Since my annual April Fools' Day post went over like a lead balloon (for reminding everyone of that nonsensical story in which the DC Multiverse's anthropomorphic embodiment of entropy pretended to be Booster Gold), let's see if I can refresh your palette with a post about that time the heart and soul of the Justice League pretended to be something called a "Bloodwynd."

Obviously, I'm talking about Justice League America #76.

In case you're too young (or too old) to remember, Bloodwynd was a mysterious character with magical powers who appeared from thin air to save the Justice League in Justice League America #61. Blue Beetle never liked the guy and vowed to discover his true identity, setting up a subplot that would have to wait for Superman to die before it could be resolved. (Trivia fact: Bloodwynd and Ice are the first heroes on the scene after Doomsday kills Superman.)

Bloodwynd's secret identity was revealed in, well, either Justice League America #74 or #75 depending on how much credence you give to dreams. But Justice League America #76 is the first issue to begin untangling the Bloodwynd mystery.

Hammer pants, Booster? Really?

Do I love this page just because of that cool last panel of Beetle emerging from the shadows? Yes, yes I do.

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Earlier this month, when DC announced they would begin reprinting DC K.O. piecemeal in four distinct trades, we knew it would be only be a matter of time before all of those stories would be collected into a single omnibus edition. That announcement came sooner than expected during this past weekend's WonderCon:

DC K.O.: KING OMEGA MEGA EDITION
Writer: SCOTT SNYDER, JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, MARK WAID, JEREMY ADAMS and others
Artist: JAVI FERNANDEZ, XERMANICO, DAN MORA and others
$200.00 US | 936 pages | 8 1/8 x 12 1/4 | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1035049394
On Sale: 12/30/26

Critics have hailed DC K.O. as the perfect story for our modern times, where morality is a mug's game and the only winning move is not to play. And now the entire DC K.O. reading experience has been collected into a single o-MEGA sized hardbound volume for your bathroom-reading enjoyment!

Will Batman kill? Will Superman run away? Did we add a few panels of Absolute Batman just to goose sales? Yes, yes, and hell yes! If the whole world is burning, you might as well have a ringside seat for the fireworks! Nihilism for everybody!

Collects DC K.O. #1-5, Justice League: The Omega Act Special #1, DC K.O. Knightfight #1-4, DC K.O.: Superman vs. Captain Atom #1, DC K.O.: Wonder Woman vs. Lobo #1, DC K.O.: Harley Quinn vs. Zatanna #1, DC K.O.: Red Hood vs. Joker #1, DC K.O.: The Kids Are All Fight Special #1, DC K.O.: Green Lantern Galactic Slam #1, DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1, DC K.O.: Starro vs. Slade #1, DC K.O.: The Satanic vs. #1, DC K.O.: Ok, Koko #1, DC K.O.: We'll Stop When You Make Us #1, DC K.O.: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy #1, and DC K.O.: Dollars vs. Sense: Death Spiral #1.

That's... a heavy book.

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Booster booster J has alerted me that Booster Gold is in the recently released Taste of Justice #20. But there's a catch:

I'm saying this based on the image on the webpage. I haven't actually read it, since DC stopped making Taste of Justice available for free.

J's right. Taste of Justice, previously a free read in the DC Go! line of webcomics, is now behind a paywall at dcuniverseinfinite.com. Just like Booster Gold's previously reported appearances in DC Go!'s Aquaman: Yo-Ho-Hold onto Your Hook, I can no longer confirm Booster's inclusion in DC's official web comics.

Yes, I could start paying $8 a month for access to these stories, but I'm not going to. For one thing, I've never much cared for comics made only of energy-dependent pixels that I cannot add to my long boxes. For another, has anyone seen the price of gas lately? I already pay too much for comics—I remember when DC raised cover prices to $1, and if young me could see what I'm paying now for an issue of Action Comics, he would have chosen an entirely different hobby. (My dad used to collect shark's teeth. The most expensive part about that was getting them out of the shark's mouths.)

All that said, if any Booster boosters want to send me screenshots confirming any future Booster Gold appearances in DC's digital exclusives, I'll be happy to update the Boosterrific! Database with appropriate information and credit.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, J.

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