Why it's Hot:
- 1st appearance of Booster Gold
- 1st appearance of Skeets, the robot sidekick of Booster Gold
- 1st appearance of Blackguard
- 1st appearance of Trixie Collins, later becomes Goldstar
- 1st cameo appearance of Mindancer
- [January 2023 - a Booster Gold TV series about a "loser from the future" who returns to the past to pretend to be a superhero is planned for HBO Max - SYNOPSIS: Michael Jon “Booster” Carter, is a member of the Justice League born in Gotham City who attends university on a football scholarship. He is expelled for gambling and becomes a superhero, although continues to irritate others with his obsession for fame and wealth. His nickname came via Ronald Reagan after he saved the former POTUS.]
- Dan Jurgens story & cover
- Dan Jurgens and Mike DeCarlo art
- *Top label becoming detached
Synopsis:
Metropolis' new public hero number one, Booster Gold, accidentally encounters and fights agents of an unknown organization, including the brute Blackguard, recovering then losing a top-secret guidance system.
