WhileBooster Goldmay be one of the more self - serving member of theJustice League , when Michael Jon Carter learned of one of the greatest threats the DC Universe ever face , the golden glory hound root for off   a death and resurrection   way bigger thanSuperman ’s – and he did n’t even promote . Booster Gold is typically portrayed as a guy who ’ll do anything for a fast buck . While he was always a true hero underneath his greedy demeanor , there was a sentence where it seemed likeall Booster really cared about was his fansand his renown .

It was n’t until52by Keith Giffen , Greg Rucka , and many more , that Booster ’s heroic streak give back for good . When a mysterious military group was peril the newly form Multiverse , it was up to Booster to stop it . The problem was that he had to do it without giving away how much he jazz . And when the master architectural plan phone for the death of Booster Gold , he at least got the good publicity he always craved .

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Throughout52 , Booster Gold detect himself in a publicity war with a mysterious new hero known as Supernova ,   even getting himself pop trying to one - up his foe by moderate massive explosion in52 # 15 . Meanwhile , Booster ’s automatic buddy , Skeets   –   the other half ofBooster ’s most awing bromance apart from Blue Beetle –   has been scheming behind the scenes .   But when the corrupted Skeets confronts Supernova and the time - traveler called Rip Hunter in52 # 37 ,   Supernova reveals that he is   none other than Booster Gold himself . It change state out that workweek before Booster ’s “ death , ” Rip warned Booster of Skeets ’ malefic intention . He had   Booster fake his own last to travel back in time in disguise . act out a competition with his past self , Booster secretly gathers all the tech Rip needs to stop skeet , who ’s revealed to be Mister Mind ,   one of Shazam ’s oldest scoundrel . Mind pursues Booster and Rip to the nascency of the Multiverse as a giant cosmic moth , but   Booster traps the monster and hurls him into a time loop before he can devour reality .

Though he   did n’t really sacrifice his own life , Booster Gold ’s " death " sill managed to outshine that of the Man of Steel . In the classical 1993 " Death of Superman " fib , Kal - El gave his life to redeem his beloved Metropolis from the raging Doomsday . His sacrifice saved many lives and is held up as a seminal narrative in DC chronicle . And while his military action were heroic , Booster ’s actions preserve the entire Multiverse . That ’s middling impressive for the superhero unremarkably referred to as " The dandy Hero You ’ve Never Heard Of , " and it shows just how much Gold has managed to grow as a character .

Booster Gold may have faked his demise , but the scourge he faced in Mister Mind was bigger than anyone ever expected . His actions in52show a willingness to sacrifice himself , which marked meaning increase for the character . The decease of Blue Beetle beforeDC ’s gravid consequence , Infinite Crisis , hale Michael to mature in agency that fans had n’t seen and turn up himself a true grinder . Booster at last realized there was more to heroism than fame and fortune — something Superman already know . With Booster Gold and Blue Beetle   reunify inInfinite Frontierwith   an boom Omniverse , there ’s much more for Booster to protect . And with his doting   fanbase rocket in volume , there   are many more spotlights forBooster Goldto buy , even fromSuperman .

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