Booster Gold

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Booster Gold

Michael Jon Carter as Booster Gold from Booster Gold

vol. 2 #29 (April 2010). Art by Dan Jurgens.
Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
First appearance Booster Gold #1 (February 1986)
Created by
Dan Jurgens
In-story information
Full name
Michael Jon Carter
Justice League
Team affiliations The Conglomerate
Suicide Squad
Skeets
Blue Beetle
Partnerships
Michelle Carter
Rip Hunter
Notable aliases
Supernova
Abilities
Possesses advanced technology
allowing flight, power blasts, force
fields, enhanced strength, and other

abilities.
Slowed aging, Peak athletic
condition, Skilled Hand to hand
combatant
Booster Gold is a fictional DC Comics superhero created by Dan Jurgens. He first
appeared in Booster Gold #1 (February 1986) and has been a member of the Justice
League. The character is initially depicted as a glory-seeking showboat from the future,
using knowledge of historical events and futuristic technology to stage high-publicity
heroics. Booster develops over the course of his publication history and through
personal tragedies to become a true hero weighed down by the reputation he created for
himself.[1]

Contents

1 Publication history

2 Fictional character biography

o 2.1 From the future
o 2.2 Celebrity
o 2.3 Justice League
o 2.4 Extreme Justice
o 2.5 Infinite Crisis

2.5.1 Countdown to Infinite Crisis

2.5.2 The OMAC Project

2.5.3 Infinite Crisis

o 2.6 52 and Supernova

o 2.7 One Year Later
o 2.8 Blackest Night
o 2.9 Brightest Day
o 2.10 Return of the JLI
o 2.11 Flashpoint

o 2.12 The New 52

3 Legacy

4 Powers and equipment

5 Sponsors

6 Enemies

7 Other versions
o 7.1 Elseworlds
o 7.2 One Million
o 7.3 52 Multiverse

8 Reception

9 In other media
o 9.1 Television
o 9.2 Film
o 9.3 Video games
o 9.4 Miscellaneous

10 References

11 External links

Publication history
Booster Gold first appeared in Booster Gold #1 (February 1986),[2] being the first
significant new character introduced into DC Universe continuity after the Crisis on
Infinite Earths. 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".
On March 16, 2007, at Wizard World Los Angeles, Dan DiDio announced a new
ongoing series titled All-New Booster Gold, which was later published as simply
Booster Gold. The series follows the events of 52 and was initially co-written by Geoff
Johns and Jeff Katz, with art by creator Jurgens and Norm Rapmund.[3][4] The series

focuses primarily on Booster Gold's clandestine time travel within the DC Universe.[5]
The series also features Rip Hunter, 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!"[6] Katz and Johns left the book after 12 issues (#1-10, #0, and a
One Million issue). Jurgens and Rapmund stayed. Jurgens assumed writing duties
following four issues by guests Chuck Dixon and Rick Remender.
In May 2010, Keith Giffen took over the Booster Gold title, linking it with the 26 week
miniseries Justice League: Generation Lost, in which Booster united with Fire, Ice and
Captain Atom to defeat the resurrected Maxwell Lord. From July 2010 through
February 2011, Booster starred alongside Rip Hunter, Green Lantern, and Superman in
the six-issue miniseries Time Masters: Vanishing Point, part of the "Return of Bruce
Wayne" arc, which also reintroduced the Reverse-Flash and established the background
for the 2011 DC crossover event Flashpoint.[7] Jurgens returned to the main Booster
Gold title with issue #44.[7]

Fictional character biography

From the future
Michael Jon Carter was born poor in 25th century Gotham City. He and 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 football scholarship. At
Gotham U., Michael was a star quarterback until his father reentered his life and
convinced him to deliberately lose games for gambling purposes. He was exposed,
disgraced and expelled. Later he was able to secure a job as a night watchman at the
Metropolis Space Museum, where he studied displays about superheroes and villains
from the past, particularly the 20th century.
With the help of a security robot named Skeets, Michael stole devices from the museum
displays, including a Legion of Super-Heroes flight ring and Brainiac 5's force field
belt. He used Rip Hunter's time machine, 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.[1] He is a shameless self-promoter whose
obsession with fame and wealth irritates other heroes.[8]
Carter's nickname as a football player was "Booster", but his chosen 20th century
superhero name was "Goldstar". After saving the president, Carter mangled the two
names, causing US President Ronald Reagan to introduce him as "Booster Gold". 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 President of the United States 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 Goldstar. 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 Millennium 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 Justice League revamp by
writers Keith Giffen 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.[1] 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 life
support system in addition to replicating the powers of Booster's previous costumes.
This suit also includes a cybernetic replacement arm.

Extreme Justice
After the Justice League falls apart, Booster Gold joins Extreme Justice, a team led by
Captain Atom.[9] While a member of this team, Booster makes a deal with the
supervillain Monarch, 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. A new costume is
created by Professor Hamilton, 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 apparently later tweaked to resemble Booster's original costume more
closely.[1]

Infinite Crisis
Countdown to Infinite Crisis

After the events depicted in the limited series Identity Crisis, in which Sue Dibny is
murdered, Gold retires briefly, but then helps Blue Beetle discover who is manipulating
KORD Industries.[10] 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 Checkmate organization.
The OMAC Project

Booster Gold's farewell to Fire.

In The OMAC Project limited series, Booster Gold gathers the old Justice League
International 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, Maxwell Lord, is responsible for killing Blue Beetle and that in fact,
Lord always hated superheroes. He stopped trusting the other DC heroes. 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.[11]
Infinite Crisis
In Infinite Crisis, Gold resurfaces in the ruins of the Justice League's Watchtower on the
moon, along with Skeets, again branded as a criminal in his time for "hijacking
historical records".[12] When Skeets fails to locate the absent Martian Manhunter,
Booster searches for Jaime Reyes, the new Blue Beetle, whom he promptly takes to the
Batcave. Booster tells Batman the subject of the stolen records: Batman never finds
Brother Eye, but Booster implies that, with Jaime's aid, they can succeed.[13] The
mission is successful and Booster plays a pivotal role in the destruction of the satellite.
[14]

52 and Supernova

Main article: 52 (comics)

Supernova from 52 Week 35. Art by Phil Jimenez.

In the aftermath of Infinite Crisis, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman temporarily
retire their costumed identities, and the remaining heroes attend a memorial for
Superboy in Metropolis.[15] 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,[16][17] Booster searches fellow time traveler Rip Hunter'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.[18]
Booster is seemingly angered when a mysterious new superhero named Supernova
appears. His reputation ruined, Booster tries to regain the spotlight by containing an
explosion, but appears to be killed in the attempt.[19] Skeets uses Booster's ancestor,
Daniel Carter, to regain access to Hunter's lab, where he sees the photos and arrows
pointing at him. Skeets traps Carter in a time loop in the bunker and sets out to locate
Hunter himself.
Supernova meets with Rip Hunter in the Bottle City of Kandor, and Hunter examines a
number of high-tech items Supernova has brought him. When Skeets discovers them,
Supernova reveals himself to be Booster Gold and fights him, revealing how he and Rip
Hunter used time travel to fake his death and create a rivalry between Booster and
himself as Supernova. Hunter and Booster attempt to trap Skeets in the Phantom Zone,
but Skeets appears to eat the subdimension and pursues his two adversaries through
time.[20]
He appears in World War III. He tries to steal a missile, but leaves after realizing that he
appeared before it was launched. Booster later appears before Steel and Natasha Irons,
stealing the nanobot missile they were about to use on Black Adam, saying he needs it
more than they and that it would not have worked for its original purpose anyway;
Booster promptly disappears.[21] During his time-hopping mission, he briefly stops in the
far future, robbing the Dominators of an experimental weapon designed to deal with

time travelers. Trying to explain his situation to the alien warlords, he makes them
suspicious as they mistake his rant of "having to save 52 worlds" as a warning that the
Earth and 52 unnamed worlds are going to invade them after Booster's raid.[22]
Booster returns to the present, using T. O. Morrow as bait to draw out Skeets. Skeets
reveals itself to be Mister Mind in disguise, having used Skeets' shell as a cocoon to
evolve into a being capable of devouring the Multiverse. Booster and Rip flee into the
timestream with Skeets' remains and return to the end of the Infinite Crisis.[23] Rip and
Booster witness the birth of the new Multiverse, made up of 52 identical worlds. Mister
Mind attempts to trap Booster and Rip in the Phantom Zone which he devoured when it
was turned on him, but he is stopped by Supernova (now Daniel Carter, who was saved
from the time loop he was trapped in by Rip and given Michael's outfit), who restores
the Phantom Zone to its original place. Mister Mind then devours years and events of
each of the 52 worlds, altering their history in the process. The real Skeets gives Booster
a pep talk which inspires him to stop Mister Mind.[1]
Booster travels to the day after the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths on New Earth, where
he retrieves the Blue Beetle scarab from Ted Kord. Using the scarab along with
Suspendium stolen by Rip Hunter, Skeets' mangled shell, and Supernova's powers
Rip, Booster, and Daniel trap Mister Mind inside Skeets and hurl it into the timestream,
trapping Mister Mind within a repeating time loop of 52 seconds where he is captured
by Dr Sivana. As a reward for helping save the Multiverse, Rip downloads Skeets'
programming into a spare Responsometer. Rip, Booster, and Daniel decide to keep the
existence of the new Multiverse a secret.
Will Magnus then repairs Skeets using the Responsometer, although Skeets has no
memory of the last year. Meanwhile, Daniel Carter decides to keep the Supernova
costume and begin his own superhero career. His resolution weakening with time, he
starts using the suit to play video games instead, because he does not need to eat, drink,
or sleep while wearing it.[24]

One Year Later

Main article: Booster Gold (comic book)
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 Mister
Mind's rampage and earlier damage to the timeline.
A new villainous Supernova arises after stealing Daniel's costume, and aided by evil
time traveler Rex Hunter, intends to exploit weaknesses in history, keen on rewriting it
and destroying the League (they are later revealed to in fact be working under the orders
of the Ultra-Humanite, Despero, and Per Degaton). As Booster is thought of as a
buffoon, the person or persons behind the altering of time will not suspect he is
thwarting them, but Booster must maintain his poor reputation to protect himself.
Booster's condition for following Rip's orders is that he may travel back in time to avert
the death of his best friend, Ted Kord.

Despite Rip's objections, Booster and three Blue Beetles team up to rescue Kord
moments before his death. They succeed, and the restored Blue/Gold duo deserts Rip
Hunter to side with the Blue Beetles group. Rip retaliates by presenting Michael's
ancestors Daniel Carter and Rose Levin with replicas of the Supernova and Booster
Gold suits, stating that the Carter family's heroic legacy starts "right freakin' now."[25]
When time "solidifies" following Kord's rescue, and the other three Beetles return to
their own times, Ted and Michael find that as a consequence of changing the timeline,
the world has become overrun by Maxwell Lord's OMACs.
During a final battle between the remade JLI and the OMACs, the Time Stealers return
and are defeated. However, Booster suffers a tragedy when he is unable to stop Ted
from entering a time sphere with the Black Beetle to change the past one final time,
resetting history and sacrificing himself.
He is later transported to the 853rd century, where he faces off against Peter Platinum, a
con artist who is attempting to outdo Booster at making money off of heroic acts. When
returned to the present, he is enraged by Rip's unsympathetic responses to his ordeal and
quits. Batman tells Booster that he knew about Booster's attempts to prevent the
crippling of Barbara Gordon and has long realised that Booster is not the fool he
appears to be, offering his friendship. Booster resolves to continue working with Rip,
even if it will not be "fun". Rip reveals that he is able to save Booster's sister Michelle
from moments before she died, claiming there is a loophole due to Michelle being from
the future. It is also revealed to the audience that Hunter is Booster's son: as Michelle
and Michael go out to eat, Rip says "Keep it up, dad."[26]
Booster has shown his dedication, now calling himself a "Time Master", (with Hunter),
and trains his sister.[27]

Blackest Night
Main article: Blackest Night

Booster Gold in the sights of Kord as a Black Lantern

In a tie-in to the Blackest Night event, Booster faces Ted Kord, reanimated as a Black
Lantern. 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.[28] 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.[29]

Brightest Day
Main article: 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 Multiverse, and
Hypertime. 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.[30]
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.[31]
Trying to convince Batman (Dick Grayson), 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.[32]

Return of the JLI

The remnants of the JLI are, seemingly by chance, joined by the successors of Blue
Beetle (Jaime Reyes) and Rocket Red. Rocket Red declares the newly formed team as
the new Justice League International, prompting Booster to figure out that Max Lord
manipulated them to be together. Later, during the assault on Checkmate, Fire and Ice
discuss how Booster has become the leader of the team.[33]
When his team member, Jaime, is kidnapped and tortured by Max, Jaime signals the rest
of the JLI to lead them to Max's headquarters. The JLI arrives too late, and Jaime is shot
in the head by Max, killing him in the same manner as his predecessor, Ted Kord.[34]
Booster Gold is enraged and his team tries to take down Max, but Max escapes from the
JLI using one of his headquarters' escape pods. The JLI carries Jaime to the land
surface, where paramedics try to resuscitate him. However, their efforts fail as Jaime
had already died.[35] As the team deals with the loss of Jaime, Booster Gold blames
himself for leading the team into so much danger, and wants to abdicate as leader. The
rest of the team overhear his ranting and convince him that they believe in him. Gold is
still upset, saying they cannot win against Max, when Blue Beetle suddenly sits up, his
wound healed, declaring he knows Max's ultimate plans and that they can stop him.[36]
While the JLI learn that Jaime is alive, Batman and Power Girl join the team.
Meanwhile, Max sends the OMACs to attack the JLI.[37] While the JLI are battling
against OMAC Prime, Booster locates Max's flying headquarters and attacks it to come
face-to-face with Max.[38] During the battle, Booster pulled Max out of the headquarters
and ends up falling to the earth. Booster Gold saves Max at the last moment, but Max
mind-controls him until he is confronted by Captain Atom. Captain Atom forces Max to
undo the global mindwipe. Max then teleports to escape. Afterwards, Booster and
Batman set out to re-form the JLI.[39]

Flashpoint
Main article: Flashpoint (comics)
After the Time Masters: Vanishing Point event, Rip Hunter informed them that someone
sneaked into their base leaving a message on the chalkboard.[40] When Earth entered an
alternate timeline due to the actions of the Flash, Booster and Skeets awaken and are the
only ones who remember the original timeline. Gold travels to Coast City, 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.[41]
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 Professor Zoom. 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.[42] 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.[43] 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 him with her 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", Alexandra appeared
and left the messages regarding the altered timeline on Rip's chalkboard before
vanishing.[44]

The New 52
Main article: The New 52
Booster's next appearance was as part of the new Justice League International series
launched in September 2011.[45] 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 naivet. He takes his leadership role seriously, and strives to
become a better hero and role model.[46] 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.[47] Despite his best attempts to bring in new members
however, Booster alienates Guy Gardner when he recruits Jaime Reyes into the roster
and 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, Gold is confronted with what appears to be an older version of him, an agent
of ARGUS who warns his present self to prevent Superman and Wonder Woman from
dating. Failure to prevent it would cause Booster Gold to cease existing. As the JLI
monitor reveals Superman and Wonder Woman kissing, the future Gold disappears;
saying he "shouldn't have trusted him"referring to Rip Hunter. The present day Gold
disappears moments later.[48] Amanda Waller orders Chronos to search for Gold through
time, but Chronos is captured by the Secret Society before carrying out his mission.[49]
The older Booster Gold mysteriously reappears in other timelines, like 19th Century
Gotham City.[50] 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 has ceased to exist (such as the pre-Flashpoint universe). The older Booster is
sent careening through the timeline, eventually meeting up with his sister, Michelle,
who is in a version of Metropolis which has been sealed in a bubble by a godlike
version of Brainiac. 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 Convergence, Earth 2:
Worlds' End and The New 52: Futures End.
In Convergence: Booster Gold #2, following on from this event somewhat, the aged
pre-Flashpoint Booster encounters the Zero Hour Ted Kord on the planet Telos, where
Brainiac has gathered cities from across the history of the Multiverse. Booster explains
to Kord that he has led a good life, married and had a son (Rip Hunter), and begins to
age rapidly from time travel radiation sickness. Rip intervenes and forces the New 52
Booster to take his father into the raw chronal field contained at Vanishing Point; preFlashpoint Booster's body is destroyed, but he is reborn as Waverider, the all-knowing
cosmic time traveller. 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 Zero Hour Parallax and pre-Flashpoint Superman back to the conclusion of the
Crisis on Infinite Earths to avert the original crisis event, and this results in many of the
classic worlds of the Multiverse being reborn in their modern forms.
Alternate versions of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle as they were prior to Countdown to
Infinite Crisis appear in the pages of Justice League 3000 #14, where they are awaken
from a 1000-year suspended animation on Takron-Galtos in the 31st century. According
to Keith Giffen, "they're J.M. DeMatteis and my Blue Beetle and Booster Gold". [51]

Legacy
Since his origin, 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 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.[52] In
52 Rip states that the moment Booster helped save the multiverse from Mister Mind
would be remembered in the future as the start of Gold's "glory years."[24] Later, in the
new Booster Gold series, Rip hints at a "Carter heroic legacy."[25] It is then revealed that
Booster is important to the Time Masters, as he will train "the greatest of them all,"[26]
being the father and the teacher of Rip Hunter himself, who willingly chose to protect
his identity against other time-travellers, 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.[53]
Due to the complicated Time-Travels 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 the seemingly destroyed Superboy's "super-goggles".[54]
Due to a predestination paradox, 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 retcon, is Booster's work, as in the future he tasked himself with the role of
pruning divergent timelines from each universe in the Multiverse.[54]

Powers and equipment

While Booster Gold has no superhuman abilities, he is an excellent athlete. He
demonstrates enough willpower to use his Legion flight ring at range, a feat few have
been able to demonstrate.
Booster gained his "powers" from the artifacts he stole from a museum in the future. A
power suit grants him super strength and wrist blasters allow him to project force blasts.
The wrist blasters contain the primary controls and power supply for the suit as well as
communications equipment. Circuitry from a force field belt allows Booster to resist
physical and energy attacks, and he uses the force field to repel objects with great force
and generate a breathable self-contained environment. The force field centers on
Booster's body, but can expand and even project outward. The costume's goggles have
infrared and magnifying capabilities. In addition to the powers from his suit, Booster
can fly thanks to a Legion of Super-Heroes flight ring. Booster can also absorb mass
and eject it either in its original form or as a melted mass,[55] although this depletes his
force field for a time afterward.[56]
Booster's original uniform included a cape which was taken by Superman after telling
Booster, "You can't handle a cape."[57] Booster's later costumes use many different
technologies to supply his powers, but the powers themselves remain basically the same
despite changes to the source. Booster's third costume acts as a mobile life support
system.
As Supernova, Michael Carter uses a Phantom Zone Projector built into his suit to
teleport matter from one place to another.[20]
Despite the fact that Booster stole the elements of his costume in the 25th century,
recent Legion of Super-Heroes reboots and retcons depict them as having been invented
in either the 30th or 31st century. Originally, the time bubble Booster used to travel
from 2462 to 1985 was discovered in 2986 with pieces of Brainiac 5's force field belt
aboard.[58] This prompted Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, and Ultra Boy to travel to 1985 to
investigate. In the process, they assisted Booster in foiling an assassination attempt on
President Ronald Reagan. Brainiac 5 left his force field belt and flight ring with Reagan
and determined that these would end up as the ones Booster would eventually steal in
2462, thus completing the causality loop.
In the context of the "Threeboot" (Mark Waid) Legion continuity, it is revealed that in a
sort of predestination paradox, Booster's ring and force field belt were stolen by Rip and
Daniel in an attempt to reverse a "Time Stealer's" plan intended to erase Booster from
the continuity by damaging the Time Sphere held in the museum.[26]

In the future, an older Booster will have access to "lost" technology, such as Superboy's
super-goggles.
Booster's equipment includes:

Legion Flight Ring: The standard flight ring employed by the adult Legion of
Super-Heroes, made of a particular alloy named "valorium", bestows his/her
owner with flight abilities. It is the only piece of equipment stolen from the
Space Museum that survived to the most recent version of Booster's suit
unscathed. Its origins differ slightly between the 1987 and the 2008 series, but in
both origins, it is revealed that the ring originally was the one held by Brainiac
5. In the alternate continuity of the Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century
series, Brainiac 5 himself arranged the events leading Booster to steal a random
flight ring, knowing about his heroic life in the 21st century from historical
sources.

Power suit: Instead of any superhuman powers, Booster Gold uses an advanced
microcircuitry-powered all-purpose combat suit. The suit bestows enhanced
strength, at least twenty tons without exertion, and protection to the wearer, and
is durable, lightweight and easy to wear. The suit is able to withstand bullets
without losing its integrity (although being shot hurts). It is equipped with a
force field, courtesy of the Brainiac 5 belt, able to withstand powerful impact
forces and supplying air for no-air atmospheres and defending Booster from
germs and pollution: this particular feature was later downplayed, as Booster
prefers now engaging the shield only when necessary to avoid weakening his
immune system. Originally, it was the war-suit of an alien invader, put on
display on the museum from which Booster stole much of his equipment. The
suit was damaged by Doomsday, then replaced with bulky suits of armor and a
variation of the "Energy Superman" energy-dampening costume. The current
suit, of unknown origin, is a close replica of the original. In the alternate
continuity of the Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century series, Brainiac 5
arranged the events leading Booster into stealing a huge array of power cells
used by the Science Police to fuel his suit.

Time-travel circuitry: Originally reliant on a Time-Sphere from chronal

transportation, Booster showed during the 52 series the ability to travel back and
forth in time on his own volition. His association with Rip came with upgraded
time circuitry woven into his costume, allowing him to travel safely through the
time-stream and sense and repair chronal anomalies, at the cost of a permanent
link with Rip's equipment.

Gauntlets: Originally on display as the exotic weaponry of an alien warlord, and

using the same energy cells as the suit, the gauntlets contain blasters that can
plow through two feet of solid concrete. In the alternate continuity of the Legion
of Super Heroes in the 31st Century series, Brainiac 5 arranged the events
leading Booster to steal a pair of gauntlets built by LexCorp.

Visor devices: Booster's visor is outfitted with both sensory amplification

devices (both auditory and visual) and a heads-up-display for targeting and

threat-identification, along with broad scanning along the electromagnetic

spectrum, providing infra-red, ultraviolet, and X-ray vision. It is described by
Daniel Carter as "lightweight as a pair of contact lenses", and although it is
unable to protect the wearer from sudden flashes of blinding light, it provides a
measure of protection.
After being infected and later cured of chronal leprosy, Booster's body now ages at a
much slower rate than a normal human being.

Sponsors

While working for The Conglomerate Booster Gold's sponsors were American
Steel, Dante Foods, Dupree Chemical, Ferris Aircraft, LexCorp, Ovel Oil, Pax
Entertainment, Stagg Industries, S.T.A.R. Labs.[59][60]

On Booster Gold's casket is covered in stickers from corporate sponsors

including Big Belly Burger, Cap's Hobby Shoppe, EZ Caskets, Guardian
Cigarettes, Lit Beer, Pep Cereals, Soder Cola, and Vertigo Comics.[60][61]

Booster Gold is regularly featured in his own in-universe comic book title
produced by Blaze Comics.

Enemies

The 1000 - Vast criminal organization led by the Director of Death (secretly
Senator Henry Ballard), they served as Booster's greatest thorn during his
earliest adventures. Operatives included Blackguard, Chiller, Mindancer,
Shockwave, and Doctor Shocker.

Broderick - An agent for the United States in the 25th century who has been
tasked on several occasions to apprehend Booster for his misuse of time travel
technology.

Time Stealers - A villainous counterpart to the Time Masters, the Time Stealers
are a group of time travelers that employ their technology for personal gain.
Their membership includes Mister Mind (controlling Jonar Carter donning the
Supernova persona), Per Degaton, Ultra-Humanite, Despero, Black Beetle,
Rex Hunter, an alternate evil version of time traveler Rip Hunter, and evil
tycoon Maxwell Lord along with his private android Maximillion, modeled
after Gold's partner Skeets.

Other versions
As the series Booster Gold features time travel as a major plot element, Booster
regularly visits alternate timelines where key events in history played differently.
Occasionally, in Booster Gold, and in Justice League International and Super Buddies,
alternate versions of Booster from these timelines make appearances.

In I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League,[62] several "Super Buddies" visit an
alternate universe where Maxwell Lord leads a violent super-team of strippers and male
enforcers called the "Power Posse". An apparently unpowered and street-talking Gold
serves as an employee. He is much more brutish, pimp slapping a female employee
simply because Lord commands it. This alternate version of JLI may be the same team
as the Antimatter Universe-based Crime Syndicate of Amerika, which first appeared in
Justice League Quarterly #8 (1992) sans Booster Gold,[63] but many of the events in this
series do not seem to tie directly into continuity.

Elseworlds
In The Kingdom, the sequel to the Mark Waid and Alex Ross Kingdom Come
Elseworlds series, Booster is the founder and owner of the Planet Krypton restaurant.
He is also mentioned in Kingdom Come by Fire.
In Justice Riders, a western take on the Justice League by Chuck Dixon and J. H.
Williams III, Booster is a travelling gambler who wants to join Sheriff Diana Prince's
posse. To counter the speed advantage of Prince's preferred choice, Wallace "Kid Flash"
West, he acquires a machine gun from the eccentric inventor Ted Kord. At the end of the
story, once the Justice Riders have defeated Maxwell Lord, Gold heads for Denver,
where "the suckers come in by the trainload every day."

One Million
The One Million version of Booster Gold is a time traveler named Peter Platinum
("Platinum always beats gold") who appears in Booster Gold vol. 2, #1000000. Based
on Booster's reputation as a profiteer posing as a hero, Platinum admits to Booster that
he is pulling the same scam, but more successfully, and assumes Booster is after a cut.
His superhero gear is based on technology stolen from Rip Hunter, who has apparently
had several encounters with him to get it back.

52 Multiverse
In the final issue of DC Comics' 20062007 year-long weekly series, 52 Week 52, it was
revealed that a "Multiverse" system of 52 parallel universes, with each Earth being a
different take on established DC Comics characters as featured in the mainstream
continuity (designated as "New Earth") had come into existence. The Multiverse acts as
a storytelling device that allows writers to introduce alternate versions of fictional
characters, hypothesize "What if?" scenarios, revisit popular Elseworlds stories, and
allow these characters to interact with the mainstream continuity.
The 20072008 weekly series Countdown to Final Crisis and its spin-offs would either
directly show or insinuate the existence of alternate versions of Booster Gold in the
Multiverse. For example, Countdown #16 introduced his evil Earth-3 counterpart, a
member of the villainous Crime Society of America and a similar Booster Gold
exists on the Antimatter Universe, as suggested in a 1992 Justice League comic book,[64]
with Booster's evil variant first appearing in a 2005 Super Buddies story. The 2007
Countdown spin-off series Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer also

featured a gender-reversed Earth-11 where, through character exposition, it is revealed

that Maxine Lord (the female Maxwell Lord) murdered this world's female Booster
Gold as opposed to its Ted Kord counterpart. The 1997 Tangent Comics fifth-week
event (Jurgens) originally introduced an entirely different version of Booster Gold, a
yacht-owning gentleman connected to the origins of the mysterious Green Lantern;
when the Tangent Comics universe was later amalgamated into Earth-9 of the 52
multiverse, 2008's Tangent: Superman's Reign #1 (again by Jurgens) introduced an
African American superhero by that name.

Reception
Booster Gold was ranked as the 173rd greatest comic book character of all time by
Wizard magazine.[65] IGN also ranked him as the 59th greatest comic book hero.[66]

In other media
Television

Booster Gold and Skeets, as depicted in Justice League Unlimited.

Booster and Skeets appeared as members of the Justice League in the DC

animated universe series Justice League Unlimited voiced by Tom Everett Scott,
while Skeets was voiced by Billy West. Booster appeared in several episodes
with non-speaking roles. He spoke in one episode, "The Greatest Story Never
Told", which focused on him. In the episode, a self-promoted Booster, who was
excluded from the League's fight against Mordru and was assigned to crowd
control during the battle, noticed that physicist Dr. Tracy Simmons' experiment
had gone wrong, causing her partner Dr. Daniel Brown, to uncontrollably walk
around while having a black hole on his chest. Booster tried to stop Daniel on
his own, but repeatedly failed. Realizing he could not be a hero just looking for
fame, he decided to become a true hero and finally stopped Daniel and closed
the black hole, which had almost swallowed the city. Despite finally being
heroic, no one knew what he had achieved. Following Mordru's defeat, Batman
approached Booster wondering why he left crowd control. When he is unable to
explain what happened while the other superheroes were fighting Mordru,
Batman tells him that he will speak to him later. To Booster's delight, Tracy asks
him out to thank him. In his subsequent appearances in the series, Booster
performs his duties in a more professional manner.

In the first episode of 2006's Legion of Super-Heroes animated series, Booster

Gold and Skeets make a cameo appearance as the janitors in the Superman
museum.

Tom Everett Scott reprises his role of Booster Gold, who appears alongside
Skeets (Billy West again), in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode
"Menace of the Conqueror Caveman!".[67] He comes back 1000 years from the
future to stop Kru'll the Eternal, and teams up with Batman, believing this will
increase his chances of having his own celebrity. After Kru'll kidnaps Skeets, he
sacrifices his glory to save his only friend. Booster ends up earning Batman's
respect. In the teaser for "A Bat Divided!", he participates in Riddler's game
show "Riddle Me This", and Booster fails to solve the riddles, harming Batman.
Batman eventually frees himself and the two fight Riddler and his henchmen.
Later, he appeared in "The Siege of Starro! Part One" where he and Skeets team
up with B'wana Beast, Firestorm, and Captain Marvel. They are the only ones
who have not been brainwashed by Starro. Booster helped fetch the Metal Men
for the final battle in "The Siege of Starro! Part Two". In "Menace of the
Madniks!", it was revealed that Booster Gold was friends with Ted Kord before
his death. During a trip to visit Ted Kord in the past, he ends up helping Blue
Beetle fighting the Madniks when they break into S.T.A.R. Labs to steal the
Quark Pistol. When Booster Gold shoots the Quark Pistol, it knocks them out.
When Booster Gold returns to the present, he finds Batman fighting an Energy
Monster and Batman figures out that Booster Gold was behind this. When
Batman and Booster Gold transport back in time to see Blue Beetle, they visit
Hub City Penitentiary where the escape of the Madniks causes them to turn into
Energy Monsters that drained energy from the electric fence. Batman, Blue
Beetle, and Booster Gold end up pursuing the Madnik Energy Monsters to Hub
City's Nuclear Plant. Batman and Booster reverse the polarity of the Nuclear
Plant to return the Madniks to normal. He joins JLI in "Darkseid Descending!"
to fight Darkseid when they invade Earth. He later appears in "Shadow of the
Bat!", where he and the rest of the JLI become trapped on the JLA Satellite with
the vampire Batman. He tries to use a garlic spray on the vampire Batman. This
is later revealed to be a hallucination Batman got from a vampire bite.

Eric Martsolf as Booster Gold in Smallville.

Booster Gold appeared alongside Jaime Reyes and Ted Kord in "Booster", the
18th episode of the 10th and final season of Smallville, written by Geoff Johns.
Booster was played by Eric Martsolf.[68][69][70] Much like in the comics, Booster is
portrayed as a fame-seeker from the future who travels back in time to become a
superstar. His antics bring him into conflict with a young Clark Kent, who has
not yet taken on the Superman identity. After Booster's misguided heroics lead to
an alien parasite bonding with a teenager named Jaime Reyes, the boy attacks
Booster. Booster is able to convince Jaime to fight the Scarab's influence, and
the youth ultimately gains control over it. After his near-death, Booster
confesses to Clark that he is a washed-up athlete from the 25th century, and that
he had traveled back in time in hopes of taking Superman's place in the
timestream. Booster chooses to stay in the 21st century to help Jaime learn to
use his powers for good. Skeets does not appear physically, but instead exists as
a voice speaking in Booster's earpiece from an unknown location. (An
alternative interpretation is that the earpiece is Skeets.) Additionally, Booster is
shown in possession of a Legion Flight Ring, which he admits he stole from a
member of the Legion. On the next episode, "Dominion", dialogue suggests that
Booster has joined the Justice League, and Tess Mercer is able to use the
technology he brought from the future to aid Clark and Oliver Queen during
their journey to the Phantom Zone.

SyFy ordered a live action Booster Gold series with Greg Berlanti and Andrew
Kreisberg as executive producers with Berlanti's production company Berlanti
Productions.[71] Kreisberg was reported as being expected to deliver the script to
SyFy in early June 2013. As of February 2015, there has been no word on
development of the series.[72][73]

Booster Gold appears in episode 46 of Mad. He joins the other superheroes in a

musical number that asks Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman why they are
called "Super Friends." Booster states that the membership changes frequently
and that "commitment is a sham."

Booster Gold appears in Robot Chicken DC Comics Special, where he can be

seen alongside other members of Justice League, fighting the Legion of Doom.

Film

On December 2, 2013 David S. Goyer announced that a Booster Gold movie is

in development as well as a Deathstroke and a Suicide Squad movie.[74]

Video games

Booster Gold appears in DC Universe Online voiced by Tracy W. Bush. He

gives virtual tours of Metropolis and Gotham City and as a mini boss in duo
mode of the H.I.V.E. Base Mission.

Booster Gold (along with Skeets) appears as a playable character in Lego

Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Travis Willingham.

Booster Gold is referenced in Batman: Arkham Knight, in Chinatwon, a Booster

Gold's poster can be found.

Miscellaneous

The Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century series, based upon the television
series of the same name presents another Booster incarnation. This time, he
appears as a selfish and glory-seeking young hero, operating in the 31st century
against a group of High-Tech thieves known as the "Scavengers", but really
selling stolen technology to the same villains he fights in exchange for payment
of his father's gambling debts. Before the Legion can confront him about his
thefts, using a stolen Green Lantern ring with limited time-travel abilities, he
tries to follow the Chief Scavenger, escaping in a Time Bubble like the one often
used by the main continuity Booster. Before disappearing into the timestream, he
begs the Legion to bring his love to his sister, "the only one who always believed
in me." At the Legion's headquarters, Brainiac 5 reveals he had always known of
Booster's technology thefts, but having read in historical chronicles how Booster
Gold is destined to redeem himself acting as one of the greatest and selfless
crimefighters of the 21st century, he arranges for Booster to find and steal easily
the very items he needs to be an effective crimefighter: a Legion flight ring,
LexCorp experimental blaster gauntlets, and power cells employed by the
Science Police. This version of Booster Gold, resembling a teenaged Booster,

always travels with a version of Skeets, resembling closely the advanced 2.0
model built by Doc Magnus after 52.

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Booster Gold at the Comic Book DB

Toonopedia entry

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Creators

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Villains

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Miscellaneous

Blue Beetle

Goldstar

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Skeets

Supernova (Daniel Carter)

The 1000

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Despero

Mister Mind

Per Degaton

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Ultra-Humanite

Booster Gold (comic book)

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Big Belly Burger

Soder Cola

Blaze Comics

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Doctor Fate

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Guy Gardner

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Mister Miracle

August General in Iron

Booster Gold

Fire

Godiva

Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)

Ice

Rocket Red (Gavril Ivanovich)

Vixen

L-Ron

Catherine Cobert

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The Extremists

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Manga Khan

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Queen Bee

Signal Men

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Formerly Known as the Justice League

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Will Eisner

Steve Ditko

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Keith Giffen

John Rogers

Cully Hamner

Dan Garret

Ted Kord

Jaime Reyes

Booster Gold

Paco

Peacemaker

The Question

Traci Thirteen

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