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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 2007
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 3.50 USD; 4.25 CAD
Pages 44
Editing Michael Siglain; Harvey Richards (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "[Cover - A] 52 Pick-Up"

Characters Booster Gold; Skeets; Goldstar; Batman; Question [Vic Sage]; Monarch; Supernova; Mr. Mind; Rip Hunter; Superman; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Jack (of the Royal Flush Gang); Wonder Woman; Robin (of Earth-2); Green Lantern [Sinestro]; Flash [Wally West?]; Brainiac 5 (obscured, upper left corner); Max Lord (obscured, top, middle); Jonah Hex (obscured, under UPC box)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks Norm Rapmund (signed)
Colors Brian Miller (signed)
Letters Typeset
Notes In the original version of the cover, the Carrie Kelley Robin is in the Question's place. Another copy of the Question's card can be seen in its original place, obscured by the right end of the logo. It is unclear if it is Jon Carter (Booster's father) or Daniel Carter (Booster's ancestor) in the Supernova outift.
Reprinted in Booster Gold: 52 Pick-Up (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "[Cover - B] 52 Pick-Up"

Characters Booster Gold; Skeets
Genre Superhero
Pencils Art Adams
Inks Art Adams
Letters Typeset
Notes Incentive cover shipped in 1:10 ratio to Dan Jurgens cover.
Reprinted in Booster Gold: 52 Pick-Up (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "[Cover - C] 52 Pick-Up"

Characters Booster Gold; Skeets; Goldstar; Batman; Question [Vic Sage]; Monarch; Supernova; Mr. Mind; Rip Hunter; Superman; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Jack (of the Royal Flush Gang); Wonder Woman; Robin (of Earth-2); Green Lantern [Sinestro]; Flash [Wally West?]; Brainiac 5 (obscured, upper left corner); Max Lord (obscured, top, middle); Jonah Hex (obscured, under UPC box)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks Norm Rapmund (signed)
Colors Brian Miller (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Cover for second printing, with blue background recolored in red. It is unclear if it is Jon Carter (Booster's father) or Daniel Carter (Booster's ancestor) in the Supernova outift.

32 page Booster Gold story "52 Pick-Up, Chapter 1: Secret Origins"

Characters Booster Gold; Skeets; Royal Flush Gang [King; Jack; Ace; Queen]; JLI [Mr. Miracle [Scott Free]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]]; Max Lord; Rip Hunter; Justice League of America [Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Red Arrow; Vixen; Black Lightning; Flash [Wally West]; Geo-Force; Hawkgirl]; Supernova [Daniel Carter]; Spectre; Jason Blood?; Flash [Barry Allen]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond]; Martin Stein; JLE [Animal Man; Rocket Red; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Elongated Man; Metamorpho; Power Girl]; New Teen Titans [Nightwing; Cyborg]; Terra; Barbara Gordon; Joker; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad]; Sgt. Rock; Blackhawk; Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Red Ryan; Prof Haley; June Robbins; Corinna Stark?]; Black Adam; Rose Levin; Mera; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Manta; Darkseid; Extant; Atom-Smasher; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Kamandi; Chaaku?; Superman (of Earth-2); Doomsday; Katma Tui; Green Lantern [Sinestro]; Supernova [Jon Carter]; Brainiac 5; Fire; Ice; Crimson Fox; Mr. Mind; Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes]; Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
Synopsis Booster Gold's plans to make a respectable hero of himself and gain re-admittance into the Justice League of America are derailed when Rip Hunter informs him that Booster is the one hero who can protect the timestream. He agrees to join Hunter on that mission under one condition...they save Ted Kord.
Genre Superhero
Script Geoff Johns; Jeff Katz
Pencils Dan Jurgens (layouts)
Inks Norm Rapmund (finishes)
Colors Hi-Fi
Letters Rob Leigh
Notes In credits: "Special thanks to Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid...but definitely not Keith Giffen." There are several visual references to moments throughout DC history, including Max Lord shooting Blue Beetle, Wally West being doused by the chemicals that made him Kid Flash, the cover to Firestorm #1, the cover to JLE #1, Terra betraying the New Teen Titans, the Joker shooting Barbara Gordon, the Legion of Super-Heroes meeting a young Clark Kent, the cover to Shazam! #1, Zero Hour, Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #3, and others.
Reprinted in Booster Gold: 52 Pick-Up (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]