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Wow, wikipedia is becoming pretty comprehensive! I can't believe there is an article on BG ike9898 16:24, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)

I'll have you know booster's a popular guy. Get's all the chicks on JLU and such. Well, maybe not Wonder Woman and Supergirl. You know... gotta throw the nerds and geeks a bone or two. Ace Class Shadow 20:54, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So you're saying that Booster was the Shaft of the JLU? ;) RahadyanS 15:08, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline

- I've a doubt about the "going home" concept I've cited at the end of the edit, without talkig more specifically about it. Whe know the 30th century in the DCU has rebooted a lot of times, and in the Booster Gold issues whe had an encouter from the Legion and Booster. But the Weid new Legion of Super-Heroes hasn't retconned away the future Booster knew? DrTofu83

Equipment

How were a Legion of Super-Heroes ring and Brianiac 5's belt in a 25th century museum, when they won't be invented until the 31st century? 71.236.33.191 23:08, 14 May 2006 (UTC) Good Question. ACS (Wikipedian) 00:59, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There was an origin story in Booster Gold #8-10. 30th Century Historians discovered that there was an assassination attempt on the President in 1985, and a Legion Flight Ring and Brainiac 5's Force Shield Belt were involved, as was Booster Gold. Brainiac 5, Ultra Boy and Chameleon Lad traveled back in time to investigate this. They originally assumed that Booster was behind the assassination plot, but eventually learned the truth, and assisted Booster in foiling the assassination plot. During this, Brainiac 5 gave his flight ring and force shield belt to the president to protect him. When the assassin was foiled, Brainiac 5 realized that he had to leave them behind, because these would in fact be the models that Booster would steal 500 years in the future.

Where this storyline was left given that there were multiple Legion reboots after it was never addressed.

Religion (or lack thereof)

Is Booster really an atheist? There's nothing about it in the article.

--I wasn't aware Booster was an atheist either, but some quick research has turned up that this was established in JLI Annual #2. Seems to me it would be really difficult to be an atheist in the DCU what with the demons, fallen angels and whatnot everywhere you turn... Frelghra 22:56, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Atheisism isn't neccesarily a dub-kaiba-esq disbelief in the supernatural. More a realistic take on life and, of course, a disbelief in god. Ace Class Shadow 20:54, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Only an atheist would dub atheism as "realistic" compared to other religions. Everyone thinks their religions is realistic, or they wouldn't have it. So really, that's not all that useful a comment to make, no offense. Back to the topic at hand, if Booster IS an atheist, it should be documented in the article itself. I'd recommend removal of the category as it's far from an essential part of the character.

cleanup?

Is the cleanup tag really necessary here? I've read through and everything seems pretty comprehensive. I'm only saying this because the cleanup backlog is getting really frightful, and the reason seems to be that cleanup tags are being plastered on articles indiscriminantly, often with no reasoning on talk pages/edit summaries. It's incredibly frustrating--over 1000 articles have been tagged in one week!--and I'll stop venting to empty cyberspace now. Sorry. Tamarkot 03:36, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No. You're right. Blame the dumbot. ...And ChrisGriswold. >.> ACS (Wikipedian) 19:24, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

Can there be a better, less busy pic of Booster in the main box thing? The current one makes it difficult to distinguish booster by him self.

Merge

Survey

Merge --Exvicious (talk • contribs) @ 16:24, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delay Wait till 52 is over -- Ipstenu (talk|contribs) 18:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delay I agree, we should wait until the story is complete before we decide what to do. DavetheAvatar 12:22, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delay I agree too, we can decide after 52 ends with more elements about both identities, and whenether the Supernova one will get "retired" or "recycled" or similar stuff. DrTofu83 13:22, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delay The Supernova identity may be a throwaway bit, or it may be the basis of a new character later on, the way Strange Visitor was spun off of Superman Red/Superman Blue. (DC and Marvel tend to be overprotective of their trademarks, to the point of inventing new characters just to avoid losing to the competition. Speaking of which, Marvel also had a Supernova character years ago. -Wilfredo Martinez 15:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delay Wait till 52 is over 24.15.84.230 20:53, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. — Supernova is just an aspect of Booster Gold. I'm not entirely sure what all this "delay" biz is about. Why should we wait until after 52 is over? It has been established that this has been Booster the entire time. If the identity is picked up by another character, then we can split it off again. "Wait and see" responses are inappropriate for these discussions; we are supposed to be judging based on what we have now. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 21:00, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge: They're the same without a doubt. No need to delay, only perhaps consider renaming depending on charcter name OYL.66.109.248.114 21:12, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge: It was fun while it lasted but they are the same character. When pro wrestlers put on masks for whatever reason, all their different character names don't get seperate articles, and I think this is the same kind of thing. BoosterBronze 04:36, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delay: Wait 'til 52 is over. RahadyanS 04:36, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge--Isocyanide 08:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I think it should be merged because they are the same character, and the article is relatively small. "Supernova" seems like it's part of Booster's bigger story. --Exvicious (talk • contribs) @ 16:24, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That depends on the end of 52. If he stays Sueprnova, maybe he should be moved to the Supernova page. Or ... ugh, maybe we should default it to his 'real name.' I hate when Superheros change aliases. -- Ipstenu (talk|contribs) 18:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Me too. I don't think I'd like a John Michael Carter page. --Exvicious (talk • contribs) @ 23:13, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't like a John Michael Carter page either, especially since his name is actually Michael Jon Carter... DavetheAvatar 12:26, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Exvicious, please don't put spoilers in section heads. I haven't had a chance to get my comics today, and you have spoiled something I was looking forward to. Take it easy on this stuff. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 19:58, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry man, people were posting this stuff on Monday. I'm surprised you only found out today. If you don't want to see spoilers, you probably shouldn't go to Wikipedia before you read, but next time, I'll make sure to ask you if you read your comics yet. I wouldn't want to spoil new comic day. --Exvicious (talk • contribs) @ 23:13, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless, don't put spoilers in the section heads. I should be able to look at my Watchlist without getting spoiled. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 23:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

At least it was spoiled accurately --Exvicious (talk • contribs) @ 00:00, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should change the page to his real name to make it easier than just Booster Gold or Supernova. RyuKlinge 22:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that a character that has only been in a handful of issues is nearly on the same level as one that has been around for 20 years and is the first post-Crisis superhero. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 23:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree --Exvicious (talk • contribs) @ 00:00, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]