster makes a deal with the supervillain
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, who fully heals Booster's wounds so that he can once again remove his battle suit. Booster dons a new costume created by Blue Beetle. Skeets acts as its systems controller, who aids Booster and is able to take control of the costume if Booster is rendered unconscious. Following the disbanding of Extreme Justice, this suit is destroyed. Professor Hamilton subsequently creates a new one based on the designs of both the original 25th century costume and the energy containment suit Superman was wearing at this time. This costume is later tweaked to closer resemble Booster's original costume.


''Countdown to Infinite Crisis'': ''The OMAC Project''

After the events depicted in the limited series ''
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'', in which Sue Dibny is murdered, Booster Gold retires briefly, but then helps Blue Beetle discover who is manipulating KORD Industries.''
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'' #1 (May 2005). DC Comics.
Booster is badly injured in an explosion at Kord's home, and it is revealed that his companion Skeets has been dismantled for its 25th century technology by the
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organization. In ''
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'' limited series, Booster Gold gathers the old
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heroes to investigate Blue Beetle's disappearance. At the series' end, he is ruined physically and emotionally, having destroyed much of his gear in the fight against the OMACs. He has seen his friend Rocket Red die in battle. He discovered that another friend,
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, is responsible for killing Blue Beetle and that in fact, Lord always hated metahumans and superheroes. In a moment of self-reflection, he realizes that if only he had bothered to recall more of what was history in his native era, he might have been able to warn his friends. Giving a farewell kiss to the forehead of his wounded teammate Fire as she lay in a hospital bed, he drops his trademark goggles on the floor and leaves, saying only that he has decided to "go home", implying a return to the 25th century.''
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'' #1-6 (June–November 2005). DC Comics.


''Infinite Crisis''

In ''
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'', Gold resurfaces in the ruins of the Justice League Watchtower on the moon, along with Skeets, again branded as a criminal in his time for "hijacking historical records".''
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'' #2 (January 2006). DC Comics.
When Skeets fails to locate the absent
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, Booster searches for Jaime Reyes, the new Blue Beetle, whom he takes to the
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. Booster tells
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the subject of the stolen records: Batman never finds
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, but Booster implies that, with Jaime's aid, they can succeed.''Infinite Crisis'' #5 (April 2006). DC Comics. The mission is successful and Booster plays a pivotal role in the destruction of the satellite.''Infinite Crisis'' #6 (May 2006). DC Comics.


''52'' and Supernova

In the aftermath of ''Infinite Crisis'', Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman temporarily retire their costumed identities, and the remaining heroes attend a memorial for
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in Metropolis after he is killed by
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.'' 52'' Week 1 (May 10, 2006). DC Comics. Booster attends the memorial, but when Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman do not arrive as he expects, he suspects his robot sidekick Skeets is malfunctioning and becomes hysterical. After Skeets reports other incorrect historical data,''52'' Week 2 (May 17, 2006). DC Comics.''52'' Week 3 (May 24, 2006) Booster searches fellow time traveler
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's desert bunker for answers, finding it littered with enigmatic scrawled notes. Booster finds photos of himself and Skeets surrounded by the words "his fault" with arrows pointing toward them.''52'' Week 6 (June 28, 2006). DC Comics.


One Year Later

Following the events of ''52'', Booster Gold returns in his second solo series with the first story arc "52 Pick-Up". Booster puts in a request to the Justice League that they admit him and the group begrudgingly decide to monitor him over the following week. However, Rip Hunter informs Booster that history has become malleable after
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's rampage and damage to the timeline.


''Blackest Night''

In a tie-in to the ''
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'' event, Booster faces Ted Kord, who has been reanimated as a
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. At first unavailable due to reliving Ted's funeral in the past, he returns to meet his ancestor Daniel Carter, only to find the crashed, derelict Bug at his house. Then, he finds the Black Lantern pummeling Jaime Reyes, Daniel, and Skeets. Attacked by him, he removes Daniel and Rose from the scene and heads to Kord Industries to arm himself. He uses a special light gun designed by Ted to blast the corpse and separate the ring with light, simulating the emotional spectrum. Upon separating the corpse from the ring, he collects Ted's remains before the ring can reanimate them and takes them into the Time Sphere to Vanishing Point Fortress to secure them. He is somewhat relieved when Skeets uses the Fortress's special chronal surveillance equipment to display images of the days of Team Blue and Gold. Jaime promises to live up to Kord's legacy and eventually form a new Blue and Gold team. They find evidence at the warehouse of someone else entering, even though the doors were genetically coded, with only two people cleared for access: Ted and Booster.


''Brightest Day''

Booster next finds his sister living in Coast City mere hours before its destruction. Though unable to save her boyfriend, Booster and Michelle patch up their relationship, with her agreeing not to leave him. This arc introduces an older Booster Gold, the man that trained Rip Hunter and was the master of both Time, the
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, and
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. Rip reveals that this Booster is not only his father, but also has been watching Rip training the young Booster Gold, aiding him when needed. Older Booster also reveals that he is still married to Rip's mother, and that Michelle is with them in some unknown time. In '' Justice League: Generation Lost'', Booster is part of the manhunt to bring the resurrected Maxwell Lord to justice. He finds Max but is beaten badly. Fire, Ice, and Captain Atom find him just as Lord uses his psychic powers to the utmost to erase all memory of himself from the minds of the entire world. For some reason, Booster, Fire, Ice, and Atom are the only ones who remember Lord and see him in recorded images. Trying to convince Batman (
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), Booster is horrified to learn that, thanks to Max, the world believes Ted Kord committed suicide. Fire, Ice, and Captain Atom are soon set up by Max to cut them off from allies, but, ironically, Booster is left alone because his reputation is already poor.


''Flashpoint''

After the ''Time Masters: Vanishing Point'' event, Rip Hunter informed them that someone snuck into the JLI base, leaving messages on a chalkboard about the altered timeline. When Earth entered an alternate timeline due to the actions of the
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, Booster and Skeets awaken and are the only ones who remember the original timeline due to the former's suit protecting them. Gold travels to
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, but US soldiers attack him mistaking him to be an Atlantean threat. Skeets is damaged when Gold is attacked by the military's Project Six, which is revealed to be Doomsday. During the battle in Coast City, he discovers that Doomsday is controlled by General Nathaniel Adam. He escapes from Doomsday and then saves a woman named Alexandra Gianopoulos from Doomsday's attack. He learns the timeline has been changed, suspecting
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. Alexandra and Booster split up, but she secretly has powers allowing her to take others' powers and follows him. Later, he flies to Gotham City when Doomsday attacks him. General Adam's control link is destroyed by Alexandra in an attempt to rescue Booster. Doomsday's true personality comes to the surface and he attacks Booster. During the fight, Doomsday beats him nearly to death, but he is rescued by Alexandra. He tries to prevent Doomsday from killing innocent people, and manages to put Doomsday's helmet back on. Doomsday's control is restored to Adam, who grabs Booster, hoping to kill him. Fortunately, Adam takes him back to the base for interrogation, allowing him to escape when the sight of "Project Superman" causes Doomsday's true personality to resurface. Alexandra defeats Doomsday by using the control helmet to make Doomsday tear himself apart, subsequently asking Booster to take her with him when he restores history to normal. Alexandra subsequently sacrifices herself to save Booster from an Atlantean attack, leaving him to return to Vanishing Point as history resets without any clear memory of his time in the "Flashpoint" universe. Before the ''Time Masters: Vanishing Point'' event, Alexandra somehow appeared in the JLI base and left the messages regarding the altered timeline on the chalkboard before vanishing.


''The New 52''

In ''
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'', Booster Gold appears as part of the new ''Justice League International'' series. In the Post-''Flashpoint'' continuity, Booster is portrayed with his original glory-seeking personality and is chosen by the U.N. to lead the JLI due to his PR sense and naiveté. He takes his leadership role seriously, and strives to become a better hero and role model. However, despite his best efforts and support from Batman, who officially defers to Booster's leadership after supporting Booster for leader, the JLI falls apart due to a string of attacks against the group that leaves members killed or wounded. Despite his best attempts to bring in new members, Booster later watches in horror as the hero OMAC betrays the team and inflicts more carnage, including teleporting Blue Beetle to the homeworld of the villainous "Reach" species. In the end, Booster is confronted with what appears to be an older version of him, an agent of
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who warns his present self to prevent Superman and Wonder Woman from dating. Failure to prevent it, without explanation, would cause Booster Gold to cease existing. As the JLI monitor reveals Superman and Wonder Woman kissing, the future Booster disappears. The present day Booster disappears moments later. A.R.G.U.S.' director
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orders
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to search for the contemporary Booster through time, but Chronos is captured by the
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. The older Booster Gold mysteriously reappears in other timelines, like 19th century Gotham City. In ''Booster Gold: Futures End'' #1, the older Booster clarifies he is not an older version of the ''New 52'' Booster, but an older version of him from a universe which no longer exists. The older Booster is sent careening through the timeline, eventually meeting up with his sister, Goldstar, who is in a version of Metropolis which has been sealed in a bubble by a godlike version of Brainiac from an alternative universe. They are teleported to where the younger, New 52 Booster is held captive by Brainiac. Brainiac threatens to kill Michelle unless the younger Booster gives up the location of Vanishing Point, which he concedes. The older Booster knows this could lead to the end of the Multiverse, setting up the events of ''
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''. In the two-part ''Convergence: Booster Gold'', Booster is found by a Pre-''Flashpoint'' Rip Hunter on
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, where the older Booster Gold and Goldstar are in prison on the planet Telos, where Brainiac has gathered cities from across the history of the Multiverse. The ''New 52'' Booster and Rip release them both. Hunter tells older Booster that he has not traveled through the timeline, but through the cities in the planet which were now chronal anomalies that he was in conflict with, and that his body absorbed so much time travel radiation that he was aging rapidly and dying. The aged Pre-''Flashpoint'' Booster transports again, and encounters the '' Zero Hour'' Ted Kord. Booster explains to Kord that he has led a good life, married and had a son. Rip, the ''New 52'' Booster and Michelle find him, and Rip forces the ''New 52'' Booster to take his father into the raw chronal field contained at Vanishing Point to cure him; Pre-''Flashpoint'' Booster's body is destroyed, but he is reborn as
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, an all-knowing cosmic time traveler. Waverider then emerges on Telos in the final issue of ''Convergence'', along with the ''New 52'' Booster and Goldstar to bring back Brainiac, and they convince him to save the Multiverse from its imminent destruction. Brainiac then sends the ''Zero Hour''
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and Pre-''Flashpoint'' Superman to the conclusion of the ''
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'' to avert the original crisis event, restoring the Multiverse. Alternate versions of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle as they were prior to ''
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'' appear in the pages of ''
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'' #14, where they are awaken from a 1,000-year suspended animation on the prison planet Takron-Galtos in the 31st century. According to Keith Giffen, "they're
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and my Blue Beetle and Booster Gold".


''DC Rebirth''

In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "
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", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to the New 52. Booster Gold and his robot partner Skeets return in ''Action Comics'' #992.


Other versions

* An alternate universe variant of Booster Gold appears in ''I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League''. * An alternate universe variant of Booster Gold appears in '' The Kingdom''. This version is the founder and owner of the Planet Krypton restaurant. * An alternate universe variant of Booster Gold appears in ''
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''. This version is a traveling mercenary and gambler. * An alternate timeline variant of Booster Gold, Peter Platinum, appears in ''
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''. * An alternate universe variant of Booster Gold from
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who is a member of the
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appears in ''
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''.


Reception

Booster Gold was ranked as the 173rd greatest comic book character of all time by '' Wizard'' magazine.
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also ranked him as the 59th greatest comic book hero.


In other media


Television


Animation

* Booster Gold and Skeets appear in ''
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'', voiced by
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and
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respectively. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version of the duo are members of the
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who originate from the year 2462. * Booster Gold and Skeets make a cameo appearance in the ''
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'' episode "Man of Tomorrow" as janitors in a Superman museum. * Booster Gold and Skeets appear in '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', voiced again by Tom Everett Scott and Billy West respectively. This version of the duo are members of
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. * Booster Gold appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. This version is in a relationship with
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. * Booster Gold appears in the '' Mad'' segment "That's What Super Friends Are For". * Booster Gold appears in ''
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'' as a member of the Justice League. * Booster Gold appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. This version is a member of the Justice League who was previously married to heiress Margot Montgomery (voiced by
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). A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. However, he eventually left her to become a superhero in an attempt to provide for them, with her becoming the villainess Red Velvet to seek revenge. Eventually, Booster realizes the error of his actions and returns to the future to reconcile with her, erasing Red Velvet from existence.


Live-action

* Booster Gold and Skeets appear in the ''
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'' episode "Booster", portrayed by Eric Martsolf and voiced by Ross Douglas respectively. * In November 2011, Syfy ordered a Booster Gold television series, developed by
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and
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. While the latter submitted a script in early June 2013, the project never came to fruition. * Both fans and critics noted similarities between ''
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''s version of
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and Booster Gold, with many outlets considering the former an amalgamation of the two. * ''
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''s executive producers
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and
Phil Klemmer Phil Klemmer is an American television writer and television producer, producer. He is known for his work on UPNs ''Veronica Mars'', the NBC series ''Chuck (TV series), Chuck'', and The CW series ''Legends of Tomorrow''. Early life Klemmer grew ...
had frequently considered having Booster Gold appear in the series, but he was off-limits for most of the series's run. Due to this, some of Booster's character traits were incorporated into
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. Eventually, Donald Faison would portray a variation of Booster Gold in the series finale " Knocked Down, Knocked Up". This version is "Mike", who protects a fixed point in time in 1916. While supposedly agreeing to help the Legends, Mike destroys Gwyn Davies' time machine and hijacks their timeship, the ''Waverider'', to confront his superiors. When the ''Waverider'' returns, the Legends find that the Time Police have arrested Mike. * Booster Gold will appear in a self-titled
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television series for
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and
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.


Film

* Booster Gold appears in '' Batman and Harley Quinn'', voiced by
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. This version is a member of the Justice League. * Booster Gold makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in ''
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''.


Video games

* Booster Gold and Skeets appear as non-playable characters in ''
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'', voiced by Tracy W. Bush and Shanon Weaver respectively. * Booster Gold and Skeets appear as character summons in '' Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure''. * Booster Gold and Skeets appear in '' Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham'' and ''
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'', voiced by
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and
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respectively. * Booster Gold and Skeets appear in '' Justice League: Cosmic Chaos'', voiced by Alex Bedria and
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respectively.


Miscellaneous

* Booster Gold appears in ''
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''. * Booster Gold appears in the
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radio-play adaptation of ''52''. * Booster Gold and Skeets appear in ''
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'' #19. This version of the former wields numerous additional stolen technologies, including
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gauntlets,
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power cells, and a Green Lantern ring, though the latter is destroyed in combat with the
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due to its age and fragility. * Booster Gold and Skeets appear in the ''
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'' prequel comic, with the former serving as a friendly rival to Ted Kord. A year after the fall of High Councilor Superman's Regime, Booster time-travels to the present to warn Kord of his impending death. After
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and
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fatally wound Kord, he entrusts Booster with training Jaime Reyes in his stead and bequeaths Kord Industries to him. Later in the series, after Booster is injured while saving Reyes from
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, he is visited by alternate universe variants of himself and Kord, who stay with him until he dies.''Injustice 2'' #33. DC Comics.


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External links


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