Booster Gold

Booster Gold (real name Michael Jon "Booster" Carter), is a fictional character and superhero appearing in DC Comics and Universe. 
He is future father of Rip Hunter and older twin brother of Goldstar, was born in the 25th century, and after stealing technology to time travel, became a famous superhero. Originally a glory-seeking thrill seeker, Booster developed into a more responsible character after experiencing personal tragedies, and became a member of the Justice League, Justice Society, and the Super Buddies.
He was created by Dan Jurgens, and first appeared in Booster Gold # 1 in February of 1986.
==Background==
===History===
Michael has a history of making bets for the football until it cost him dearly. Eventually, he got an occupation at the Metropolis Space Museum as a security guard where he intended to travel back in time to become a superhero and make money at this duty. Throughout the time, he originally started engineering heroics to make himself look better, until he had a positive change of heart, developing into an more upright hero.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Michael Jon Carter was born on December 29th, 2442 in Gotham City to Jon and Ellen Carter, and is the twin brother to Michelle Carter. On Michael and Michelle's fourth birthday, Jon left his family to pursue his true love, and left his family in debt due to his gambling habit. Michael became a football player in college and was nicknamed "Booster", and hoped to make it into the big leagues. When his mother was diagnosed with a debilitating disease that required treatment that his family couldn't afford, Michael turn to betting and purposely threw games in order to earn money. After his mother was cured, Michael was arrested and put into jail for gambling.
===Becoming Booster Gold===
After his sentence, Michael got a job as a security officer for the Metropolis Space Museum, where he saw images of superheroes from the 20th century. Deciding to change his life to become a superhero, Michael stole some artifacts from the museum and the security robot Skeets, and used Rip Hunter's time machine to travel to the 20th century. Michael managed to save the American President's life from the Chiller, and donned the superhero name "Goldstar". Michael met with the public on live television, and nervous, misspoke and got stuck with the name "Booster Gold".
Booster Golden hired an agent, Dirk Davis to start Goldstar Incorporated in Metropolis with Trxie Collins as their secretary. Michael was on his way to becoming wealthy and famous, but would eventually made an enemy out of The 100 and their leader, the Director. Booster Gold later became a main player in the revamped Justice League International, which was headed by Maxwell Lord IV. He teamed up with Blue Beetle (Ted Kord), who became a good friend of his, and the two caused some major trouble for the team. Eventually, Booster Gold quit the League after not being respected, and formed The Conglomerate, but would later return to the League's ranks.
During a battle with Doomsday (a name that Booster coined), his suit was destroyed, leaving him no longer to be a superhero. Ted later built him a new suit, although it was much bulkier and tended to malfunction. During a battle with the Overmaster, Michael was mortally wounded, losing his suit and right arm. After this event, Ted built him another suit, which also served as a life-support system, and gave him another a cybernetic arm. After the League felt apart, Booster joined with Extreme Justice, and his arm and health was restored after making a deal with Monarch. In addition, Booster became a member of the Super Buddies, a group reunited by Maxwell Lord with former Justice League International members.
==Portrayals==
===Films===
*In The Death and Return of Superman, he was portrayed by Joe Bereta.
*In Batman and Harley Quinn, he was voiced by Bruce Timm.
===Television===
*In Justice League Unlimited, he was voiced by Tom Everett Scott.
**Scott also voiced the character in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and its video game adaptation.
*In Smallville, he was portrayed by Eric Martsolf.
*In DC's Legends of Tomorrow, apart of the Arrowverse, he was portrayed by Donald Faison. He appeared as a minor character in Season 7.
*In Justice League: Action, he is voiced Diedrich Bader.
*Booster Gold will star in his own TV series of the same name. The series will be set in the new DCU (DC Universe) multimedia franchise produced by James Gunn.
===Video Games===
*In DC Universe Online, he was voiced by Tracy W. Bush.
*In Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham and Lego DC Super-Villains, he was voiced by Travis Willingham, who also voiced Reggie Rowe in Infamous: Second Son, Guile in Street Fighter, King Roland II in Sofia the First, and Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist.
==Gallery==
Classic-Booster-Gold.jpg|Booster Gold.
Booster-Gold-Prime-Earth.jpg|Prime Earth Booster Gold.
Super Buddies 001.jpg|Booster Gold with the Super Buddies.
Booster-Gold-Smallville.jpg|Eric Martsolf as Booster Gold in Smallville.
Booster-JLU.png|Booster Gold in Justice League Unlimited.
Booster Gold BTBATB.png|Booster Gold in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
LEGO-Booster.jpg|Lego Booster Gold.
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File:Batman The Brave and the Bold Vol 2 15 Textless Variant.jpg
==Trivia==
*Ranked 59th greatest comic book hero by IGN.
*Booster Gold is the older twin, but Goldstar is the more responsible of the two.
*Ranked 173rd greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine.
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