Let's see how much of a Booster Gold fan you are! Here are One Dozen Booster Gold Facts!
1. Michael Jon Carter is named after the main character of the 1917 science fiction novel "John Carter of Mars".
2. Micheal was born and raised in 25th Century Gotham City where he attended Gotham U and played football for the university's team. His nickname on the team was "Booster".
3. Michael was manipulated into gambling on his own games by his father, this led to him being kicked off the team and disowned by the rest of the team. He becomes the night-watchmen of a superhero museum. He stole superhero weaponry and a security robot named Skeets and traveled back to the present with the goal of profiting off of being a superhero. His first feat is rescuing president Ronald Reagan from an assassin who planned to kill and impersonate Reagan. Michael originally wanted to use the name "Goldstar" but nervously mixed "Booster" with "Gold" when introducing himself to Reagan, so Reagan introduced him to the American public as "Booster Gold".
4. Booster's creator Dan Jurgens designed the character to be a "modern" disillusion of what a superhero would be. A person that did heroic things for profit rather than for the sake of doing good. As such, Booster Gold would often turn towards cameras and advertise cereal and sports cars after saving the lives of others.
5. When Booster Gold faked his death in 2006, his casket was covered in stickers from his sponsors: Big Belly Burger, Vertigo Comics, Soder Cola, and EZ Caskets to name a few. After leaving The Justice League he started his own team called The Conglomerate which was a team of heroes who were sponsored and advertised. They were sponsored by Ferris Aircraft, Lexcorp, S.T.A.R. Labs and Pax Entertainment to name a few.
6. Booster's family includes his sister Michelle Carter, who would follow him to the present and use the superhero moniker Goldstar. She sadly dies during a battle against extra-dimensional creatures. Booster's descendant Daniel Carter uses the identity of Supernova. The name and costume of Supernova would also be used by Jonar Carter-Booster's father removed from time before his death. The time traveler Rip Hunter is actually Booster Gold's son from the far future. It was actually a future version of Booster who asks his son to find himself (Booster) in the past and teach him about time travel.
7. Along with The Conglomerate, Booster Gold also founded a company called Goldstar Inc after his sister died only for his trusted agent Davis to reveal he was an alien robot (a Manhunter) and steal all the money Booster pooled into the company. Leaving Booster bankrupt.
8. During his time on The Justice League International, Booster Gold befriended Ted Kord/The Blue Beetle. The who have a long-standing friendship that came to a tragic end when Kord was killed by Maxwell Lord. Some of their notable adventures included becoming superhero repo men, withholding Choco Cookies from The Martian Manhunter, and opening a gaming resort called Club JLI on an island called Kooey Kooey Kooey.
9. The story "Kingdom Come" by Mark Waid and Alex Ross is set 50 years in the future where the superheroes of the modern age have been reduced to marketing objects. The biggest marketing device is a restaurant called "Planet Krypton" which is a superhero variant of "Planet Hollywood". Waiters dress up like superheroes, all the meals are named after superheroes, superhero memorabilia is throughout the diner. The founder of this restaurant chain is Booster Gold himself who likely retired from the superhero business.
10. Due to his adventures through time, Booster has become the cause of John Kent being born, Hal Jordan becoming the first human Green Lantern, and Barry Allen becoming The Flash. He is also the one to name the Superman-killing monster "Doomsday".
11. Booster Gold and Skeets' only animated appearances thus far are in "Justice League Unlimited" and "Batman: The Brave & The Bold". In both appearances the characters are voiced by Tom Everett Scott and Billy West, respectively.
12. In Mark Waid's sequel story to "Kingdom Come" simply named "The Kingdom" he established a concept called "Hypertime". "Hypertime" was the idea that various versions of a character's history could exist exclusively to each version of a character. For example: The very first Batman origin story that depicts Bruce pondering in his study when a bat flies through the window, as well as the "Year One" origin of Bruce bleeding out in his library when a bat crashes through the window, and the "Batman Begin" origin of Bruce falling into a bat-cave can all be valid stories so long as they are not mixed up. If you are doing another "Dark Knight" film it cannot use the "Year One" origin. This was Waid's way to validate and control continuity from that point on. In his 2008 solo series, an older version of Booster Gold claims he destroyed Hypertime so that the main history of the DCU could not be diverted. Essentially reestablishing the concept of destiny.
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7. Along with The Conglomerate, Booster Gold also founded a company called Goldstar Inc after his sister died only for his trusted agent Davis to reveal he was an alien robot (a Manhunter) and steal all the money Booster pooled into the company. Leaving Booster bankrupt.
8. During his time on The Justice League International, Booster Gold befriended Ted Kord/The Blue Beetle. The who have a long-standing friendship that came to a tragic end when Kord was killed by Maxwell Lord. Some of their notable adventures included becoming superhero repo men, withholding Choco Cookies from The Martian Manhunter, and opening a gaming resort called Club JLI on an island called Kooey Kooey Kooey.
9. The story "Kingdom Come" by Mark Waid and Alex Ross is set 50 years in the future where the superheroes of the modern age have been reduced to marketing objects. The biggest marketing device is a restaurant called "Planet Krypton" which is a superhero variant of "Planet Hollywood". Waiters dress up like superheroes, all the meals are named after superheroes, superhero memorabilia is throughout the diner. The founder of this restaurant chain is Booster Gold himself who likely retired from the superhero business.
10. Due to his adventures through time, Booster has become the cause of John Kent being born, Hal Jordan becoming the first human Green Lantern, and Barry Allen becoming The Flash. He is also the one to name the Superman-killing monster "Doomsday".
11. Booster Gold and Skeets' only animated appearances thus far are in "Justice League Unlimited" and "Batman: The Brave & The Bold". In both appearances the characters are voiced by Tom Everett Scott and Billy West, respectively.
12. In Mark Waid's sequel story to "Kingdom Come" simply named "The Kingdom" he established a concept called "Hypertime". "Hypertime" was the idea that various versions of a character's history could exist exclusively to each version of a character. For example: The very first Batman origin story that depicts Bruce pondering in his study when a bat flies through the window, as well as the "Year One" origin of Bruce bleeding out in his library when a bat crashes through the window, and the "Batman Begin" origin of Bruce falling into a bat-cave can all be valid stories so long as they are not mixed up. If you are doing another "Dark Knight" film it cannot use the "Year One" origin. This was Waid's way to validate and control continuity from that point on. In his 2008 solo series, an older version of Booster Gold claims he destroyed Hypertime so that the main history of the DCU could not be diverted. Essentially reestablishing the concept of destiny.
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