Taking the name booster gold, carter cashed in on his fame while battling the. Unfortunately, booster s manager stole a large amount of his money. He previously fought cable in the 126th episode of death battle, cable vs booster gold. Shortly after michael and michelle turned eight, their father was hired by kord omniversal to head up security for thomas kord and moved the family across the country to coast city. Booster gold, goldstar, supernova, waverider, green lantern mistakenly arsenal. Jan 22, 2019 during futures end, booster golds suit got upgraded and allowed him to stop time. Booster gold, real name michael jon carter, is a superhero from the future. A disgraced football player from the 25th century, michael jon carter stole some historical artifacts of power and a security bot from a museum and decided to travel back in time to the age of superheroes to reinvent himself. Booster and michelle, now working under the name goldstar, then helped the. In march, dcs chief creative officer geoff johns teased at booster gold joining the cast in season 2, only to take back the comment, saying, perhaps booster is being groomed for bigger things. Undaunted, booster gold visited batman in the batcave and discovered he was monitoring a new case. A scoundrel from the future intent on making a name for himself in the past, booster gold has nevertheless exhibited his share of heroism. Rip hunter spent his entire adult life preparing for enemies a time traveler would face.
Booster gold, real name michael carter, is a highprofile commercial superhero from the 25th century. Davis worked hard to make booster gold a household name by negotiating a number of contracts with the hollywood elite like conrad, producer of booster gold. Booster gold was the first major new character to appear in the dcu after crisis on infinite earths. I just really hope the one after this is obiwans fight so it comes out on may 4th. Michael jon carter was born poor in 25thcentury gotham city. The board suggested he build up name recognition and team up with an a list superhero such as batman. Booster gold born michael jon carter is a showboating, famehungry superhero from the 25th century who traveled back to the past to take clark kents place as metropolis hero. He keeps his blond hair cropped short and his face clean shaven at all times. From the episode the greatest story never told of justice league unlimited. While working security for the space museum in the 25th century, michael jon carter used rip hunters time machine to visit different eras, stealing security robot skeets, a legion of superheroes flight ring, and brainiac 5. Michael carter and his sister michelle carter were born as twins to a loving mother and an irresponsible father in gotham city in the 25th century. This act rewarded him with instant fame, which he cashed in on, becoming quite wealthy. He intended to stop after his mothers bills had been payed but his dad forced. I only knew cable by name and had no idea who tf booster gold was before this lol.
What makes booster gold unique is his uncommon embrace of global celebrity and monetary reward for performing superheroic acts often associated with more altruistic heroes. What has made booster gold unique in the years since is his uncommon embrace of. However, he was kicked out of the team after he was caught betting on his own games. Apr, 2010 from the episode the greatest story never told of justice league unlimited. Michael carter, alias booster gold was born on december 29th, in the year 2442. He formed his own corporation, goldstar inc, and immediately hired a staff. Booster gold actually gave doomsday his name when describing the beast to superman. First appearance of lord galeb unnamed, ruler of an unnamed planet. Booster gold michael jon carter is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books.
Booster gold, real name michael jon carter, is a superhero from dc comics. He made daytime history in 2014 by being the first actor ever to. Later, they go to vanishing point and give him a proper burial. Why krypton uses adam strange instead of booster gold. But as luck would have it, boosters press agent turned out to be a top secret operative for the millenniaold race of intergalactic androids known as the manhunters. Michael mike jon carter and his twin sister michelle shel carter were born in the year 2442. Booster teamed up with ted kord, the blue beetle, who quickly became a good friend, together causing some major trouble for the league, and drawing them into some of their funnier adventures, including setting up a casino on a living island. While both have a knack for creating unintentional chaos wherever life leads them, the two rarely ever teamup. Booster gold, real name michael carter, is a highprofile commercial superhero from the 25th. Michael carter and his sister michelle carter were born as twins to a. Booster gold was a main player in the revamped justice league international, run by maxwell lord, during the late 1980s. Few would guess that beneath the veneer of selfimportance is a hero with a real heart of gold, selflessly dedicated to preserving recorded history. Booster gold real name michael jon carter current alias booster gold aliases supernova, booster, goldstar relatives jonar carter father, ellen carter mother, deceased, michelle carter aka goldstar twin sister, rip hunter son. His portrayals of ethan winthrop on passions and currently brady black on days of our lives have resulted in numerous industry accolades.
He and twin sister michelle never knew their father because he left after gambling. With over 3500 episodes of television under this belt, eric has been providing love in the afternoon for nbc daytime for the last 18 years. Booster gold, whose real name is michael jon carter, was born to a poor family in a future gotham city, grew up to attend gotham university only to be expelled after his father convinced him to. Dirk davis blue beetle and booster gold wiki fandom. Proficient in handtohand combat and has access to advanced technology. Fearing that someone might try to travel back in time and kill him as a child, he hid his true name, birthplace, and other details from the public. Booster gold film movie in works, says greg berlanti. Since his debut in 1985 as dc comics first major character in its newly reorganized postcrisis on infinite earths universe, booster gold has appeared in 756 comic books, working alongside most of dc comics most storied characters, including superman, batman, and wonder woman. Ive read on the wiki that booster stomps, but then apparently cable is an omega level mutant well, sometimes. Michael was a star college football player, who gambled on his own games to pay for his mothers medical bills.
Booster golds real name is michael jon carter, and hes not into the job of a superhero for the normal reasons, which makes him stick out like a sore thumb, especially in the dark tones of the. Rip hunter is, in fact, an alias, and his real father is the timetraveler booster gold, a fact that not. Justice league, justice league international, the conglomerate did you know. The two are stunned when a famehungry superhero from the future, booster gold, sweeps into town and begins making saves and posing for. Michael jon carter was born on december 29th, in the year 2442. Lois tells clark its best to make clark kent forgettable and awkward, so people dont suspect hes the blur. During convergence, new 52 booster gold had to save postcrisis booster gold from an illness that was rapidly aging him. Ted kord and booster gold were longtime best friends, and fellow members of various incarnations of the justice league before his death at the hands of maxwell lord. They are implied to be close to iron man repulsor levels of damage, but given that most of his foes are high tier baddies like doomsday, etc. Round two begins, but this time with more conviction. Michael carter prime earth dc database fandom dc wiki.
He helped ted preparing, but said he couldnt intervene, because he already tried to prevent it three times and he said that he was a booster gold from years later in actual. Booster gold michael jon carter is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Thats an idea that has driven mike carter, a college football star of the. Power suit superhuman strength, speed, durability, time travel circuitry, force field belt generates an adjustable force field, mass dispersion field, legion flight ring, energy gauntlets boostershots, timestopping, visor, skeets. Booster used all of this cash and attention to set up booster gold international, a gigantic holding company and tax shelter.
Michael jon carter and his twin sister, michelle, were born to a loving mother named ellen and a strict and possibly corrupt gotham city policeman father named jonah. Michael carter new earth dc database fandom dc wiki. Booster is the eighteenth episode in the tenth season of smallville, and the two hundredfourteenth episode overall. He helped ted preparing, but said he couldnt intervene, because he already tried to. Booster gold sought out batman, who was less than thrilled to meet him. Rip hunter is, in fact, an alias, and his real father is the timetraveler booster gold, a fact that not even booster knows. Blue beetle theodore kord blue beetle and booster gold. Ate blue beetle while he was a chipmunk and later regurgitated him. Michael jon carter was nothing more than a mere joke in his futuristic time period. Dixon and booster gold was voiced by ricco fajardo. Michael jon carter, better known as booster gold, is a time traveler and a superhero. Tomorrow is the defining moment of the century and im gonna be part of it. Booster gold michael jon carter is a time travelling superhero in the dc universe and a member of the justice league. The one million version of booster gold is a time traveler named peter platinum platinum always beats gold who appears in booster gold vol.
With these, he traveled to the 20th century to reinvent himself as a hero, booster gold. During futures end, booster golds suit got upgraded and allowed him to stop time. In september, it was confirmed that a booster gold film was in development but that the possibility of him showing up in legends still existed. But while the initial announcement of the obscure character excited many of dc comics faithful, other fans questioned the choice to use him as the series time traveling hero instead of the much more recognizable booster gold. Using the technology he stole from the 25th century, michael became a superhero saving the life of the president of the united states on his first adventure. Based on booster s reputation as a profiteer posing as a hero, platinum admits to booster that he is pulling the same scam, but more successfully, and assumes booster is after a cut. Egotistical, arrogant and prone to bad decision making, booster gold was a lesson in what happens when someone becomes a superhero for. A visit to an alien world sets the stage for the first battle between booster gold and superman. The series inclusion of adam strange, for example, plays up the use of time travel within the series. When booster gold travelled back in time from the 25th century, he hired davis as his manager. Powers and abilities due to his status as a time traveler, booster has at times been able to perceive changes and dangers to the timeline. Booster gold dubbed the monster doomsday, and the name stuck.
Booster gold s tickle beams arent very powerful or destructive, and for that reason, they are very rarely used. Michael jon carter was born into a poor family in the 25th century version of gotham. Born in the 25th century, booster gold, born michael jon carter, was a famous college football player, until he got caught betting on his own games. In the battle with krull the eternal, booster gold inadvertently. The next death battle is cable marvel comics vs booster. Booster gold came to say his farewells to booster and warned him for his upcoming demise.
It wont be a jeopardy question, but it can give you a onetime answer if someone ever asks, why should i care about booster gold. It allows him self propelled flight and protection in the vacuum of space. Booster was the first important new dc character made known in the universe after crisis on. Thats an idea that has driven mike carter, a college football star of the 25th century who earned the nickname booster on the field. Michael jon carter, better known as booster gold, was a time traveler and a superhero. Booster gold is a tall and handsome man with a ready smile at all times.
Recently, booster gold has broadened his scope and acts as a protector of history itself. Fanon wiki ideas so far tracer vs booster gold, booster gold vs. Together, they succeeded, managing to rescue ted from checkmate before max could kill him. He helped ted preparing, but said he couldnt intervene, because he already tried to prevent it three times and he said that he was a booster gold from years later in actual years. But as luck would have it, booster s press agent turned out to be a top secret operative for the millenniaold race of intergalactic androids known as the manhunters.
The blue beetle of the 27th century, sensing a massive temporal disruption caused by teds death, traveled back in time to save ted, recruiting dan, jaime, and booster to assist him. As the inventor of time travel technology in the postcrisis universe, 1 hunter aided heroes booster gold and animal man in their own timetraveling adventures before taking on the vast illuminati conspiracy. Stopped time and pulled new 52 booster gold out of brainiacs place as shown above. Dec 10, 2016 in march, dcs chief creative officer geoff johns teased at booster gold joining the cast in season 2, only to take back the comment, saying, perhaps booster is being groomed for bigger things. Michael jon carter, aka booster gold, is a superhero from dc comics. His endorsements of products and commercial ambitions were met with disdain by other heroes. Booster gold aka michael carter makes a cameo appearance as the janitors in the superman museum.
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